Street Talk

Street Talk 01.26.12 (asked @ East Village Coffee Lounge in Monterey.)

What mementos would be on the scrapbook page of your life?

Follow-up: What hobby would you make your career if you could? AARON DICKERSON | Tennis Coach | Monterey A: Little things from the places I’ve been, such as grass from Indiana, sand from Maryland, sawdust ...

Street Talk 01.26.12 (asked @ Allure Salon in Salinas.)

What’s the biggest misconception about stylists?

Follow-up: What’s the worst hair trend of all time? LYNN COLIJN | Hairstylist/Esthetician | Salinas A: That we ended up going to beauty college because we failed at just about everything else. No Party: The ...

Street Talk 01.26.12 (asked @ The Works Cafe and Bookstore in P.G.)

What in your life is currently clogged?

Follow-up: What is your favorite uniform? ALEJANDRO MONCADA | Student | Salinas A: It is me who is lodged, unsure of whether to stay or go. If I stay I fear I’d be conforming to ...

Street Talk 01.26.12 (asked @ Peter B’s in Monterey.)

What is something you’re always on the hunt for?

Follow-up: Besides romance, when do you like to be hunted? JEFF BARETT | Teacher | Monterey A: Quiet time. In this hyper-connected, media-driven world there’s just not enough time to sit and be offline. Tools ...

Asked at Lollapalooza in Monterey.

What creative things do you do to exercise your mind?

Follow-up: How do you define health? MARIA S. BECK | Receptionist | Monterey A: Through argument with people, my family, friends, etc. I try to introduce myself to new perspectives and challenges. Or I get ...

Street Talk 09.22.11 (asked @ Toro Place Cafe in Salinas.)

What would you put on your own giant cut-out?

Follow-up: Where would you put it? LISA GONZALES | Waitress | Salinas A: A ’67 Camaro. It’s my favorite car. Keepin’ It Classic: I’d put it off 101, right by the mall exit to remind ...

Street Talk 01-05-12 asked at Pilgrim’s Way Bookstore in Carmel.

What is the best evidence that the world is ending?

Follow-up: What three things would you bring if you survived? PAUL FRIDLUND | Bookstore Owner | Carmel Valley A: The insanity of the people in Washington. They are not serving the people anymore. There is ...

Street Talk 12-29-11 asked at Yangste’s Taste of Thai in Salinas.

Q: What kind of secret club would you form? What would initiation be?

Connie Ortiz | Retired | Salinas A: It would be a behind-the-scenes theater club. They would have to put on a one-act play, presenting a monologue. In the Hot Seat: I’m not exclusive, I’m inclusive. ...

Street Talk 12-22-11

What do you like to do when the weather gets cold?

Follow-up: What do you avoid? BERNIE RICHTER | Nonprofit Worker | Santa Cruz A: Get under the covers and watch a movie. I like to watch documentaries. Nature and science, especially. Truth in Advertising: Buy ...

Street Talk 09.22.11 (asked @ Olympia Plaza in Seaside.)

STEPHANIE BONITATA | Semi-Pro Soccer Player | Auburn A: I recently moved to Santa Cruz and I really didn’t expect that. I though I’d live in Auburn forever. Neck-rophobic: I’m really weird about people touching ...

Street Talk 09.22.11 (asked @ Northridge Mall.)

What is your best high school memory? 

Follow-up: What do you most want to forget? TINA BU | Stylist | Salinas A: I played soccer all the time with people from around the neighborhood, friends and people from school. We started a ...

Street Talk 09.22.11 (asked @ Flanagan’s Pub in Carmel.)

What do you think about the amount of religion in our lives?

Follow-up: What do the California missions represent to you? RICK TYSON | Artisan | Cachagua A: Spirituality is more crucial. Religion is divisive by nature. Bad Teacher: In the Carmel mission there is a painting ...

Street Talk 09.22.11 (asked @ Monterey Harbor.)

When do you feel most out of your element?

Follow-up: What’s something you thought you lost forever, but found years later? DAN CARPENTER | Missionary | Orem, Utah A: When I wake up in the morning. I am NOT a morning person. Pianist Envy: ...

Street Talk 09.22.11 (asked @ Peppers Mexicali Cafe in Pacific Grove.)

What would be a good symbol for P.G. besides the monarch?

Follow-up: If you could be any insect, what would you be? ZOE FILBIN | Waitress | Monterey A: A walker with wedding bells. People always say, “You’re either a newlywed or nearly dead” if you ...

Street Talk 09.22.11 (asked @ the National Steinbeck Center in Salinas.)

What author, dead or alive, would you spend a day with?

Follow-up: What book is the most overrated? KARINA SALCEDO | Family Services Advocate | Salinas A: I’d like to have a glass of wine with Ernesto Sabato. We would just spend time hanging out and ...