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The Perfect Dork Storm

Posted on May 2, 2008 by Registered CommenterChantel in , , | Comments9 Comments

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Photo by Dr.B - 2008, One Dork, One Kid and a Pink Coat

Last night was the perfect storm of downtown Portland activity. There was the First Thursday art walk in the Swanky Pearl District and the 6th Avenue Street Fair in the reformed Old Town where hipsters a’plenty wandering the street and the annual May Day Protest for Socialists.

The scene can be set like this. On one side of the block we have skaters, punks, drug dealers, radio stations and a make shift skate park with ramps made out of giant timber, book ended on each corner by balloon animals and performance artists. On the other side of the street we have hipsters hanging outside a row of cheap art/living studio spaces clamoring for what might be free Pabst Blue Ribbon and Charles Shaw wine all the while oogling over “art”. Hipsters love art, they just can’t afford it.

Around the block, you have an overdressed, old mom trying to look cool while her daughter laughs in her face and her boyfriend snaps the photos for the soon to be released, “Documentary of an old woman in a pink coat on a spring day.”

 

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Reader Comments (9)

You might want to keep an eye on that coat if I'm ever around it :)
May 2, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterRhi
Rhi, funny I had several people after it last night. I've had it for years.
May 2, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterChantel
I would like to reserve my copy of that book as soon as possible.
May 2, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterBruce
I love that coat you're wearing. Sounds like an interesting night.

As a point of interest (or not), I came here through Dad Gone Mad and DeeDee. I'm lagging behind in the commenting race...so off I go.
May 2, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterMeg (Mad Woman)
haaaaaaaaaaaa
great pic!
May 3, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterSage
I don't care how hard they laughed you were so rockin' that pink coat. Love the neckless too!

By the way, I found your blog through DadGoneMad. I've posted a complete list of everyone who left their blog link in a post called Blog Rolling With My Homies over on my blog, so if you want to see it come on over and sit a spell. I don't bite..…that hard anyway!
May 4, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterDeeDee
For an old lady, you look pretty good. hope I have nice legs like that when I'm ancient. =P
May 5, 2008 | Unregistered Commenterheather
Honey, you look HAWT. Shut up.
May 6, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterShawnte
Nice coat. It might even appear in these pics of those skaters from that first Thursday:
http://www.earthpatrolmedia.com/photos/ff080502_1204/index.htm

Enjoy
June 8, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterRich

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