While on the May 2023 graduation ceremony trip, we made several appearances at the famous Santa Monica Pier.  Come to find out, that while the crowd produces a whole lot of anxiety type issues related to my Parkinson’s, I was given some very sage advice of how to deal with the flow of a crowd.  One of L’s teachers and an expert on Parkinson’s suggested that I view the experience as a big game, and approach the crowd by trying to see how I could navigate through it seamlessly, without touching anyone. The teeming mass became a game and the effect was awesome.