Sunday 06/14/06 is my Son's Birthday, this was another milestone decade for him. He is also expecting another daughter besides the 3 1/2 year old he has now, I wished him years ago that he would get everything he deserved in life and it seems he will be (smile), of course I hope to it's all happiness and I intend to do all I can to help if need be.
For this special occasion, my wife and I went up to NNJ to spend most of the day with him and his family. After taking a number of pictures at his home, mostly of our grand daughter we headed for dinner to a Mexican place in Englewood, NJ. The area tends to be very exclusive and due to the beautiful weather there were many people sitting outside in cafe settings.
As we were to enter the restaurant I encountered a few gentleman where one mention that I had "A real camera", we commented back and forth about the attributes of what mine did compared to his point and shoot, when another gentleman walked up with a similar camera as mine and chimed in the conversation.
It's interesting how when we as humans tend to see something we have in common with someone else even if they are a stranger it allows some type of bonding aspect and we feel we're on common ground without any prejudice. The reason I mention this is that I was Lou on my son's birthday but many times I'm Louise because I always feel Lou is ignored or rejected and Louise has always tended to draw much more attention, but yesterday was an exception, at least I felt.
As myself and the gentleman, David, spoke he apparently mentioned something to allow me to share my other persona, it turned out that he is a very creative and published photographer and is doing a demonstration at a NYC alternative type club that he graciously invited me to attend the next Friday ( hope to attend).
After we ate dinner, I stepped outside to try to take some creative photo's of my grand daughter peeking out the door and noticed the same gentleman were all sitting together. So I started to talk again with David who mentioned his book and offered to show it to me, I wasn't aware of the quality or the fact that it was available for purchase. My family in the mean time had walked by me and I told them I'd only be a moment but when I start talking it goes on and on. They pulled up to the corner as I went to find them and because I was without any cash on me and felt a little embarrassed by the friendliness of David I wanted to buy his book, and asked my wife for the cash.
I bought David’s book and he autographed my copy to Lou and Louise, I now have to contact him so he can see my "Alter Ego" or other persona. My family was very impressed by the book also.
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