Sean Dolan, 48, has worked as a chef in a variety of restaurants over the last 30 years, most of them in Providence, R.I. While he's done everything from line to prep to standard short-order cooking, his favorite is Italian -- "tossing saute pans and cooking calamari and veal saltimbocca and chicken parmesan," he said.
But when he was fired from his most recent job in early October, instead of applying for other jobs, Dolan hopped a train to New York City and came straight to Zuccotti Park to join the protesters. He'd heard about the Occupy protest on NPR -- he doesn't read print media much anymore, except for the Providence Phoenix -- and wanted to help out anyway he could. MORE...
I started posting on HowieinSeattle in 11/04, following progressive American politics in the spirit of Howard Dean's effort to "Take Our Country Back." I decided to follow my heart and posted on seattleforbarackobama from 2/07 to 11/08.--"Howie Martin is the Abe Linkin' of progressive Seattle."--Michael Hood.
Saturday, November 12, 2011
"Occupy Wall Street, Faces Of Zuccotti Park: The Chef " (with video)
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