Meet the group of creative moms building a sense of community in East L.A.
Photograph by Max Farago; Styled by Rebecca Ramsey.
And how do these aesthetically inclined women react when their children just want to wear rainbow pajamas to school or fill their bedrooms with pink unicorns? “Luckily, our kids are still at the age where they just do what we say,” jokes Li. For now she’s surrounding her son with the tasteful things she likes, “trying to give him a minimalist sense of style,” she says. “Of course he’s going to rebel eventually. That’s natural. It will be interesting.
In a town where lots of parents struggle to shield their kids from the worst extremes of consumerism, one big plus on the Eastside is that “you don’t need to be a billionaire to live here,” as Theodoli-Braschi puts it. Nobody in this crowd has a Porsche or a pool, even though some could probably afford both. There’s no golfing. When Li isn’t recording songs or touring, she’s working with two partners on her side gig, a female-centric mezcal brand called Yola.
The music gets louder and a stream of friends shows up at the house, including the Argentinean dancer and choreographer Cecilia Bengolea, who soon demonstrates her skills with a headstand, and Sylvia Cash, whose focus is on nonprofits like the United Way. As the night wears on, some of the mothers admit that L.A. has affected them in ways they didn’t expect.
There’s a sudden chorus of squeals when two big candlelit cakes come out of the kitchen—tonight’s dinner is doubling as a celebration of Wahlquist’s birthday. All the kids gather around the table and sing alongside the moms, with varying degrees of intelligibility. Bedtime isn’t far off, but some of the children are eager to dance around the yard. They know it’s allowed because their parents have already beaten them to it.
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