Santa Monica and Sawtelle

National Donut Day

LA County Safer At Home: Days 78-79

Post-looting aftermath.

Whole Foods off 22nd and Wilshire.

More post-looting aftermath.

To be fair I don't think the looters made it down here.

Primo's Donuts.

Phone orders ready for pickup.

Celebrating National Donut Day.

Carpet queen.

Mango sticky rice from Sweet Rice.

Boat noodle from Sweet Rice. Nom!

This Focus ST driver embraces his ride's limitations.

Shin Sen Gumi on Sawtelle.

Only one other customer.

Plan Check has reopened for dine-in.

Blackbeard's Crafts is still open.

Sushi Tsujita is now doing bento for take-out.

Don't think looters hit Sawtelle, but they were still prepared.

Big Boi in particular took no chances.

Marugame Udon is open!

Blackmarket is fully boarded up.

Tsujita LA is open. Nom nom nom...

Ditto for Nong La and SushiShop being open.

Heading further south.

Honeymee, Brian's Shaved Ice, Kiriko, Yakitoriya all are open.

Can't forget Panda Express or Daikokuya.

SushiStop South, Flaming Pot, and Popcorn Chicken all open too.

Ramen, kara age, and nan kara FTW.

Kara age are just right.

Doing some necessary errands in the time of COVID-19, after the first week's Black Lives Matter protests as well as the looters and anarchists who decided to cause havoc after the peaceful protests. Lots of businesses boarded up, although many were open again as the weekday mornings returned. Grabbed a few donuts for National Donut Day, too.

The next day, a brief detour to Gardena, including a stop at Sweet Rice for their Thai boat noodles and their mango sticky rice. NOM!

Then wrapping things up with a drive down Sawtelle to pick up dinner from Shin Sen Gumi. Not nearly enough mask wearing, and lots of businesses still boarded up trying to deter the looters. So sad. *sigh*