I'm also fascinated by how people who are in the business of selling goods market and display those goods, and I often try to guess their mindsets--i.e., how they must think about what they're trying to sell.

Following is a random collection of interesting faces, snaps of various people's ways of making a living, and photos of merchandising modes.

No great significance, but I love the golden glow of this photo.

Paola and Gloria run the small vegetable stand that I frequented.

Seeing me, he quickly invited me in for tea, and we became fast friends

He does engraving, calligraphy, etc.

In Amman, a most attractive presentation of wares

My bus driver from Wadi Rum to Wadi Musa

Live chicken shop in Wadi Musa, Jordan

This open-air shop is typical of shops in both Jordan and Syria (and in much of the Middle East, I suppose)

My favorite barber in Damascus

Here you see more graphically the row of identical open-air shops, in Damascus

With the craftsmen working right where you can see them

A hookah shop in Damascus

Juice vendor in Amman

Past retirement age, this man  was at work every day I was in Damascus.

I never saw him in any other position than this.  Check out this stool he uses.

Laundry and dry cleaners, probably with his son

And delivering dry cleaning in Mendoza, Argentina

Back in Wadi Musa, Jordan, a hardware store specializing in fixtures for squat toilets

The hookah man at BooksCafe in Amman, hangout for expats

Instrument repair shop in Damascus

Joseph, in Wadi Musa

Two mimes in Coquimbo, Chile

Norman Ponce, singer of romantic songs, in Coquimbo, Chile

In La Serena, Chile, performing (juggling) for motorists, for small change

In Coquimbo, Chile, a wonderful French restaurant...

...run by owner/chef Pascal