The bottom line is, there is no work life balance, there's just life.

People have been consistently skating this spot since the early 1970's, and it has served for a creative space for artists as well.

If you've ever been to the downtown LA Fashion District, it is a very small neighborhood. A very small neighborhood indeed to have SEVENTY SIX businesses raided for laundering money for cartels. 

I heard a lot of this..... I have a lot of money, I do a lot of drugs, I just (blanked) your chick, and plus I hang with thugs. 

We started at a place that was referred to us, in Vernon. It looked like a genuine mob ran spot with thugs guarding it outside. We didn't get out of the car. 

We have been inundated by marketing messages since we were born, and they have shaped our world views in ways we can't even understand.