- November 19, 2012
- Shamecca Ajavon, Stylist and Actress
“This was the first time I was able to vote. It’s like I’m part of the change for once, and it’s very exciting.”
- November 12, 2012
- Lucian, Third-Grader
“I’m going to ballroom-dancing class. There are more boys than girls, so we have to share the girls.”
- November 5, 2012
- Boyuan Gao, Marketing Manager
“I enrolled in what I thought was a self-defense class for women, but it ended up being mixed martial arts. We did knife-fighting and gun disarmament.”
- October 29, 2012
- Nick Van Winkle, Marketing Manager
“I race bicycles in Prospect Park and Central Park and at an abandoned airfield in South Brooklyn called Floyd Bennett.”
- October 22, 2012
- Prudence Farrow Bruns, Yoga and Meditation Specialist
“I did a three-month meditation course in India, and in the next room were John Lennon and George Harrison. When they left, they said, “We wrote this song for you.”
- October 15, 2012
- Candaice Deabreu, Retail Salesperson
“I’ve changed my hair five times this year. You don’t need a head full of hair to be beautiful.”
- October 8, 2012
- Kimberly Delancy, Restaurant Hostess
“I think we’re very fortunate to be in this country, but a lot of people take it for granted.”
- October 1, 2012
- Joan Van Hees, Vintage-Clothing Dealer
“People obsess over vintage Gucci—that’s not me. I’m more particular: I like prints and textures.”
- September 24, 2012
- Raymond Tanter, Professor
“Yes, this is my look. I’ve worn a bow tie for the last 30 years.”
- September 17, 2012
- Hogan Gorman, Actress and Writer
“I did a one-woman show at the New York Fringe Festival, and just turned it into a book for Penguin.“