Eventually Santa Monica has to grow out towards this way, it has to expand out eventually. And I’m not too far from the main activity, so I took a chance.

I looked at other places like Pasadena, but it’s more conservative, more old style, European style over there, and there is more competition. I feel that the people who live in Santa Monica gravitate towards...

There are a lot of production firms and law firms in the area. And the ones that I have come together with have been positive about my work and my style.

A lot of the Vietnamese kids can’t really speak Vietnamese anymore. Most of them will have a very heavy accent, because they can’t speak it well. So for the kids pageant, the kids will have...

We approached them to ask if we could work together. But we wanted to make it bigger. We didn’t want to make it that small to where only Vietnamese people know about it.

I want to support local artists and have a place for them to put their stuff. I have the wall space, and I love art. Flowers are my art medium.