Right – “I’m 5 years older but she teaches me a lot about how to love people more, love God more, and love myself more. A lot of people can’t say that about their younger sister.”… Read More

“So how are you today?” “I haven’t had a perfect day yet.” “Have you had good days though?” “Well you have to be in a good frame of mind to be relaxed, and I am relaxed so I’ve had good days. But I haven’t had gigantic, ostentatious, stupendous, lottery winning kind of days.” “More bittersweet?” “It’s more bitter… Read More

“I asked her, ‘What are you gonna do?’ and she said ‘After college I’m gonna go to San Francisco to become a lesbian. You should come with me’. So she came here and I followed. I was the only one with money. They had gotten a little apartment on Oak. They got me a bed off the street. That was a time when… Read More

“I left New York to move here in 1972. I was running away from a marriage and I just thought ‘No…it’s not gonna work’ so I came here.” “What made you feel it wasn’t going to work?” “You know, he was my high school sweetheart but he had to go to Vietnam. Since he was in college he could apply for… Read More

“Hey you…come here. Have you seen my mom? She’s nice. She’s got two boobs. Could you go find her? I’m hungry.”… Read More

“I live in the Fillmore center. I’m a disability advocate for a non-profit called Independent Living Resource center. It’s about people with disabilities helping people with disabilities. I have a psych disability. I had a breakdown about 10 years ago from doing too much. Just doing too much. I claimed my disability and that’s how I got my job. I feel like I’m… Read More

“I’m a hair artist. I’ve been in the bay 20 years, originally from Jersey.” “What brought you out in the first place?” “It’s the place to be. I heard California had wild girls you know?” “Totally, there’s so much art about California and it’s this mystical idealized place but I think it’s actually way cooler than I thought it was… Read More

“I love your color, are you an artist?” “Thanks! I do some poetry.” “Will you recite a poem for me?” “Ok…sure. Ready?” “Yeah.” “The question still lingers. My breath smells of rye and spearmint. Street cars ride alone, a sobering experience. Can’t seem to wake up early enough. Regrets are revisited. The humidity smacks me in the face. Read More

“I’ve lived in the Bay Area my whole life but I moved to San Francisco about 6 months ago. I always wanted to live here. Now that I’m here, people seem more disconnected than I expected them to be. There’s not really a sense of community really. Everyone goes out and tries not to talk to anybody…except for you. I think it’s that… Read More

“I lived in Mexico for 7 years. For older women it’s a very good place. Gringo women have much more freedom there than they do here. We would go clubbing all the time. If you have a little money Mexico is probably the best place in the world to live.”… Read More

“I was born in India, grew up in Africa, went to college in Tennessee for architecture, and just moved here 2 months ago. I’ve been working a job here but it wasn’t for me so I just stopped working there yesterday. It’s hard because it’s so hard to make a living here but I didn’t move all the way out here to go… Read More

“You two look happy, how long you been together?” Her – “We’ve been together about a year.” “What’s one of your favorite things about her?” Him – “Her talent. She’s an amazing dancer and also a teacher and it’s incredible to see how she inspires her students.” “And you?” Her – “His acceptance and nonjudgmental energy…positive energy.”… Read More

“I love silent films. They’re so poetic because people have to act with just their faces.“… Read More

“Since she’s come along my whole perspective has changed. I’ve found my calling in writing children’s books. I’m working on a book about imaginative play. My daughter has been my greatest teacher. She had a piece of cloth and she did so many things with it. She turned it into a hat, she turned it into a bib. I wish I could think… Read More

“What’s one of your favorite things about her?” Him – “What she embodies. The challenge, the will, the potential to make myself better through her.” Her – “Well said.” “And for you?” Her – “His crazy passion for everything he’s involved in.”… Read More

“What’s your dream for you life?” “I want to work with non-profits and social businesses around the world. I’ve done a lot of traveling and worked with organizations doing research project and teaching art. My dream would be that I could be their photographer and get the message out, just travel and do that. That’s the ultimate.”… Read More

“What do y’all like to do together?” Her – “We like to go to brunch, we go out a lot.” Him – “She has a doberman so we take her to the beach and dog parks.” Her – “We taught her how to swim the other week. We love going to the bookstore.” Him – “We just buy like… Read More

Him – “We’ve been together almost a year and a half.” “How’d you get together?” Him – “She hates this.” Her – “We met outside a bar in the Marina.” Him – “I had an undercut that was completely buzzed and she had one too, so I just made some comment about that.” Her – “He was like… Read More

When I walked by this guy he was doing one whippet after another, after another, after another so I said, “Damn homey, I’ve done whippets before but I have to sit down and chill after I do one.” “Yeah, it ain’t no thang to me now. I do 3-5 boxes a day.”… Read More

“How’d you two meet?” Her – “A corny wave from across the bar.” “Who waved at who?” Him – “I waved at her. No crazy story.” Her – “It was just the old fashioned way, no internet, just face to face ‘let me get your number’.”… Read More

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“Are you looking to have a specific impact in the world with this book?” “I would like people to be less judgmental, just pause and think. There’s more going on than your little niche area. Whether you’re an English teacher, or a politician, or if you’re cleaning the streets…there’s a lot more to the world than what you’re doing. It’s always of… Read More