Taylor says about ten years ago he retired fromhis position as a touch-up artist with RuscraftCards. "I never went to art school--never reallyhad any interest--but I loved my job," Taylorsays.

"Continuing my lifelong love of books, Istarted reading about UFOs and other paranormalactivity," Taylor says. "Before I knew it, I wasthe corresponding secretary for a UFO society."

"You never really know what good things aregoing to happen in life."

The Old Dividing Line

Past Inman Square and past Prospect Street, theproliferation of Portuguese restaurants andmarkets is stunning. One section of Cambridge St.is all fish and poultry markets.

At the Fernandez Fish Market, a crumblingshanty with peeling white paint, some of thefreshest smelling fish is sold at reasonableprices.

When asked how he can afford to sell hisseafood so cheaply, owner Victor Ramos gives ahuge toothpaste grin and smiles, "I have veryefficient fishermen."

Next door, La Casa Olmos is frying upgood-smelling fish sandwiches to a lunchtime crowdof three construction workers, a Cambridge cityworker and two older families.

Judy Ferrara-Sancho, mother of two, is havinglunch with her two school-age daughters, Lucy andIsabel. "My children absolutely love to eat here,"Ferrara-Sancho says. "I am not sure why, but it'scheap and it's home."

Isabel then pipes up, "Mom's the best mommy inthe world."

Across the restaurant Douglas H. Ordman andVincent Sweeny are discussing the upcomingDemocratic prospects for the Eighth CongressionalDistrict. Deciding whether neighborhood concernsor welfare should be the most important issue,Ordman and Sweeny manage to drink six Molson'sGolden beers between themselves.

Finishing lunch, the next stop is RooseveltTowers, one of the few rent-controlled housingdevelopments left in the city. Swaggering outsidein a blue and black Georgetown Bulldogs Starterjacket is R. Jefferson Williams, 19, aself-described Gangster Disciples (GD) member.

Williams says he is simply getting a look atthe territory.

"I don't like to hurt anybody...I just like tointimidate [them]," Williams says. "Sometimespeople show no respect. Around here, they berespecting me."

"I love Cambridge. It's my home," Williamscontinues. "I just think I need to do something toensure that I get a fair chance at things. GD ismy way of doing that."