Sorry it's been so long since I've blogged!
I've been freakishly busy lately. All with really fun stuff, but it gets exhausting sometimes, and all I do is arrive home & go to bed. :-)
Last night was First Wednesday in downtown Salem. I love First Wednesday! It's so rare that downtown shops are open at night, and even rarer that there are actually people milling about.
The rain stopped yesterday afternoon, so I rode my bike downtown. There were lots of people out and about. Bands playing on street corners and in doorwells. Painters doing their thing outside. New art exhibits. I wandered around & looked at all that stuff.
Chatted with some friends I ran into. Petted some doggies.
Hitched a ride on a horse-drawn carriage and learned a little history lesson from Hazel, who was guiding the horse-drawn downtown tour. It was great! I worked with Hazel this summer on Salem Heritage Network & am glad to know her. She's a big supporter of Salem & has worked on some incredible projects, including the Carousel, the new bike/pedestrian bridge, and saving old houses from demolition.
Then I headed back to The Bike Peddler, our favorite local bike shop. They recently expanded into the storefront next door, doubling their space, and held a grand opening celebration. The local band Le Nunes played a show inside the shop. Instead of a strobe light, they turned on a bunch of blinky bike lights from the bike display beside them. That was silly & awesome. The show was great, and it was an interesting mix of people - kind of weird to be at a local show with all the “bike people” instead of the usual “local music” people.
Rode back home in the dark with Jim. It was a pretty awesome night, for a Wednesday!