I love my apartment: We had a party tonight at Aburiya Toranoko where I chatted with restaurant owner Michael, a Japanese-Mexican guy who speaks fluent Spanish; Ilan, an Israeli expat with family from Ethiopia; Ernesto and Estela, a couple from Jalisco; and Atsuko, an LA native who ordered a shiso martini in perfect Japanese. Too bad my Korean, Vietnamese, Colombian, Spanish and Pakistani neighbors missed out.

Aburiya Toranoko