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A Bohemia that’s authentic

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No wonder New Yorkers and Europeans criticize Los Angeles for its lack of authenticity [“A Sunny Start to Your Day,” May 3.]. With writers like S. Irene Virbila in her Critic’s Notebook review of Hans Rockenwagner’s new Venice cafe, praising the “chance to play Venice bohemians for a morning or a night,” this is to be expected.

Get real, Irene! As a long-time resident of Ocean Park, the Venice adjacent neighborhood, this is the way we live and it’s not an act.

JUDITH SAMUEL

Santa Monica

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