Streetwise Streetwise (June 22, 2005)

If you had a day off in Palo Alto, what would you do?
Question and interviews by Chuan-Mei Lee. Photographs by Tomomi Tsuda. Asked on California Avenue in Palo Alto.

Ewa Wilkiewicz
Nurse
Grant Avenue, Palo Alto
"It's my day off. I'm a nurse at Lucille Packard Hospital. I'm trying to relax, have a cup of coffee. I'm trying to recharge my battery so I will be productive in the hospital tomorrow working with my pediatric patients."

Peter Forse
Retired
Vista Avenue, Palo Alto
"I'd play dominos with my big pal Tony at Antonio's Nuthouse."

Julie Turchin
Teacher
Park Boulevard, Palo Alto
"Take a walk to the Gamble Garden."

Hilton Obenzinger
Professor
Park Boulevard, Palo Alto
"Walk in the neighborhood and get pissed off at monster housing."

Abhijit Pethe
Graduate student
Grant Avenue, Palo Alto
"Right now I'm so swamped. I'd like to lie down in bed and take a day sleeping."

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