I thought about putting together a list of people I see in the streets of DC anytime between 4 Am and 7 Am (the time I am usually out running) without further ado, here is my list:1. Homeless people sleeping near a bench. Not sure why, but they like woke up in the middle of the night and said, this bench is too hard, I am gonna try the concrete.
2. Mexicans at any local Seven Eleven where they are picking their coffee and sugar dose for that day as they go on to their jobs.
3. White people at the Starbucks reading a newspaper of working on a laptop pretending like they have something important to write about. There are few non-whites there, but mostly white folks—who can spare 4 bucks on a gourmet latte.
4. African-Americans at the local McDonald’s, they beat me to it, this place has a really awesome breakfast menu for low prices—if you do not mind the calories a wonderful place to get your pancakes on the go and a good cup of Joe.
5. Assortments of minorities and men and women standing by waiting for the next bus to take them to their jobs or maybe to school.
6. White girls in shorts running in really short shorts, usually accompanies by a dog—that scares the heck out of me.
7. Truck drivers delivering fresh food to various stores, cafés, and restaurants, early in the morning. I must say that I like these guys up to the point where they block the streets where I can no longer cross the street safely.
8. Security guards getting on with their jobs or coming home from a late shift on a government building or an upscale condos in the Metro area.
P.S. I aimed to do the Jefferson Memorial route today, but a security guard stopped my as I approached the start of the route by the river and told me the route is closes till the Cherry Blossom season is over! I had to switch my route and hit the Abraham Lincoln Memorial where I chatted with the guard.
1 comments:
You are lucky to meet so many people during running and I hope you say good morning to all those people like me althoug I don't run but when I walk to work I see people in the street always I say good morning to people I know or don't know until I get to my destination because it gives me that feeling of happness inside, even when I say Hi.
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