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The Wrath of Bob.
Last weekend we went up to Seattle. I got to see the fish tossing and all of the "Singles"-esque of the city. I spent my entire teenage years wanting to move there, but once I got there I felt like it was a mess- a victim of poor city planning. I would never want to live outside the city because I have been to the suburbs and hated them. The ( Read more... ) -
A Whoohoo and a review:
Anthony Bourdain is coming to Portland in May and I am going! Of course the stupid fees they pile on make it a $50.00 expenditure, but I have wanted to see him forever. If anyone needs a presale password, it is PORK.
Speaking of meat, this morning Joe and I ate at Meat Cheese Bread. I don't know how you could possibly go wrong with a title that ( Read more... ) -
The Grass is not Greener.
I went back to Vegas a week ago. The general mood there is not so good. A lot of lives are falling apart like houses that have been sitting in that awful desert for too long. Things are dirty and rotting and fucking surreal in how they have come into being. I honestly felt like I was visiting an alternate universe. And I have to look people in ( Read more... ) -
Don Draper would say, "Move Forward."
I went back and fourth, signing in many times, and looking at the empty field trying to figure out what to post in the remaining months of 2008. I needed to post the rest of the Halloween Party and I needed to post my yearly "best of, worst of" list.
But what it comes down to is that 2008 does not deserve any more of my words or reflecting on it ( Read more... ) -
The doctor will be kept away for at least a week..
The second official activity of Halloween 2008 was the Portland Nursery Apple Tasting Festival.
Four of us went this year, and we all had a great time getting sick of eating apples. With the world in as much trouble as it is lately with the economy and all, it is cool to find a free event where you can have free apples, free cider, and free ( Read more... ) -
Festival Fest 2008
October is the month of Things I Wait All Year to Attend in Portland. This year I tried a few new things, and here are some reviews, so you will both be envious of my get-out-ed-ness, and laughing at the calamity of the time I have wasted:
Oktoberfest
Oaks Park, September 19
Cost to get in: $5.00 Free anything? Entertainment Food Costs? About $20. ( Read more... ) -
Law & Order
Yesterday I did something I have always wanted to do; I went to court. Lots of people get jury duty notices and go and see the whole process and declare the justice system broken. Joe had 2 this year (one for Federal and one for County) and reminded me of how boring it is. I did not have a jury notice Friday, but I did have an entertaining ( Read more... ) -
It only took me 16 years, but I did it!
Actually I could go back even further and recall my 3rd grade music teacher playing us music from Phantom of the Opera and me being very intrigued with it. I watched the various film and tv adaptations, but always missed the live show. Every time it came through I was either broke or with some jackass who was spending all of my money, so cheers ( Read more... ) -
This cookie is on fire, bitches.
Last week was not a great week, so by Tuesday I was already looking for some kind of escape. I was looking around the garage for something and I happened across the Blue Box of Forgotten Gift Certificates, and what did I happen to find? A two year old gift certificate Joe's parents had bought us for the Officer's Inn Bed and Breakfast in Hammond ( Read more... ) -
Da Foods.
I've been doing major root watering lately, only I hadn't noticed it until this week. I'm going to continue to just let things come to me instead of going on this "inner child" planning parade. So moving on from X-Files, this was officially Chicago week.
I haven't been to Chicago since my grandfather died when I was 17. Coincidentally I remember I ( Read more... )
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