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Photo of the Day: Meet Richard and Alex

Alex Chin spreads a love of Shakespeare with help from a furry friend.

Because we work out in the community, we "Patchers" get to meet a lot of great people.

Recently, my co-worker and I ran into one cool raccoon. No joke.

Introducing Richard the racoon and his, ahem, spokesman Alex Chin, of Diamond Bar. The duo was having lunch at Chik-fil-A in Industry, where the two had made such a splash.

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Turns out Chin will take the puppet out with him from time to time, where the two entertain people by reciting Shakespeare.

So what is Chin and Richard’s favorite work? Why King Richard, hence the puppet’s name.

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