Brandon Stanton's Blog, page 448

"I’m currently working the Renaissance Fair...

"I’m currently working the Renaissance Fair circuit."
"Cool. Playing music?"
"No. I dress up like a pirate and sell boots."

"I need to get to Vegas. That’s the place to...

"I need to get to Vegas. That’s the place to be!"

“What would you do in Vegas?”

“Don’t know. Never been.”

Bring it on.

Bring it on.

"He was a home birth. I worked at an Ivorian refugee camp in...

"He was a home birth. I worked at an Ivorian refugee camp in Liberia, and witnessed a lot of women give birth in tents. I thought: ‘If they can do it in a tent, then I can certainly do it in my home.’"

"Listen, I’ve got to go. If I tell them I’m late...

"Listen, I’ve got to go. If I tell them I’m late because I was getting interviewed, they’re not gonna want to hear that. Not gonna believe that for a second."

"What do you want to be when you grow up?"“A police...

"What do you want to be when you grow up?"

“A police officer.”

“What’s the hardest part about being a police officer?”

“Saving people.”

Seen from 17th Street.

Seen from 17th Street.

"I’m a little worried because he’s two and...

"I’m a little worried because he’s two and he’s not talking yet. Everyone is telling me that he should be talking, and I see other babies imitating and having little conversations. But he’s only two, so we’ll give it another year."

"God has gotten me through so, so much."

"God has gotten me through so, so much."

"They made me question whether my being gay was real, which made...

"They made me question whether my being gay was real, which made me question if any of my thoughts and feelings were real, and then it was kinda all downhill from there."