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My 1st apartment alone in LA was a 400 sqft studio right on the corner of Beverly & Fairfax. I worked directly across the street at A Band Apart Productions which was famous because it was co-owned by Tarantino & Laurence Bender (1x)
I started there as an intern & my main responsibility was running downstairs each day to Swingers to pick up lunch for everyone in the office. By the time I stopped working there several yrs later I was a line producer & still eating 2-4x a day at the diner down the street. (2x)
When clubs like Star Shoes and Joseph& #39;s were huge, we would stay out all night and then head to Swingers for stuffed grilled cheese and fries w/extra ranch at 3 in the morning. After Sept 11th I gathered there with friends for breakfast because we couldn& #39;t stand to be alone. (3x)
By then I& #39;d moved to a one bedroom in Silverlake but still regularly made the trek back west for quinoa bowls, and turkey burgers. (4x)
Before I knew it, decades had passed & I was married & had 2 kids & inexplicably moved back to where I& #39;d come from, the dreaded West LA. Now I drove east w/2 kids in the back so THEY could have milkshakes & patty melts at the place w/hearts & cows that they loved so much. (4x)
I have had innumerable important conversations, life changing revelations, and also just meaningless joyful times hanging out at Swingers. I& #39;m really going to miss it. A stupid restaurant. A trivial thing. But I had to write it where someone else could see. (?x)
