33The quilt work of San Pedro neighborhoods is comprised of upscale residences, commercial districts, homes reflecting neglect or poverty, parks, gangs, seaside activities, schools, parks and places of worship.
“Some Muslim you are,” Sara said from a tattered beach chair in the tiny backyard of her dilapidated house. She was wearing a black tank top that had difficulty staying on and a pair of blue jeans she had trouble fitting into. She tossed an empty Heineken bottle at a rubber waste can and watched it land on a brown patch of dirt about ten feet away.
Karim blew her a kiss from the other side of the yard as he raised a beer bottle in her direction. “I never said I was orthodox.” He drank from the green bottle. “What about you? You don’t seem to be very, what’s the word?”
Sara took a
