{"id":392,"date":"2014-07-07T12:19:44","date_gmt":"2014-07-07T16:19:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anthonyandme.com\/?p=392"},"modified":"2014-07-07T10:36:15","modified_gmt":"2014-07-07T14:36:15","slug":"interviewing-anthony","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/anthonyandme.com\/?p=392","title":{"rendered":"Interviewing Anthony"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last week Anthony and I got together to talk with a reporter from Street Sense<\/a>. They\u2019re doing a story on the one-year anniversary of Anthony being housed. Pretty cool.<\/p>\n

\"Anthony<\/a>

Anthony uses a personal hand-held battery-operated misting fan to stay cool – on his corner and on the 42 bus!<\/p><\/div>\n

I got to Anthony\u2019s corner at 19th and M earlier than we had agreed that day. We often meet at the Au Bon Pain next door, so I walked over there to see if he had slipped inside to escape the blistering sun. My intuition was right.<\/p>\n

Sporting a broad smile and walking slightly better than the last time I saw him, Anthony was in good spirits. We boarded the 42 bus toward Metro Center and got off at 13th and H.<\/p>\n

Stepping off the bus I saw some deep purple clouds forming above. \u201cDid you bring an umbrella,\u201d I asked Anthony. He smiled and not missing a beat quipped back, \u201cNope. Just a towel and a bar of soap.\u201d Now we were both smiling.<\/p>\n

We sat down with Sophie from Street Sense for the interview. We talked about how we got connected and a bit about the challenges of finding Anthony housing. I learned something new in the interview. No it wasn’t a new recipe from Anthony’s cooking repertoire, it was that he had been thinking about trying to finish his education and get his GED. I think that would be great if he wants to do that. He\u2019ll need to work on his reading and writing (and probably arithmetic as well) though.<\/p>\n

I’m taking him to the doctor on Wednesday, so I’ll have an update later this week. For those of you in DC, please join us on Monday, July 14th at 5:30pm at Rumors<\/a>\u00a0to celebrate Anthony\u2019s one-year anniversary of securing housing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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