Biking Downtown Continued
Well the biking down town thing has been beginning to pay off and other that being a little saddle sore at times this has been going well. To the point that the only reason I need the bus anymore (not counting the times that you have to carry more than one backpack load) Is for anything I really be a sweaty mess for.
This latest trip downtown, my third, probably should have fit into this category. I’d gotten an invite through the Guild for Washington Lawyer’s For the Arts preview at SAM Gallery of, “Digital Connections” a show focused on digitally created art. I’d been wanting to check out the organization for some time and I figured this would be a good opportunity to do just that and get some networking in. Obviously not something you’d want to arrive at as a sweaty mess.
But I was in Scottish cheapskate mode figuring I was all ready paying five dollars to get in why would I want to pay another five for a round trip downtown? Since it’s finally beginning to cool down just a bit in Seattle I decided to chance it. Of course some precautions had to be made. First I gave myself twice as much time as I needed to get there… The assumption being if I deliberately took my time I wouldn’t exert myself and thus not overheat. This is easier said then done. I tend to be a point a to point b kinda guy who likes to try and beat his previous time every time he goes somewhere because of this biking slowly takes an effort.
Second I traveled light without my backpack. My backpack is like wearing a sweater and after the actual exercize is the biggest culpret when it comes to overheating.
So off I went. I managed to maintain my slow pace and was surprised that despite of this still made it in an hour. I spent the extra time at the Downtown Xanadu where comic artists Matthew Southworth and Harrison Wood were there for a signing. I had met both of them in professional capacity so it was good talking with both of them yet again.
When it was finally time to go to the event there was a little bit of confusion. Turns out the SAM Gallery is not actually in SAM. But I got there. It was a good event and I made several good contacts.
