With Mo Pain selling CDs at 73rd and 5th, near Central Park.

Were walking down Mulberry Street, Little Italy stopping to pose for photographs. Nicholas is the cat.

Was selling his artwork on West Broadway in Soho. He has a facebook page, 'Art by Rene Efi Hakimian'.

Came to talk to Normal Bob Smith when I was taking his photograph.

Introduced to by Roman. http://www.normalbobsmith.com/amazingstrangers/

A regular fixture at Union Square. I passed on the free massage. He gave me an 'Amazing Strangers of Union Square' postcard, on which he appears, illustrated by Normal Bob Smith.

Signing books after a book reading in Brooklyn Bridge Park.

Works in a clothing store in Nolita, New York. I went in to buy a t-shirt, but they didn't have my size.