Modern Family

Saturday October 3, 2015
Location: Mall - El Paso, TX
Time: 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm

It is a warm afternoon in El Paso, Texas. A few clouds in the sky, but the sun overpowers them. The area I usually observe from in the mall is busy. Lots of people walking through.

A majority of the men are wearing short-sleeved shirts: T-shirts, tank tops, polos, etc. I have only seen one male with a long-sleeved shirt on. Their pants range from jeans, dress pants, track pants, or shorts. A majority of the males are wearing comfortable shoes: sneakers, tennis shoes, flip-flops, etc. The women are wearing a wide variety of clothing: T-shirts, tank tops, blouses, dresses, coats, etc. They are wearing pants, skirts, shorts, capris, etc. The women are wearing comfortable to fashionable footwear: sneakers, tennis shoes, dress shoes, high heels, etc.

There is a young family standing near the balcony. There is a young woman, a young man, a baby, and a young girl. The young man and young woman appear to be teenagers. They seem to be the parents of the baby. The young man is pushing a stroller with the baby in it. The baby seems to be a year old or two. They all stop at the balcony while the young woman texts on her cell phone. The baby seems to want to go to the lower level where the play area for children is. The baby becomes quite fussy. The young girl just looks over the balcony. The young man has no expression on his face as he waits for the young woman. The baby drops his 'sippy cup', and the young girl and the young man both lunge for it. The young man picks it up. They all wait for a bit while the young woman texts. The young man and young woman talk for a bit before leaving the area with the young girl and baby in hand.

Quite the unusual sight. An elderly woman passed by wearing a T-shirt depicting 'shock rockers' Alice Cooper and Marilyn Manson. She had purple hair.

The ethnicities observed during this time were Latino (majority), Caucasian, and black/African American. I did not see any Asian people today. The ethnicities mainly stayed in their own groups, but I at least see two black/African American people with a Latino person.

There is an elderly couple sitting across from me on a bench. It is a man and a woman, both wearing glasses. They seem to be in a relationship with each other. The man has a cup of ice cream. It is mainly the man eating ice cream while the woman just stares off in the distance. The man shares his ice cream with the woman. They do not talk much with each other. The man silently eats while the woman stares off in the distance. The woman gets a few more spoonfuls of ice cream before leaving her spoon in the cup of ice cream. They eventually leave.