Roy Choi

Really good.

And that's kind of how everything was a split second decision.

It was a beautiful time, man.

I miss that time so much.

Just joyous vibe.

Oh, it was like, yeah, it was like Led Zeppelin, man.

It was just the first two years was just... It was the best, man.

I...

i think about it a lot lately um i just because the world is so complicated right now and you know i just i miss that time man i really really miss that time that that that time for myself but also for the city also

And just where we were as a civilization, we were still kind of figuring things out.

We were transitioning from kind of a semi-low tech kind of analog digital world into where we are now.

The information was still at the bridge of where journalism was still developing.

totally really strong you know uh you had some there were trusted sources where you could you know we were all collectively also uh bound by certain you know collective ideas in terms of information yeah and just how to be polite how to be polite and and again we were we were still a

Oh, it's definitely racism.

You know, as a minority in this country, it's things that we go through every day that we have to sometimes swallow as you grow up, you know.

whether you're Asian, Latino, Black, you know, whatever it is in this country, you know, you're outnumbered many times, you're hearing things, you know, in the periphery, in the ether about yourself.

Sometimes, you know, you can't confront it, you know, because again, you're in a space where everyone are making these off-color jokes and saying these really racist tropes and like, you know, or at school, you know, you have to deal with it.

And so...

As someone that has to walk through the world this way, we're used to it and we see it and we find our ways to try to chip away at it.

In terms of food trucks, they were being called roach coaches.