Today was the first day when I truly felt like I was back in Portland. Granted, I was back yesterday and actually saw people I knew even, but it still felt like I was acclimating.
Today I slept in with my sweetie. Then headed off to run errands on the bicycle. Everytime I’m come back from a trip away I feel so much… release when I get on the bike for the first time. I think it is related to a sense of empowerment. With the bike, I’m able to get around under my own power and not reliant on trying to figure out transit in an alien city. There’s a level of comfort which is nicely reinforced by the endorphins of exercise.
So today I biked down to the post office to mail off some packages and inquire about a P.O. Box. From there I went down to Powell’s where I signed copies of Shades of Milk and Honey, which was fun, and had my picture taken. It’s a totally ridiculous and fun promo thing they are doing. Basically, when you leave the Gold Room and head toward the Rose room, on the Mezzanine there’s this guy with a camera and a greenscreen. You get your photo taken and they send you a copy. Way better than posing across the street especially since they put my name “on” the marquis.
From there off to visit my friend -e- briefly at Malloys where we made plans to meet up later for drinks. The rest of the afternoon I spent at Central Library researching the WIP. I need to thank Pauline, the reference librarian, who pointing me in the direction specific books in the 975s which was very helpful.
-e- and I had drinks at Secret Society which is fast becoming my favorite bar in Portland. I had a Jasmine Cocktail and a Sazerac. Bizarrely, there was another puppeteer sitting at the bar so I had a moment where the puppetry radar went off in my brain and we had a quick and lovely conversation about “OMG puppets!” and then went back to hanging out with the folks we’d actually arrived with.
All in all a delightful day.
I like the picture. I’m glad you told that they took your picture in front of a green screen or I would worry about you standing in the middle of the street.
Neat! Had me fooled, I thought you were actually standing in the middle of the street…
And it is a *lovely* shot. The pose is somewhat echo-y of the cover… 🙂