Strolling

Biking, for me, is the most reliable & enjoyable way to get into and out of town. To get “there” it wins hands down but…

If I need to get there post-haste then the absolute fastest way (short of a motorcycle) is to go multi-modal and combine a bike ride with a trip on The Sounder. But…

If I miss the train I wait. And further some of the benefit of the bike ride is gone while the burden of a nip-tuck schedule weighs on my mind and negatively affects my trip across town. But…

If I take the bus I walk. And if I walk on a day like today, when the weather is calm, and when the pressure to get there isn’t primary…well…then…nothing compares to a leisurely stroll through The Market.

The smell of the pastries, the bustle of shopkeepers folding their mobile stations up for the night, a short cup of coffee in your hand, and all of the wacky, harried, smelly, angry, zoned out, and beautiful people doing their thang!

Even a leisurely bike ride across town can’t compare. The inhospitable nature of a city street is only exceeded by the sterile and emotionless freeway for the reward it brings you. The sidewalk is the best place when you are just being there and not really in need of getting there.

If you have the occasion, take a stroll and soak it all in.