The Guy with the Red Hightops

Walking through the neighborhood near work today, I was stopped by a man asking for change. I did not have any on me, but I stopped and talked to him for a while. We talked about music (he likes U2 and Elvis Costello), among other things. At our conversation's end, he admitted that he'd seen me around the neighborhood before. He identified me by my bright red converse hightop shoes. That conversation was my day's highlight.