Skip, Emily Etie says, and you'll feel better immediately. Etie, Seattle's chief skipper and a woman who rivals Gidget in the perky department, has organized the city's first skipping event, Tax Day Skip, this afternoon at Alki Beach. I was trying to get back into shape. I couldn't run the whole time, so I'd walk, skip, jog. It's certainly more fun.
People smile back.
It connects you to your neighbors. Others just didn't know an organized skipping effort existed. I've never heard of it. But some people got it. But she understands the urge to skip.