Category Archives: Interesting Encounters

Handwashing and KYW

Posted on November 15, 2009 by Marisa

At Barcamp Philly this last weekend, I noticed the sign you see above in the restrooms of the University of the Arts, where the conference was being held. I appreciated the reminder, however they would have been far more effective, … Continue reading →

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I saw all that love

Posted on June 12, 2009 by Marisa

Most mornings, Scott and I leave for work together. We’ve developed a nice little rhythm, in which we ride the elevator down, walk about the back door and then kiss good-bye at the corner of 19th and Ludlow. This morning … Continue reading →

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Good things do happen

Posted on March 25, 2008 by Marisa

Since Scott and I started the process of moving in together, we’ve generated something in the neighborhood of 25 bags of stuff that we no longer needed, wanted or had room for. A lot of it has been mine, as … Continue reading →

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Meeting my online friends

Posted on January 30, 2008 by Marisa

I first started exploring the world of blogs sometime in the fall of 2004.  I was turned on to them through an article in the New York Times by blogger Heather L. Hunter (yes, I went back to look for … Continue reading →

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Screamed at in a train station

Posted on October 30, 2007 by Marisa

This afternoon I was standing in Suburban Station, waiting for a train that would take me back out to Germantown and my mechanic’s garage, when a man approached me.  He was dressed in ragged clothes and one of his front … Continue reading →

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Another lovely encounter with a man who asked me for spare change

Posted on August 16, 2007 by Marisa

Things are pretty quiet ’round these parts.  I spend most of the talking through my fingers as opposed to using my voice.  I’m a little boggled by the speed at which time is passing, my fall class starts two weeks … Continue reading →

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Opening a bottle of water

Posted on August 5, 2007 by Marisa

On Wednesday, I was walking down Chestnut Street to meet some friends for lunch, when I walked past an elderly homeless woman sitting on the sidewalk.  I’ve often seen her in the neighborhood, wearing a long synthetic blond wig and … Continue reading →

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Coincidences, both near and far

Posted on July 31, 2007 by Marisa

I got an email from a friend today, with a picture attached. She and her husband-to-be were recently on vacation up in the Pacific Northwest when, on Bainbridge Island, they spotted this poster, advertising a concert featuring my sister and … Continue reading →

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Handbags, scooters and muzuzahs

Posted on July 27, 2007 by Marisa

When I walked out the door of my apartment this morning, I think I entered some sort of strange time and space warp.  On the very crowded elevator, an elderly woman from the floor above me kept turning around and … Continue reading →

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Just looking for a place to lock my bike

Posted on July 17, 2007 by Marisa

I rode my bike down to a friend’s house tonight, to have dinner with a group of women with whom I used to eat lunch with every Tuesday when I worked at Penn. It was part celebration and part send-off … Continue reading →

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