Jackie Goodrich, facilitator for StoryCorps, gives direction to Connie Alvarez, 33, and her mother Blanca 55, during an interview inside of the StoryCorp Airstreem trailer on Monday at the Santa Monica Third Street Promanade.  StoryCorps is a national project to instruct and inspire people to record each others' stories in sound. Have you ever wanted to capture the story of your grandmother's life, discover your best friend's favorite memory, or hear how your neighbor came to live in Chicago? StoryCorps provides the opportunity to interview your friends and loved ones and record their voices and wisdom. The audio project was established to create an oral history of regular citizens, allowing everyday Americans to preserve personal stories for future generations of their own families, as well as the rest of the nation. In keeping with Chicago Public Radio's tradition of collecting and sharing the diverse voices of our community, inside of recording studio disguised as an Airstream trailer, where you can record an interview with a relative or friend.

Santa Monica beach on Thursday January 5, 2005