Don't Forget the Strawberry Man

This week's Business Casual Column.

Strawberry Man's patch of heaven
By Muhammed El-Hasan, Business Casual

I had driven past the same wooden trailer on a dusty San Pedro intersection many times over the years.

On a whim, I recently pulled into the dirt lot on the southwest corner of Western Avenue and Ninth Street.

That is where I met an otherwise forgettable man in a red shirt and cap selling large aromatic strawberries. Except that man, Ray Romero, is hardly forgettable - at least not to his customers, who call him the Strawberry Man.

I spent part of that afternoon with Romero to learn what makes the Strawberry Man special.

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