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a ttitu d e r a th e r th a n a bad o n e .”
Shaggy said h is b ro th e r in sp ired him to
try traveling.
“H e told m e, ‘U n b u rd e n y o u rse lf from all
of y o u r stuff. G o on th e road. G o s e e new
th in g s. L e a rn so m e n ew skills,’” Shaggy
BY M EGAN SMITH
S T A F F W R IT E R
rom his backpack, Shaggy pulls a
long, stu rd y p iec e of bam boo w ra p p ed
in lanyards and trin k e ts th a t h e h as
com e a cro ss in his travels. T h e artfully
d e c o ra te d w alking stick is a re m in d e r to th is
S tre e t R oots v e n d o r th a t h e is lettin g life
tak e him w h e re o p p o rtu n ity p re s e n ts itself.
Shaggy, 32, w as given h is n am e y e a rs ago
by co-w orkers w ho reco g n ized a p assin g
re se m b la n c e to th e iconic b e s t frien d of a
G re a t D ane in th e Scooby D oo c arto o n .
“I t w as ju s t m y
d e m e a n o r,” h e said,
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w as grow ing out.
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a b o u t his c h a ra c te r
th a t m atch for m e .”
P ointing to his
favorite Scooby Doo
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rem ain in g o p e n to new e x p e rie n c e s
and rem ain in g u p b e a t in th e face of
o b stacles.
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Shaggy said h e is te s tin g o u t th e th e o ry
th a t to tru ly u n d e rs ta n d so m e th in g , o n e
n e e d s to e x p e rie n c e it directly.
“B ein g h o m e le ss, it’s a d iffe re n t w ay to
e x p e rie n c e th is city. To e x p e rie n c e it from
th e s tr e e t u p is s o r t o f in te re s tin g ,” h e said.
“Like n o t having (public) b a th ro o m s, th e n
w h e n you do find o n e, th e r e is so m e o n e in
th e r e fo r 20 m in u te s a h e a d of you. You
w ould n e v e r se e all th a t if you d id n ’t
e x p e rie n c e it.”
S haggy quickly c o n n e c te d to S tre e t
R o o ts an d s ta r te d selling th e p a p e r
an d su b m ittin g p o e try a b o u t h is
o b se rv a tio n s of living on th e
s tre e ts . H e can o fte n b e found
o u tsid e th e dow ntow n Voodoo
D o u g h n u ts, w h e re h e enjoys
th e lively a tm o sp h e re .
“S tr e e t R o o ts is a w ay to
m ak e m y ow n way,” h e says.
“I t’s b e e n a g re a t w ay to m e e t
p eo p le, c u sto m e rs an d v e n d o rs
an d o th e r folks w h o a re o n th e
s tre e ts playing th e violin o r
so m e th in g . I t ’s led to so m e g re a t
c o n v ersa tio n s w ith p e o p le .”
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