Some of the workers don't sit on chairs but instead perch on gigantic inflated silver beach balls.

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Trucks cluster in office districts and hipster nightlife neighbourhoods from Venice Beach to Silver Lake, and no street fair, gallery opening or company picnic is complete without at least one food truck (visit individual websites below, or www.mobimunch.com for detailed listings).

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Do you fancy yourself an east side hipster in Silver Lake, a Venice Beach boho or a West LA striver?

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As each colourfully painted wooden fishing boat returns from three or four days at sea, the beach rapidly transforms into a market and large metal bowls of shiny silver herring and tuna are hauled ashore by men who look like Olympic medal-winning body builders.

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