We biked down to the inner harbour to see the festival. It was so packed so we went out to the outer harbor for the blow up castle event. It was smaller than I thought and I was having a ton of allergies so I didn't want to go in, although it might have been really cool inside.
They now have a beer standard Wilkinson point. It's so much more commercial than when we got married. I almost don't even think you could do it now with the number of people and stuff down there.
I am more allergic to grass everywhere this year. Its literally debilitating because unlike cats you can't go away, it everywhere. When I get back from Germany I am starting grass allergy and dog/dog shots. They say it takes 3-5 years for it to work but I might die otherwise.
On the way home we saw a woman beating her ~10 year old child in plain daylight. Not just slapping, like full on closed fist sucker punch, bashing his face, dragging him by his hair in etc.
Some other families tried to step in. I called 911 but despite what you read about them being able to locate you, they could not find me, even though I was describing where I was. She kept just saying we can't help you if you can't tell me the name of the street you on.
I kept explaining under the skyway where it interests the new ice skating canal. Apparently, that was not explanatory enough for 911 that also must not have Google maps or some other mapping program at their disposal.
(e:joe) was able to get some police by bike. The mother got handcuffed and she just kept screaming at the kid, "look what you did now.". The kids looked so freaked out. I felt so terrible for the kids because they seemed terrified at what happens next.
Interestingly the lady had no shame about it and couldn't believe other people were getting invovled. She kept saying, "It's my kid I can hit him if I want to." Thank god for this giant dude who just stepped in between them. The lady called his wife a bitch and he just hulked in fronk of her till the police came. Had it been me she would have just beat the shit out of me.
The last time I saw someone hit their kid that crazy was in Morocco like 20 years ago. It's sad that it happens here so openly in 2016.
