Santa Cruz is one of the best places for people watching. I wish I could take pictures of the interesting people I see, it would be an interesting collection. But I feel kind of rude doing that… so you get descriptions.
Probably the most interesting I’ve seen yet was a hippy van carrying what appeared to be a family. At least, there was a child and two adults. The van itself was covered in psychedelic colors on the inside: mats, wall hangings, etc. The blonde child had dreadlocks just like his mother, how sweet!
David and I passed a guy on the street carrying a book in front of him and walking quite slowly. Apparently, according to a guy in David’s lab, he’s a well known icon around here. He does this every day, walking up and down the street very slowly with his book. He got in trouble once for walking across the street too slowly. Since then, he darts across the street and then continues his slow pace on the other side.
Headbands are a pretty popular hippy clothing article. But now that we’re in the 21st century, things have to updated and modernized. One very clever hippy realized a tie makes a great headband, its sure to become the new fashion.
I’ve seen people wearing these jackets before that are black and have a white skeleton printed in the appropriate locations. Once I saw a guy on a bike with one of these jackets, plus a mask following the same idea. I hope he could see through okay.
We walked past a couple guys who were rolling joints on the downtown strip of Santa Cruz. I heard one of the guys say “Well, if I can’t get love from a woman then I’ll get it from [a joint]”. I’m not actually sure what the word was, but I can guess.
We went in a retro style music store and there was this really big white guy with a fro. He just looked strange even though he wasn’t dressed weird or anything.
Walking down the street is always an interesting experience. About ever 20 feet there’s someone playing music at varrying levels of skill. Or just sitting there. Or walking on glass (though unfortunately I did not see this myself).
