dee . 45 years old / denver . colorado
i went for a coffee in the south pearl neighborhood. it was cold today and windy, but the sun was out, so it could have been worse. after a caffeine awakening, my friend and her dog and i started looking for strangers. there weren't that many people outside because of the temperature. it being sunday might have had something to do with it, too. i asked a young woman, but she declined on account of having somewhere to be.
i parted ways with my friend and her dog so that i could look more diligently. i figured i might find someone quickly, but that wasn't the case. i walked around for a while, just looking for people. eventually i saw an old alfa romeo sports car drive by. it parked just up the street, so i hurriedly went towards it to ask its driver. the man said he would like to help me out, but he was "starving". i asked him if he was so "starving" that he could not wait 4 minutes to eat. he said that was the case. shocked, i said, "really?", to which he replied, "yes." i wished him well and told him that i liked his car and then walked away analyzing that whole encounter...
a couple of blocks later i spotted dee. as we neared each other we exchanged a glance and dee threw me a big smile. i like smiles, so i asked her to be stranger number 504. she agreed to it as long as it was quick because she was cold. i introduced myself and gave her my business card. dee recognized it as a photograph of an old drive-in movie theater. that brought a big smile to her face and sparked a little conversation about drive-ins.
dee is the mother of two daughters who are living in texas, where dee is from. she is currently living here in denver, managing a storage company. she is a registered massage therapist, though, and will soon be moving back to texas to work in that field again. she will also be close to her daughters and will be reuniting with her x-husband. she seemed very excited about the changes that will soon be coming.
i enjoyed chatting with dee and found her to be a lovely woman. we committed a minor trespass to take today's photo and dee didn't put up a fight. she told me she wasn't photogenic, but i protested and showed her a photo to prove her wrong. she kept a very warm expression on her face despite the frigid weather and her smile stayed in her eyes the entire time we talked.
thanks so much, dee. good luck with your upcoming changes!
i went for a coffee in the south pearl neighborhood. it was cold today and windy, but the sun was out, so it could have been worse. after a caffeine awakening, my friend and her dog and i started looking for strangers. there weren't that many people outside because of the temperature. it being sunday might have had something to do with it, too. i asked a young woman, but she declined on account of having somewhere to be.
i parted ways with my friend and her dog so that i could look more diligently. i figured i might find someone quickly, but that wasn't the case. i walked around for a while, just looking for people. eventually i saw an old alfa romeo sports car drive by. it parked just up the street, so i hurriedly went towards it to ask its driver. the man said he would like to help me out, but he was "starving". i asked him if he was so "starving" that he could not wait 4 minutes to eat. he said that was the case. shocked, i said, "really?", to which he replied, "yes." i wished him well and told him that i liked his car and then walked away analyzing that whole encounter...
a couple of blocks later i spotted dee. as we neared each other we exchanged a glance and dee threw me a big smile. i like smiles, so i asked her to be stranger number 504. she agreed to it as long as it was quick because she was cold. i introduced myself and gave her my business card. dee recognized it as a photograph of an old drive-in movie theater. that brought a big smile to her face and sparked a little conversation about drive-ins.
dee is the mother of two daughters who are living in texas, where dee is from. she is currently living here in denver, managing a storage company. she is a registered massage therapist, though, and will soon be moving back to texas to work in that field again. she will also be close to her daughters and will be reuniting with her x-husband. she seemed very excited about the changes that will soon be coming.
i enjoyed chatting with dee and found her to be a lovely woman. we committed a minor trespass to take today's photo and dee didn't put up a fight. she told me she wasn't photogenic, but i protested and showed her a photo to prove her wrong. she kept a very warm expression on her face despite the frigid weather and her smile stayed in her eyes the entire time we talked.
thanks so much, dee. good luck with your upcoming changes!
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