Late Night at Starbucks

I was walking down Belmont, headed for the northbound 22 Clark bus stop, and just as I got to the corner across the street, the bus pulled away.  With the recent CTA cuts, I didn't know WHEN the next bus would be, so I decided to people watch the folks in the Starbucks on the corner from the outside.

That's when I saw him, an older gentleman in a nice suit at the window, just standing and staring blankly out into nowhere.  He stood that way for a long time, and I couldn't help but wonder what he was thinking about, whether he was just tired, or waiting for someone, or postponing the inevitable trudge homeward.  I look at him now, or at the photo of what he was THEN in that moment, and I still wonder...

It can be an overwhelming experience to observe the city at night, when loneliness and weariness cannot be hidden by the brightness of day...

Comments

[Kyle]

Beautiful picture. You really captured the moment. I'm sitting in class looking at it wondering the same things you were. So much emotion on his face.