Okay, who ARE you people out there cramping the streets of Portland into almost unbelievable uselessness? I was downtown and trying to get from Powell's Books to Pioneer Place (this usually takes me about 6 minutes) and found myself stuck at every light at least twice and the entire exercise took me at least 25 minutes!
The store lines are so long that I have made several new sets of friends.
And what the hell? Why does everyone in the world seem to want to read Richard Dawkins' The Ancestor's Tale? Adam wants it for Christmas and I ordered it online, only to be told inside my book shipment that 'Oh, sorry...we really DON'T have a copy and can't get one till who knows when!' I went to about 5 bookstores, out of stock, can't get it from our distributor since they're out of stock. I finally had to drive to BEAVERTON...this is asking a lot. Beaverton is the vast no man's land of no zoning and zillions of traffic lights where I only travel to, if forced! So, I went out to Beaverton yesterday...GOT the book...bless you, Beaverton...
Adam had a cold when he came home from Scotland, had that horrendous 30-hour flight home, and did some minor running around here...only to be felled by a 100+ degree fever. He is slowly recovering. Bonnie has already gone to the chiroprachter due to problems with pain in her neck (and no, I am NOT trying to be funny here...) Ross is Ross...
Portland was crazy yesterday wasn't it? Middle of the afternoon, and you'd think it was rush hour.
And what a good Mom you are to go out to Beaverton! Only a mother's love could get a woman to shop out there during Christmastime (and pretty much any other time of the year). We have relatives that live in Beaverton, but we hardly ever see them because it takes longer to get there than it does to get to Washington.
Posted by: Staley | Wednesday, December 22, 2004 at 08:50 PM
I've never even heard of that book--I went to our mall today at about 4:15, experienced very little traffic, found a parking spot, it was amazing. Of course, I wasn't in Seattle either--big cities have lots of traffic anyway, then add the holiday to that. Whew!!
Posted by: Margaret | Wednesday, December 22, 2004 at 05:29 PM
Hehe...I hear you when it comes to the wacky holiday shopper/drivers. I spent 15 minutes looking for a parking spot today (and that's in NH!) ;-)
Posted by: Abigail | Wednesday, December 22, 2004 at 05:02 PM
Would it help if I said how lucky you are to HAVE Powell's and Pioneer Place?! Traffic to Beaverton...a nightmare, I'm sure...oh, but the shopping options sound wondrous in this land of the mall that has stores you've never heard of (and wouldn't want to shop at even if you had). :) Hope your day got better.
Posted by: Marilyn | Wednesday, December 22, 2004 at 01:30 PM