2015.05.18 – Tell It to the Judge

So many stressful things to do in such a short amount of time! Today I was headed to court to fight my Max ticket. I was hoping the guy wouldn’t show up but nope, there he was. Before the judge got going the jerkface that ticketed me called my name and asked if he could speak to me out in the hall. He basically said they had enough proof that I wasn’t going to get out of it but they would knock the ticket down to $75 if I plead no contest. If I still wanted to fight it I would have to come back for a trial and blah blah blah. It sounded like a pain in the ass and it could end up costing me more money so I took the deal and was quickly on my way out the door.

It was SO nice out that I decided to walk to Spella Cafe and treat myself to one of the best cups of chai in Portland. Unfortunately I was on the wrong street and walked all the way to Burnside before I noticed. Oh well, it was still really nice out so I decided to just keep walking toward home. I figured there were Max stops along the way so I could hop on one if I didn’t want to walk anymore. It was only a 4 mile walk though so I didn’t think I would need to and besides I didn’t want to buy a ticket just on principle. I was amazed at all of the things I noticed while walking that are nearly impossible to see while driving. It was great! I also got a chance to stop at the new coffee shop, Naturalia Cafe in the neighborhood since I was walking right past it. They unfortunately didn’t have house made chai like Spella but the drink I got was good, the place is cute and the barista was very nice. They are also going to try and bring in some vegan pastries. I’ll definitely go back.

I spent the rest of the day at home not doing much of anything, we made a quick and tasty dinner with veggies from the garden and some rice and then went to Jason and Alice’s house to watch Mordecai. Great movie! I think we should own it.

Today I learned that the walk from downtown is really nice and I should do that more often.