darkemeralds: Photo of Downtown Portland, Oregon USA in twilight (Portland)
darkemeralds ([personal profile] darkemeralds) wrote2013-10-24 02:04 pm

22/31 Ten Nine Eight, Evacuate

Only, not in a farting way. We had our annual whole-building fire drill this morning. The entire World's Tallest Basement emptied out into Terry Shrunk (aka Round Brick) Park.

Shuffling down fourteen very-crowded, poorly-ventilated flights of stairs is hard on the psyche and on the knees, but emerging into This Perfect October Day was balm to the soul.

Crowds of people in the sunshine at Terry Shrunk Park, downtown Portland, following an evacuation drill in the Portland Building
Some of my coworkers, squinting in the light.

Then some of the coworkers I like best invited me to join them for lunch, so we went to the Lotus Card Room down the street and ate sauteed Brussels sprouts.