Last summer, dressed in my wholey holey red shirt and denim short shorts, sitting on a bench on Congress Street people watching, I was approached by a lively man with two cameras slung around his neck.

You look like somebody where I come from --- Bulgaria! May I take your picture?

Jacko jumped up on a trash can to get the angle he wanted, and for the next hour or two we wandered around Portland while Jacko took pictures and his wife Valentina interviewed me.
A fascinating couple --- I hope sometime they can visit Peaks Island and we can get to know each other better.

Jacko Vassilev

American Dream
May,1996