This is #20 in my 100 strangers assignment. Check out the 100 strangers website to see more pictures and people working on the same assignment!

When I read in the paper that Eva Longoria and Adam Rodriguez were going to be speaking at a rally today, I knew that I had to take my mother-in-law. She is CSI Miami’s biggest fan. In fact, she regularly refers to David Caruso as her ‘boyfriend’. We ended up waiting almost two hours IN THE RAIN. Eva and Adam both spoke to the crowd and then rushed off stage to a waiting car. You can tell Eva has a lot of practice with crowds [paparazzi!] because she made it to the vehicle in record time. People crowded around the car, taking pictures and trying to touch her. Scary! The crush of people was too much for Jean and she hovered around the edges of the crowd, trying to catch a glimpse of CSI Miami guy.

Just as he was about to get in the car I got his attention and asked him to come over to where Jean was waiting on the other side of a rock wall. “My mother-in-law loves your show. She wants to meet you but she is too old to fight her way through this crowd.” He was so nice about it. Right away he walked through a group of people and shook her hand, smiling and nodding as she professed her love for him and all things CSI Miami. He made her day! What a gentleman. As soon as she let go of his hand, he hopped in the car and was gone.