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SUMMARY:Hi\, How Are You? "Ride"
CONTACT:Matthew
DESCRIPTION:Meet & Greet your Bike Community\nSpecial Day-of "Ride" 
 Update: I haven't heard from an grill bikers\, so as of ~1:30PM\, I am not
  planning to provide grillables\, but we will have some light picnic fair 
 for the Fancy picnic at Colonel Summers\n\nHi. My name is Matthew. I moved
  to Portland in 2012 and went to my first Pedalpalooza ride (WNBR) in 
 2014. I hosted my first ride (The Robin Williams Memorial Costume Ride) in
  2015. I consider Pedalpalooza and the Portland Bike Community to be one 
 of the absolute finest things I've found in this world. And yet\, I have 
 this problem with it: we're just not always all that friendly or actively 
 inviting. Fair is fair: myself included\n\nThere can be all kinds of 
 reasons why we are the way we are: some of us have anxiety/depression that
  prevents us from being outgoing\, some people just don't like small 
 talk\, some people feel socially inept\, some people have a rich internal 
 life that keeps them satisfied enough\, some people are really high\, some
  people are straight up anti-social\, some people feel they have enough 
 friends\, some people have been traumatized and aren't eager to invite 
 strangers into their lives\, some people seem to have face blindness and 
 don't remember that they've met you before (sometimes several times 
 before).\n\nPersonally\, I'm really bad at remembering names\, but I have 
 a better than average memory for people and can usually tell you exactly 
 where we've met before and what we've talked about. I find it fairly easy 
 to make new friends/acquaintances and I would like to connect more 
 directly with more of you. I'm also not on facebook/instagram/other social
  media\, so like\, if we don't meet in the meat space\, we don't meet 
 anywhere.\n\nThe idea here is really simple: anybody who wants to overcome
  the various social barriers and simply connect with others in your 
 community\, come to Ladd's Circle Monday afternoon. You can ride laps\, 
 you can chill in the middle\, and you can say "hi" to whoever's 
 there.\n\nI tried to schedule this between other rides\, so that maybe 
 people can come by after N/NE Alleyways\, or head out early for some 
 casual conversation and convivial chit chat before the Fancy Mondays 
 Picnic. Or you can come just for this. That's fine too :)\n\nDress however
  you want\, bring whatever you want\, ride whatever you want\, stay as 
 long as you want. It's all good. [ please note: our end spot - The Fancy 
 Mondays Picnic - does have a dress code\, though I have confirmed with the
  ride leader that it is very low key. Clip-on Bow Tie + tshirt = fancy 
 enough :) ]\n\nMy dog will be there and would love to see your dog! I 
 don't have a grill bike\, but would absolutely welcome one to this ride 
 and would happily provide grillables. The only real "rule\," I think there
  should be is this: make eye contact with at least one new person\, say hi
  to them\, ask them their name and tell them your name\, and challenge 
 ourselves to continue the conversation from there.\n\nAlso\, while I have 
 the space and your attention\, I feel REALLY conflicted about 4th of July 
 this year. I know a lot of us on this side of the culture feel conflicted 
 or outright disdain for the 4th every year\, but I generally think of it 
 as my favorite holiday for a few reasons: 1.) It's in summer\, so you can 
 usually be outside for it. 2.) It's a day off work for most of us (not for
  all of us\, sadly). 3.) Grilling 4.) Whatever I might think of 
 "America\," I think it's the day when we celebrate ourselves and everyone 
 around us and on a basic level I think you should love yourself and your 
 friends and family and neighbors and there's not really\, in my mind\, 
 another day on the calendar "officially" set aside for that. However\, the
  current state of American politics and society is so\, so shitty and the 
 outlook for the future is dismal and I just can't imagine that partying 
 will help\, so....I don't know how to deal with it rn. I *think* this 
 could be a way to do a small\, positive thing with this conflict I feel. 
 Hope to see you there!\nWe'll leave Ladd's and head towards Colonel 
 Summers at 6:00PM\nEnds at Fancy Mondays Picnic at Colonel Summers 
 Park\nhttps://shift2bikes.org/calendar/event-15526
LOCATION:Ladd's Circle\nLadd's Circle\nFind us biking laps around the 
 circle and or chatting in the middle
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DTSTART:20220704T230000Z
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