Enter the Dragon

Now that I'm settled into my new job http://www.markowitzherbold.com/showattorney.asp?Show=73, they've decided I need to start marketing myself. In my case, that means meeting as many people as I can in my new city. To that end, I've gotten involved in several organizations, including the Oregon Women Lawyers.

As it turns out, the Oregon Wowen Lawyers sponsor a dragon boat team. A what? A dragon boat looks like a long canoe in which paddlers sit two abreast on a bench and paddle on their own side of the boat. I'll let Wikipedia help me with this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dragon_boat

I love it! As I've mentioned, Portland is divided by the Willamette River, which is where we paddle. It's a different way to see the city and it seems like a very Portland thing to do. There are lots of teams in Portland.

Our team, called the Dragonflies http://www.owlsdragonflies.org/ competes in several races a year. I've just signed up to participate in a race in Tacoma, Washington. We race in these big boats:

Here's a head shot for you:

And a couple of tails:

By contrast, these are the boats in which we usually practice:

Ok, that's it for now.