beauty is in the details

beauty in the details, originally uploaded by jill y.

It's hard to make out the date on this photo but it's Friday, June 18, 2004. I was sitting out front at Joe's Cafe on Commercial Drive. I've always fancied their lattes and the effort they put into layering the coffee and milk. So esthetically pleasing, so worth photographing. I noticed this clever headline and snapped the shot.

What makes this such a memorable shot for me is the remembering the person who sat down beside me. We had met a week a so ago though mutual friends and recognized him. I remember feeling slightly put off by the constant phone calls he was making on his cell. Put off because I was waiting for the opening to say hello.

Oh brother, I remember thinking. Screw him. I was trying to not be so interested in guys. They'd brought me a bunch of trouble in the recent past and I was a bit fed up. I almost left but the opportunity came and I said hello. We chatted, I think we exchanged numbers, and I called them a week or so later. I remember feeling none to impressed but it was that phase where I was pretty much thinking 'fuck him' to any guy who crossed my path- my path of "I don't want or need you". But then this guy said something about having a degree in Art History and liking photography and suddenly there was something, something maybe in common.

Something that would open me up to the beauty in his details.

He never reads this blog because he says he hears all about the things I post anyway. Maybe I'll tell him about this and maybe I won't.

Happy 3rd year anniversary Michael. Thanks for all little details that are just between you and me.