I live in the relatively quiet sector of my neighborhood but occasionally there these sudden events that happen that floods the place of people and (with the exception of 4th of July and Labor Day, whose firework fans I am now well prepared for) it always catches me by surprise. Like that time when I stepped out on what's usually supposed to be a quiet Sunday morning and the street I was on was swarmed by a stampede of people in colored jerseys, because it was mapped as part of the route for a half marathon / marathon that ends at the bay 20mins over. I'm not sure what's happening today, but I gathered there's some new thing going on for St. Patrick's this year, and the street two blocks over is filled with cars and haphazard driving and there is suddenly no parking.