Chance Jane meeting in Rome!

Guess who I bumped into on the street in Rome---Jane Z! Jane is from my Berkeley days (2001-4)...when we both headlined at Church without Walls. Jane, though left a year or so before I did to do some stuff in Guatemala...and I have not seen her since then. So, it was a real treat to see her on the streets of Rome. My friend and I were wandering around looking for an outdoor place to watch a World Cup game, and I saw her and her friends staring at some bus signs. They too were looking for a World Cup venue. Anyway, the interaction, sadly was too short and sweet to be photographed, but we hugged and greeted, and then a bus came suddenly and they hopped on it...and we both screamed to one another to email. It was so delightful to see her. She was leaving town the next morning. So wonderful to see her.

This world is really small in some ways. Back in college, a similar thing happened. Dave Tay and I bumped into the Ong sisters at the Statue of Liberty, and literally only hours later bumped into Angela Lim, her sister and her mom in Times Square. Dave was visiting NY from Singapore/California, the Ong's from Phoenix, and the Lim's from Chicago. That was weird.