dino . 67 years old / denver . colorado
my good friend, zach, came into denver from new york city just before noon today. we drove back to my place and then walked downtown to grab some lunch with my friend hillary. zach was in town because we planned to drive to oklahoma to spend the thanksgiving holiday with his family. we hadn't decided whether we should leave today or tomorrow, so we talked it over and decided to just go tonight and see how far we can get. so... directly after lunch we started searching for strangers.
an older man said yes, then backed out after he read the model release. it's too bad that the model release is what keeps people from participating, but there is little to do about it because i have to use it. another man interrupted my spiel to say, "pick somebody else." then there was the woman who said she was tired. she didn't bother to stop walking while she told me that...
standing on the sidewalk, feeling frustrated, i saw another older gentleman crossing the street towards a hummer. i made a beeline for him and called out to him as he was searching for his keys. i told him what i was up to and he agreed to be today''s stranger without any hesitation. he asked me where his keys were. i confessed that i had no idea and then we both laughed. he had a lot of character in his face and i assumed he had a lot of stories.
i had a difficult time making out everything dino said as he spoke quietly and with a thick accent. he told me he was from italy (i heart italy), but came over to the states over 30 years ago. i asked him how he liked it over here and dino replied that coming here was the biggest mistake of his life. he gave up his job in italy to come here for 6 months, then returned home to find that his employer wouldn't hire him back on. i asked him if he was married. he said he was, so i asked him if that was part of the mistake. he laughed and said it wasn't, but only because this was the second marriage.
i don't know what dino does for them, but he works for a catering company. on the rear window of his hummer is a sticker that reads, "touch of sp ces", but i am guessing it is missing an "i".
thanks so much for your being today's stranger, dino!
my good friend, zach, came into denver from new york city just before noon today. we drove back to my place and then walked downtown to grab some lunch with my friend hillary. zach was in town because we planned to drive to oklahoma to spend the thanksgiving holiday with his family. we hadn't decided whether we should leave today or tomorrow, so we talked it over and decided to just go tonight and see how far we can get. so... directly after lunch we started searching for strangers.
an older man said yes, then backed out after he read the model release. it's too bad that the model release is what keeps people from participating, but there is little to do about it because i have to use it. another man interrupted my spiel to say, "pick somebody else." then there was the woman who said she was tired. she didn't bother to stop walking while she told me that...
standing on the sidewalk, feeling frustrated, i saw another older gentleman crossing the street towards a hummer. i made a beeline for him and called out to him as he was searching for his keys. i told him what i was up to and he agreed to be today''s stranger without any hesitation. he asked me where his keys were. i confessed that i had no idea and then we both laughed. he had a lot of character in his face and i assumed he had a lot of stories.
i had a difficult time making out everything dino said as he spoke quietly and with a thick accent. he told me he was from italy (i heart italy), but came over to the states over 30 years ago. i asked him how he liked it over here and dino replied that coming here was the biggest mistake of his life. he gave up his job in italy to come here for 6 months, then returned home to find that his employer wouldn't hire him back on. i asked him if he was married. he said he was, so i asked him if that was part of the mistake. he laughed and said it wasn't, but only because this was the second marriage.
i don't know what dino does for them, but he works for a catering company. on the rear window of his hummer is a sticker that reads, "touch of sp ces", but i am guessing it is missing an "i".
thanks so much for your being today's stranger, dino!
1 comments:
I just watched your segment on 7 news and my dad said you had taken his picture - I couldn't believe it and thought he was joking. But he was right - he was one of your "stangers". What a wonderful idea - we need more people like you in this world.
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