Wanted: Sleeping Space for Protesters...(outpouring of welcome from NYers)

[G_j]

The protesters coming to New York are receiving an
outpouring of hospitality from scores of people who are
opening their homes as temporary, free shelter.

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/08/17/nyregion/17protest.html?ei=1&en=aa085426e1bf7ea4&ex=1093835243&pagewanted=print&position=

Wanted: Sleeping Space for Protesters. Hot Water Optional.

August 17, 2004
By MICHAEL BRICK

wo weeks before her guests plan to arrive, the hostess cannot remember their travel arrangements or even their names.

"It's hard to keep track," said the hostess, Shelby Eidson, 24. "The Canadian couple's driving. The lesbian couple's driving. The biker activist girl is driving or getting a ride."

Ms. Eidson has little to offer these people, only a dark wooden floor in a small room near the Boy's Grocery in Sunset Park, Brooklyn. She walks the floor in faded overalls and flip-flops. Her toenails are painted baby blue. She affects a purposeful tone.

"The more people that can be here, the better," Ms. Eidson said. "As long as they don't mind sleeping on the floor, it's free."

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