At Mia’s Nails, Straus (left) gets her toenails painted as she chats with Kathy Santoian and Kathy’s mother Nona Merullo (green shirt). “It’s special for me. I had to wait my whole life to do this. I am so comfortable with who I am that I don’t particularly care who I am. Fortunately I have small feet; a woman’s size 10.” Straus said.

John Tlumacki