... Already! Man, as fast as last year zipped by, it looks like this one is going to also tumble forward in an alarming fashion ( Read more... )

So thanks for putting up with the teaser pic... here is the whole de-long-ification, as documented by my good friend/life coach L:
( The first cut is the... funkiest. )

( Pictures, pictures, pictures! )

Huh. This is my third list-based post in a row. Must not be big on the complete sentences. Or the essay format in general. Yup.

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• Ya Hala Lebanese food last night for dinner.
  
• El Nutri taco truck tacos for lunch.
  
• Kenny & Zuke's three course dinner (Hungarian mushroom soup, half a tongue sandwich, and an egg creme) plus Cool Moon ice cream (three way split of cardamom, candied ginger, and maple syrup ice cream scoops).
  
• Podnah's Pit BBQ tomorrow for lunch.
  
• A gathering of foodie ( Read more... )

Whew! Had a busy weekend and now I'm sore all over.

• Got up early (for us for a Saturday) and took part in the beach cleanup. Managed to pick the cleanest beach ever (Nehalem Bay in Manzanita), so we ended up bushwacking to the other side of the spit to find bay-side litter. Then we got lost and followed various horse trails to get back to the ( Read more... )

Long weekend bullet points:

• Went to a birthday party (theme: dress in pink) where for most of the night I only knew one person there previous to the party. Really let my extrovert flag fly. I should really post pictures of the CRAZY ASSED PANTS I purchased for the event... but I already am sporting an impressive DrunkFace (even though the picture ( Read more... )

A friend of mine celebrated her birthday yesterday by hosting High Tea at her house.

I drank oh so much tea yesterday (genmacha, Earl Grey, Moroccan mint, lapsang souchong) and consumed oh so, so many treats (chocolate caramel raspberry cake, bacon quiche, blueberry scone, donut muffin (you heard me right: a muffin that tasted like a donut), ( Read more... )

• Saturday Dinner: after failed attempts at both Lucky Strike and Yummy Yummy, we went to our old standby Ah Fong which we confirmed has a different menu for people who can read Chinese. D'oh!
  
  
• Sunday brunch: dim sum @ Jin Wah, which has become our new favorite place for dim sum. We'll still go to Legin since it's closer, but we have a new reason ( Read more... )

• Accidentally parked my bike next to a major bike event Almost didn't get out and home intact/on time. I love this city, but sometimes, I am a bit exasperated by it.
  
• Saturday morning we cleaned up a portion of the beach on Sauvie Island for pre-Earth Day. (Un?)fortunately we didn't cleanup the nudie part of the beach. I figured there would be ( Read more... )