Downtown...

TC and I took the kiddos downtown for a fun doggy event. We live in a part of town that is considered the suburbs, and we don't get to downtown much because, well, frankly, we're not in our twenties and we have children. So needless to say, when we go down there it's a culture shock for us. We know going in what it's going to be like, but it's still a complete shocker when it turns out like we've forecasted.

So today, we hung out with the kiddos, participated in the doggy event and dropped in to a fun little coffee and chocolate shop. It's apparently only located in really chic places like Munich and Beverly Hills and Tokyo and then there's one in our town...random! So we stopped in, enjoyed a truffle each and a yummy, fall drink...cider for me and coffee for TC. Even a chocolate airplane for CCR. It was wonderful!

When we had loaded everyone back up in the car and were heading back to the house, we pulled out of the underground parking garage and onto the surface streets. We were in the right turn lane trying to turn when I told TC, I think it's clear. Before I could finish my sentence, the light turned green and approximately one million pedestrians race out of the blocks and into the street traveling in both directions. TC had started to make the turn but abruptly stopped realizing he would not make it because of the pedestrians. One of them, with his 5-6 year old daughter on his shoulders, turned to stare us down as if we had committed the cardinal sin or put his daughter in imminent danger. We calmly stared back at him knowing we hadn't done anything wrong and chuckled that if he was really worried about his daughter's safety, he probably would've/should've looked both ways before stepping off the curb to begin with.

This whole episode got me thinking...I think it's ironic that pedestrians have a sense of entitlement because they don't have a metal box to protect them in the case of a collision, but the last time I checked the sidewalks stopped and started at the roads. I mean, it's not like cars drive over sidewalks to get to the other side of the street. Pedestrians step out of the safety net called a sidewalk and walk in the street to get to the rest of the sidewalk...pedestrian beware...everybody frowns when cars drive on the sidewalk, yet it's eco-friendly for pedestrians to walk in the street...just sayin'...