A few weeks ago I snapped a few pictures of this boy who received a donated shirt. There were many donated items for children and in the mix was a Pike Place Market shirt. I thought this was remarkable because the donation of clothing came from Singapore.
Having worked in a souvenir shop and sold many Seattle shirts, I can state that the shirt was probably made in China or Indonesia, then traveled to Washington State or LA, where it was silk-screened. The shirt was then either picked up by a doting grandmother or the Singaporean family themselves, transported across the Pacific again and worn by a small child exactly twice. Once to impress the doting grandmother and again because all other items of clothing were dirty. The child subsequently grew out of the shirt quickly and thus it came to be donated.
By chance it came to me and I delivered it to a boy with a lazy eye. I snapped the pictures knowing full well that it would be nearly impossible to capture a lazy-eyed boy generously. Little did I know, the boy behind him was also giving me the stink eye. Looking at these pictures three weeks later I could not help but laugh. I post it here in the hopes that you enjoy it too.
Speaking of Seattle, I will be coming back in 5 days, on the 23rd. In true hours, it is closer to six days, but one of those days will be spent on a plane (hopefully in a drunken sleep). I look forward to seeing many.
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