For most, the recent "No-Lotus Lotus festival" -- a.k.a. the Echo Park Community Festival - was a happy event. For some locals it was even a triumph, as getting it off the ground took determination and resourcefulness. Alas, there were a few who were eaten by a shark. No festival is 100 percent perfect. Today, Darrell Kunitomi emailed me a photograph of what he called "a terrible scene from recent Echo Park Community Festival. Many entered the maw."

At Chicken Corner, we look for courage to face the good and the toothsome alike.

Photo: Darrell Kunitomi, July 12 or 13, 2009