How do you experience your city?

Casually, relaxed, a bit of breeze in your hair?







Out to relax in the park?



Calmly soaking up the sunshine?



Cruising around with someone you love?



Gazing out at the river as you make your way home over the bridge?



Breezing gracefully down shaded lanes?

Safety Last

Last night we were just sitting around with the TV on doing some other stuff, and this episode of According to Jim came on, which I found out later was titled "Safety Last." The whole episode made me smile the whole way through, you should definitely watch it if you get the chance. The basic point of the episode is summed up by a line near the end - "The more time you spend worrying, the less time we have to live our life."

Sure, certain things in the world are dangerous. In fact, a lot of things are. But if you spend your life dwelling on everything that could possibly happen to you, what kind of life will you have? Don't be stupid, but enjoy the life you have while you're in it. When it's your time, it's your time, make the best of it.

Here's a short little clip that's relevant to this blog :) Enjoy!



*edit* - here's the whole episode

Every Corner is a Crosswalk

The Portland Department of Transportation has just put out a video illustrating the fact that, by Oregon law, every street corner is considered a crosswalk (whether marked or not), and that once a pedestrian has put a food down in the road, automobile drivers have a responsibility to stop and remain stopped until the pedestrian has cleared both their lane and the one next to it. If the person is blind and using a cane or a seeing eye dog, drivers must wait for them to get to the opposite curb.

Why I love my bike

You know, quite often I need to take a glass lunch container with me to work, my bag, a sweater/coat/jacket, sometimes a couple of other items. No problem.



Borrowing your co-worker's ice cream maker? Also no problem.



Still need to stop and get cat litter at the store on the way home from work? Yeah, got that too.



We're off to the beach for the weekend, have a good one!