Weekend
I had an interesting weekend.
I went to a Korean restaurant with my friends. My friend Alyse, went to Korea in July and she had a picture and story-telling party.
It was in downtown Portland, on NW 23rd Street, which is the trendy part of Portland. The street is full of cute shops and awesome restaurants, but some of the buildings are old and way inaccessible, so Alyse called to make sure it was accessible.
She said that the guy on the phone told her that they were in full accordance with accessibility regulations.
Like Alyse was a government inspector or something.
He could have just said they had a ramp!
I love that she cared enough to call, though.
The food and company was great. I had fun. Portlanders, try BeWon.and then we had frozen yogurt, real yogurt, mind you, at a new place called Bleuet. It was a nice, healthy desert. I had honey yogurt topped with organic blueberries. It was good and the owner was nice too
Posted by Wheeling Woman at 9/10/2007 2:49 PM 
Categories: wheels, Life, friends, links, accessibility, fun
Categories: wheels, Life, friends, links, accessibility, fun
Oddly enough there is an article in the NY times today about just this issue. If you're not already, you might have to register to read it: http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/12/dining/12acce.html?ref=dining I'm interested in what you think about it. Lemme know.
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Wow! I can relate to this story! I chalk up a lot of the inconviences -- especially restroom and spacing issues to just stuff I have to deal with. I hardly ever get mad -- frustrated yes... I guess I remember my able childhood all too well. I never thought about accessibility or wheelchairs...how can I be mad at naivity? It does bother me when people just make something barely accessible -- for the law's sake People in wheelchairs are people...I wish people made their establishments accesible with that in mind...not the law.
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glad you like korean food!!!
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