The Old Firehouse Shelter

This was the bit on the homeless shelters running at or above capacity over the past couple months. It didn't work out visually as some of the other people at the paper thought it would, but they still ran three photos.

They ran this on the front because, apparently, the editors do not want to run a photo of a homeless man on the front page.

Guests visit the clothes closet for new clothes.

Louis and Francisco prepare for a meal.

Lunch time at the shelter.

Another one they ran in the paper -- I think they just didn't want any faces.

Francisco settles back for a cup of soup after serving the other guests.

A guest makes his bed on a mattress on the floor of the Old Firehouse Shelter. Though they have beds for 50 guests, the shelter has spare mattresses for nights when they run over capacity.

The kitchen crew were really nice guys, very welcoming, and everyone else was pretty tolerant. Some of them didn't want their photo taken, and would duck or turn away or cover their faces. Most of them didn't care too much, though.

Ciao, y'all.