Sunday Parkways and Day 8 Recap

Evan and I volunteered as Intersection Superheroes at the Portland Sunday Parkways event in my neighborhood this weekend. It was a super fun community-building and physical activity-promoting event. A 6 mile loop of streets were closed off to through traffic and there were activities and music and other fun stuff at all the parks along the way. People bike, walk, roller skate, skateboard, run, etc. Lots of people young and old and families all in a great mood and enjoying the event. Our job was to escort any cars of people that lived on the street if they absolutely needed to come or go, and keep cross traffic from going through the barricades. People were pretty nice about it, so basically we got to sit in lawn chairs in the sun and watch the people go by. In true Portland fashion lots of people thanked us for volunteering as they passed. For some reason it made me uncomfortable and I didn't know how to respond. Your welcome? No problem? After Evan made fun of a cheesey shoulder shrug/head tilt combo while exclaiming "It's fun!" he became in charge of responding while I just smiled. He had a few good responses at the ready. www.portlandsundayparkways.com for more info on upcoming events or to volunteer.

Breakfast (thank you Evan!)
Bagel with margarine
Coffee with Oaxacan chocolate

Snack (thank you Sunday Parkways!)
Popped potato chips
Apple

Lunch
Midwestern pasta salad

Dinner
Midwestern pasta salad (yes, two meals in a row)