Make our own fun
At 6:50 on Thursday night there were about 3 of us standing there, nervously pulling pillows from our bags. The downtown farmer’s market was in full swing and there were a lot of people in the plaza without pillows, giving us strange looks. As minutes passed I noticed more people entering the plaza with pillows over their shoulders, or under their shirts, or bulging out of their backpacks. By 6:58 there was a group of maybe 30. “How do we begin?”
At exactly 7:00 I screamed “pillow fight” at the top of my lungs. Personal space was invaded, public space was taken back, (unfortunately) no pillows exploded, good times were had. At 7:07 we fell to the ground en masse and used our pillows as they were intended.
Ryan and I began to advertise this pillow fight flash mob only four days prior, word of mouth, the internets, a couple strategically posted fliers. It seems there were almost as many people with cameras as there were pillow combatants. Next time it will be bigger, next time it will be better, next time it will be more mischievous.
Local paper coverage here, with video.
Photo by stilldavid, more available here.