Panhandler Becomes Gallery Patron

A San Francisco man’s “long-estranged mother died recently, leaving him $187,000 — and the first thing Don did when he got the money was cut a $10,000 check to the art gallery he has sat in front of for two years, panhandling and begging for free food. He got drunk to celebrate, then stumbled into the door of the Blue Room Gallery, walked straight up to owner Paul Mahder and handed him the check.”