Hottest bed ever

I had a friend who lived in this SRO, with no airconditioning and communal bathrooms/showers on each floor. To get cool at night we would turn on the fans, open the windows to the sounds of the street (cars,fights,hookers,porn being filmed in the old church across the street) and wet towels with cold water to […]

Fire truck on San Pedro by @urm

When you get to the point in the city where there are few cars but many people, you’ve found Skid Row. No one had to pull to the right to let the firetruck pass becaise only pedestrians were on the street

Eat on the street

Today there was a special outreach group giving out food on 6th, which they had blocked off, and some people came by handing out food from their vans and cars, and other places were open to feed the public who signed up with their agency. But… no trashcans were available for the left overs and […]

10-10-10 smell

#fb I used to spray perfume on my wrists and the cuffs of my shirts so when I would go through a smelly are I could look like I was scratching,rubbing my nose and inhaling. Body spray wears off! Wow. I had forgotten what urine that is puddled and baking in the sun smells like. You […]

10-10-2010 falling

Today I saw two people fall to the ground. Thie first was an old lady bowed under the burden of her belongings and trying to pull them behind her in a cart. The other was a man about 50 who had "just had some dentist". (Read crack cocaine). In both cases people rushed over to […]

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10-10-10 What I am doing for Homeless Awareness

#fb I am spending the night sleeping on Skid Row. I don’t want to insult anyone by pretending to be homeless and then going home to my soft bed and exploiting the experience for attention. That’s too rude even for me. I want to show you somethings and get you to help me answer this […]

Hey DPSS Webmaster

Update your web page. Food Stamp Program The Food Stamp Program was established to improve the nutrition of people in low-income households. It does that by increasing their food-buying power, so they are able to purchase the amount of food their household needs. Food Stamps are issued in dollar denomination coupons and are used instead […]

Grocery Money $Making it Last

#fb, Otherwise known as “A word of advice from Sonya’s mother”. Foodstamps, aka SNAP is carefully calculated to provide enough funds to feed the family or individual they are issued to for an entire month when other income sources are factored in. However, Food Banks are seeing a crush of clients come in at the […]

Humbled – I am #25

#fb @padschicago is #6! @hardlynormal, you’re there too! This blog on list of blogs that will help you understand homelessness. Wow. http://www.mastersinpublichealth.net/top-50-blogs-for-better-understanding-homelessness/