Creative Problem Solving, #4

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How do you let passing bicyclists know that right there on the sidewalk--on NE Couch, just west of NE Martin Luther King--free coffee and donuts await? You make and hang a sign!
 

How do you transport what you use to hang the sign to that spot on the sidewalk? You tow its folded-up-self behind your bicycle. Creative problem solving!

Walk #4, what's this?

Last Sunday morning. Clothes in washing machine. Out for a walk. Heard it coming. Looked left. Picked up camera. Got off three quick shots. Here's the first one.


And here's the third one. I've cropped it so that you can get the full impact of the Spunky Monkey van. I don't drink coffee, but I dig this van. How about that statement in the lower right corner of the back doors? Help us play all local music: Bring your own recording and get 10 free coffees! Hey, y'all local PDX recording artists! Y'all know about this? Who's done it? I'm curious.

It's the ABC's of Portland, combining two favorites of lots of Portlanders

A bicycle with a coffee cup--close-up

A bicycle with a coffee cup--wide

I noticed this shiny little cup as I walked from my first bus to wait for my second bus. Gotta get the camera out and get a photo, I thought. What I really wanted to do was touch the coffee cup to see if it's a bicycle bell. I restrained myself, though, and only took the photos.