Last weekend I participated in my first Portland run in the rain. This is my third spring in the rainy city so I knew it was only a matter of time before one of the organized runs I was participating in was rained out. But “rained out” isn’t really the right phrase because Portland events rarely get called or delayed for rain. If they did, this city wouldn’t have any successful events in the spring!
Yes, I know you’re thinking “what’s handwriting and happy hour got to do with each other?” These two activities are rarely combined in the same night. Unless you’re an elementary school teacher who needs a drink after a day of screaming children or you’re writing a napkin note to the guy guy at the bar. Or perhaps both! But neither explain my case.
Aren’t we all? It’s Valentine’s Day and consumers have spent over 300 million on chocolate over the past week . Three….hundred…million. That’s 58 million pounds of chocolate! That’s A LOT of chocolate but being a chocolate lover myself, I can’t say that I’m all that surprised. Over the past month I have been to two popular Portland events centered around what else? Chocolate.
