Across The River

It was simply too gorgeous to stay inside today, so I spent much of the day away from my desk. First, I went to Uncle Hugo’s to pick up some summer reading. It’s a funky store with lots of old paperbacks and a knowledgeable staff, but like I’ve written before, it’s a pain in the ass to navigate in a wheelchair. Books are scattered everywhere and I came damn close to toppling over a couple stacks. But the staff were very helpful and retrieved a bunch of titles for me, which encourages my philosophy of supporting local businesses. Then I spent a few hours at Grand Ole Day in St. Paul. It’s a kind of street fair that runs along historic Grand Avenue, with a lot of live music and pretty good people watching. It used to be called Grand Ole Days, but I think they had to cut it down to one day for budget reasons. I’ll post some pictures I took later tonight or tomorrow. I’ve lived here nine years and this was my first time at that event. There’s a few other things like that which I’ve never made it to, like the Aquatennial and Taste of Minnesota. I’m going to try to remedy that this summer.
And today was the first day where it really felt like summer. The sun was warm on my face and the air smelled like cut grass and barbecue sauce. And I was walking around and thinking it would be nice to have someone to hang out with and do typical summer stuff, like hang at the lakes. Maybe I should start going to these public gatherings wearing a big sandwich board that says FREE LEGAL ADVICE IN EXCHANGE FOR CASUAL DATE.
Yup, that would work.