This Photo Friday is on ‘The City’. There are many things that stand out to me about living in the city. There seems to be more traffic, more public transportation, more people in general… and usually less greenery. But one thing there is definitly more of is homeless individuals. These sunny sleepers were right across the street where I live.

So this is my very first time doing a Photo Friday. It is another fun weekly challenge where they announce a theme each Friday and you have the over the course of the week to take a picture and post it.

This was a shot that I took while trying to think about how I would address the concept of “Real Life.” I don’t see myself as someone who is living a ‘real life.’ I am in school and doing my own thing, but not living a ‘real life’ of work and responsibility. I am living an “Ashley Life.” So I looked outside myself and decided to think about all of the other people out there who are forced to live ‘real lives.’

Friday was a very rainy day here in San Francisco. It was gloomy outside, so this person in a red hat stuck out more than they normally would have. Probably walking home from work after a long day, looking forward to meeting the family and having dinner and a glass of wine. And wearing a red hat. Because he wants to be different. Special. Unique.