Brandon Stanton's Blog, page 518

"If you could give one piece of advice to a large group of...

"If you could give one piece of advice to a large group of people, what would it be?"
"Well, I’m in finance, so I’d say: ‘Stay diversified.’"
"Outside of finance, what area of your life do you wish was more diversified?"
"Well, I wish I’d focused on more than finance."

"What was the saddest moment of your life?""When I lost my first...

"What was the saddest moment of your life?"
"When I lost my first wife."
"How long ago was this?"
"40 years."
"What happened?"
"We were in the Peace Corps, and had gone to Ethiopia to teach English. We were stepping out of a van when a runaway police car barreled into us. I still think they did it on purpose."
"How old were you at the time?"
"Twenty one."

"She’s infectiously excitable."

"She’s infectiously excitable."

"Once I ate two or three pot cookies during a poker game. When...

"Once I ate two or three pot cookies during a poker game. When we finished, I watched my friend spend several minutes collecting all the chips, sorting them, and carefully stacking them in a tray. As soon as he finished, he tried to pick it up and dumped the whole thing on the floor. I ended up hunched over on the ground, gasping for air." 

"Once I was in a talent show, and at the end, everyone stood up...

"Once I was in a talent show, and at the end, everyone stood up and clapped!"

"What was the happiest moment of your life?""That time I went to...

"What was the happiest moment of your life?"
"That time I went to a Grateful Dead concert."
"Were there drugs involved?"
"Lots of them."

"The happiest day of my life was when I finally got my GED. I...

"The happiest day of my life was when I finally got my GED. I had to commute back and forth between The Bronx and Jersey everyday for two years."

"I pretty much always feel sad and unsure of myself.""But...

"I pretty much always feel sad and unsure of myself."
"But you’re very colorful."
"And my name is Allegra, which means happy."

"What is your superpower?""Fix the trains."

"What is your superpower?"
"Fix the trains."

Seen in Midtown

Seen in Midtown