Skokie, IL/Why don't people pay more attention to spaying and neutering their cats and dogs? Why don't people take more responsibility for their pets?

Welcome to the Pita Inn, one of the most amazing places to eat in all of the Chicagoland. Three dollars for a dozen fresh baked pita bread, the best falafel sandwiches, hummus, tabouleh... Needless to say, many of my Northwestern days were spent here so it was only fitting when I visited this summer that it would be a part of my project.


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 Answer: I don't know because I don't raise cats or dogs. The people don't have responsibility. They think it's easy but it's not. It's a soul. It's like a human being. It needs food. It needs care. You have to take care of it like a baby.

I ask why he does not own any pets.

I've been here just for a short time and in my country, Iraq, they don't care to take care of pets like here.

Question: How come some people can take care of dogs and cats for a long time, but others for only a very short time? With babies too. Some people can care for them for a long time, some people play for a few minutes and then get bored. Why is that difference?

Venice, CA/What kind of food do you love the most?

I was driving home from work, along my usual route through a Venice neighborhood, when I turned the corner to see that these two guys had set up an outdoor studio where they were hanging out and spray painting a canvas. 


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Answer: (left) Baked ziti. It's the worst. It's criminal. You put some sausage in... then you put it back in the oven...then there's all this cheese everywhere. It's sooo good.
(right) Eggplant parm. That's what I grew up eating. My grandma's eggplant parm.

Question: What makes you interesting?

Los Angeles, CA (Los Feliz)/When's the last time you went to see a movie?

My friend Natalie took me to Sapp Coffee House, which she discovered when she saw this clip of Anthony Bourdain eating their boat noodles. It's a yummy Thai restaurant in a Los Feliz strip mall, despite what you would think from the name. I don't even think there is coffee on the menu at all!


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Answer: Three weeks ago. Shutter Island. It's fun. It was interesting. You saw the preview right? Not scary at all. It interests me. Yea, yeah I liked it!

Question: What kind of food do you love the most?

Chicago, IL (Bus 66)/ What do you think the food you eat says about you?

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Answer: It says a lot about your character and community. I don't like sweet stuff. I don't consider myself a sweet person. I like strong flavors and I think my personality is very strong too. Yes.

Question: What is your opinion of adoption for gay couples?

Los Angeles, CA (Miracle Mile)/Do you think that men and women have more equality in our generation than in the past and is it enough?

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Answer: I can only speak for the American situation but for my generation versus my mother's generation, it seems to be more equal, but that's just my personal experience. But I think different levels of equality and inequality exist in the same time and region. (For there to be full equality,) it would take more self awareness for women. It's an agreement to have an equal status. I'm not that big of a fan of "feminism," in quotes, because I think a very specific social strata is attracted to it and it's offputting to other women.

Question: What do you think what you eat says about you?