Multiculti mix  Eating Thai food Sunday afternoon at Mix Bowl in
Pomona, an almost-weekly ritual for me, I witnessed a birthday
celebration, the first I can recall ever seeing there.  The
servers don’t speak much English, so they didn’t all gather
around to sing. Instead, the ever-present pop music in the
background suddenly became a louder pop version of “Happy
Birthday,” to an unusual, but pleasant and peppy, melody. The
server brought out a big bowl of mixed fruit with flavored syrup
on ice, with spoons for sharing, to the birthday boy, a Latino.
The table of seven more Latinos sang along, once they got the
rhythm, ending with “Happy birthday, dear Ricardo, happy
birthday to you.”  Latinos, Asians, blacks, whites, Pomona cops
and Claremont college kids can often be seen at Mix Bowl. It’s a
cultural mix in itself. And now one thing is clear: I have to
have my next birthday party there.  Facebook Twitter Pinterest
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