A contrast in neighborhoods

Yesterday we ran errands in our own neighborhood and today we ran errands in The Pearl.  We drove to the Pearl and parked at REI, where we shopped.  The drive seemed fraught with danger... bicycles and pedestrians and cars all jumbled together.

The two neighborhoods are quite different.  Here are photos from our neighborhood, walking toward Hawthorne:

Calendulas at Sunnyside elementary school

Huge paper flowers in a shop window on Hawthorne.

These were taken in The Pearl today:

This guy was balancing on a ball while juggling.  The photos were taken through the windshield.