I was on the SkyTrain about a week ago and found a marvelously dressed woman with a sparkling brooch on her red blazer, sporting stylish  pumps that had a woman in her twenties sitting beside her staring at them with obvious envy. Ruffling through my bag for a camera, I explained GranPaparazzi to the woman and asked if I could take a photo. The young woman commented, “Yeah, I was wondering where she got that great outfit!” The woman, in a thick East European accent, said, “Why not? I have nothing to hide,” and graciously posed for a photo for a few seconds, even though she had to dash to get off at her stop.

By Jenny Uechi
Vancouver, BC

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