Street Talk

Street Talk 11.08.12 (asked @ The Dunes on Monterey Bay.)

What’s the most unfair obstacle women have to face?

Follow-up: What’s the best thing about being a woman? BECKI ROSS | Corporate Administrator | Salinas A: Themselves. Women oversex themselves and then complain about it. Mother Load: The whole experience of being a mom ...

Street Talk 11.08.12 (asked @ PetSmart in Sand City.)

What’s the strangest Pet accident you’ve heard of?

Follow-up: Which of your pet’s qualities do you wish you had? MARIE VAUGHN | Retired | Monterey A: I have a toy poodle that ate a fingertip toothbrush; $1,400 and 15 staples later, we were ...

Street Talk 11.08.12 (asked on Main Street in Salinas.)

Follow-up: What scares you the most about our society’s driving habits? BERNADETTE CONANT | Barista | Seaside A: Texting while driving. I’m self-centered. I’m not going to think about what I’m doing wrong, I’m thinking ...

Street Talk 11.08.12 (asked @ Happy Girl Kitchen in Pacific Grove.)

Follow-up: What do you love to read the most? JAMESON MOHAMMADI| Painter | Monterey A: Love is the best and worst thing that can happen to someone. It leaves a hole like a cavity in ...

Street Talk 11.08.12 (asked in front of the Apple Store in Monterey.)

What exciting piece of technology is coming in 2013?

Follow-up: What are your words to live by in the modern world? JAMES LINDBERGH | Grocery Assistant | Seaside A: A cellular eye piece that clips to your eye the way a Bluetooth clips on ...

Street Talk 12.27.12 (Asked at Maya Cinemas in Salinas.)

Tell the short story of your life in a sentence.

Follow-up: What breakthrough do you want to see in 2013? YOLANDE WHITLOCK | Retired | Salinas A: Upward mobility is still possible in the United States, and I’m a bootstrap example of success. Call to ...

Street Talk 11.08.12 (asked @ Michael’s in Marina.)

Follow-up: What would be the first thing you’d ask a psychic? SANDRA CRACCHIOLO | Student | Marina A: I would run to my favorite restaurant and order everything on the menu because I know in ...

Street Talk 11.08.12 (asked @ Beverly’s Fabrics & Crafts.)

What Advice Would You Give to people making presents?

Follow-up: If you had to craft your gifts, what would you make? LENORE PEREZ | Self-employed | Monterey A: Go online and look for patterns for everything. It is a great asset – especially when ...

Street Talk 12.06.12 (asked in downtown Monterey.)

What’s taken for granted about the ocean?

Follow-up: What is the best part about living close to the ocean? KAYT GREEN | Author | Pacific Grove A: The otters and wildlife. People make choices that threaten the natural habitat. This area is ...

Street Talk 11.08.12 (asked @ the library at CSUMB.)

What is the biggest misconception about CSUMB students?

Follow-up: How would you change your school? DAVID NIXON | Student | Seaside A: That students at CSUMB are not political and don’t care. I believe that students don’t have the chance to express their ...

Street Talk 11.08.12 (asked @ Star Market in Salinas.)

What do you take for granted?

Follow-up: What part of American history is most misrepresented? LESLIE EARNEST | Retired | Salinas A: That we are the country that gives. We give so much. We’re the first responders of the world. Red ...

Street Talk 11.08.12 (asked @ A-Plus in Marina.)

What is the best mistake you’ve ever made?

Follow-up: What is the greatest lesson you’ve learned about you? NAOMI HALL | Stay-at-Home Mom | Marina A: Forgetting to take my birth control one time and that resulting in my son. He was my ...

Street Talk 11.08.12 (asked @ Target in Marina.)

Follow-up: What duty would you never volunteer to do? SARAH ELLW | Social Worker | Marina A: As a live-in intern at the Tenderloin Homeless Clinic, where I worked with children. It made me want ...

Street Talk 10.25.12 (asked @ CSUMB World Theater.)

Q: How would you genetically modify yourself?

Follow-up: What would name – and say to – your clone? MELISA ROMERO | Student | Marina A: I’d modify my nose because I think my nose is too big and awkward. New Beginnings: I ...

Street Talk 10.25.12 (asked @ Coffee Mia in Marina.)

What was your strangest talent As a kid?

Follow-up: What did you want to be when you grew up? TIM LEDESMA | Contractor | Marina A: I could fix anything. I fixed radios, bicycles at age 10. And I still fix things. I ...