Overall The Jubilee was lovely and relaxing, not too big and not too small. The sort of mellow scene where people just plopped on the sidewalks to eat or listen to the bands or watch people square dance or read poetry or get their palm read (seriously). The crowd was more diverse in age and ethnicity and subcultures than I was expecting -- perhaps a sign that Silver Lake is rocking it through the growing pains of gentrification? But then again, a sizable percentage of the crowd was wearing stick on mustaches purchased from one of the booths...
Based on two signs from the day, I’ve decided to expect great things from LA this summer. Sign #1: Fallenfruit.org gave away free tomato seedlings. And one week later mine is still alive in its new pot from the dollar store! Sign #2: Finally tasted the much discussed kimchi fries from the Frysmith truck. New American + KBBQ + the LA food truck craze…it's so LA and it totally works.
