Vendor Melissa Gross is remembered for her radiant optimism and kindness
Melissa Gross and her dog Little Lady only came to Seattle in mid-August, but they’d already made some friends. Gross was selling Real Change in front of the Starbucks at the Colman Dock ferry terminal. “One of the employees came out and took Little Lady’s picture,” Gross said, “They made her Dog of the Month for September.”
Gross said one lady came up and told her, “Tell me a joke, and I’ll buy five papers.” And so Gross did. She told a joke you can’t print in the paper, everybody around burst out laughing and the lady bought five papers. ...