Fresno Famous

The thing is, so many of us are so accustomed to living in the "Central Valley Bubble" that when an artifact from the outside world drops onto one's head like the jet engine in Donnie Darko,

Jamie lives in the foothills like I do but is from Hawaii. She's lived in California only long enough to know it doesn't compare to home.

Tamejavi is a linguistic potpourri comprised of the Hmong, Spanish, and Mixtec words for "market." The combination of the Hmong "taj laj tshav puam," the Spanish "mercado," and the Mixtec "nunjavi"