David Schnell

A few years ago I was in Old San Juan with a girl I was dating , Ileana. We went to this bar called The Pink Umbrella. It was an extremely odd night and I knew that it would just get more odd upon its progression. First of all we sat at the bar and ordered two drinks each, I guess we wanted to start the night right in a manner of speaking.

After a few drinks Ileana found herself sitting in my lap, I think she gave her seat to someone else. And this girl came up to me and started coming on to me. She was not bad looking, I just was surprised that she would approach me first of all, and second of all that she would have the balls to approach me while Ileana was sitting comfortably in my lap practically all over me. I guess I had the mojo this night. lol. jk.

After a few more drinks I noticed a man with blonde hair walk into the bar. He was obviously a foreigner, I thought he must be American. He came and sat down next to me. He ordered two beers and sat silently. I let him be until maybe half an hour later. he just seemed so shy and did not look like he was having a good time. So I started talking to him and I found out that he was the famous German painter, David Schnell who was here for his art exhibit in Ponce. I was immidiately taken back and in any circumstances would have been extremely shy but was not this night.

We talked and drank the whole night together. I put Ileana and the rest of my friends aside because I was not going to miss the chance to say that I had a night out with the famous painter. He was actually pretty down to earth, very nice guy. We had some laughs, I think he even bought me a few beers.

At the end of the night he handed me a paper with an invitation to go to his art exhibit the next day. It wasnt till the days after that I realized how famous he really was and how fortunate I was to meet him personally.