I live!
I just found out that the arcade in Old Town, Portland, has Sinistar! This is a very exciting, carpal-tunnel-inducing, impossible arcade game...
It's warm
It's 58 degrees here in PDX. The sky is unmitigated blue.
I've got to store up this nice weather somehow. I know there's going to be a stretch of wet days soon.
Meanwhile, there are worse things than looking for a job on the internet in beautiful weather while perched on the steps of Pioneer Square.
I've got to store up this nice weather somehow. I know there's going to be a stretch of wet days soon.
Meanwhile, there are worse things than looking for a job on the internet in beautiful weather while perched on the steps of Pioneer Square.
Knitting Mavens
I finally went to a Portland knitting group last night.
It was great! It was held in a knitting store, they served champagne (well, sparkling wine) and I met some very interesting people.
I passed around the hat I just finished and there was a lot of praise for it, including from my new best-friend-forever Jenn, who came over and sat next to me insisting that I share the pattern with her. I showed her my knitting notebook with all the cryptic scribblings. She made a copy of my diagram of the hat, and she's going to try it. Good luck to her. It was a very rudimentary pattern, not much detail, much to fill in as you go.
The owner of the store passed around some yarn for us to look at... a cashmere yarn that was only 43 dollars a skein. Well, it was fine stuff, hand painted dye, etc. If you count the cost per hour to knit a really skinny yarn like that, it would probably come out to 43 cents an hour. Which is far cheaper than Texas Hold'Em.
I'm going back next week.
It was great! It was held in a knitting store, they served champagne (well, sparkling wine) and I met some very interesting people.
I passed around the hat I just finished and there was a lot of praise for it, including from my new best-friend-forever Jenn, who came over and sat next to me insisting that I share the pattern with her. I showed her my knitting notebook with all the cryptic scribblings. She made a copy of my diagram of the hat, and she's going to try it. Good luck to her. It was a very rudimentary pattern, not much detail, much to fill in as you go.
The owner of the store passed around some yarn for us to look at... a cashmere yarn that was only 43 dollars a skein. Well, it was fine stuff, hand painted dye, etc. If you count the cost per hour to knit a really skinny yarn like that, it would probably come out to 43 cents an hour. Which is far cheaper than Texas Hold'Em.
I'm going back next week.
Portland 2night
We're going out tonight and we're going to take public transportation. So we can drink some. And then a cab on the way home.
I want to eat a steak (the flat kind). Any suggestions?
We're probably going out to the Dirty Duck and the Eagle, and a dance bar. I want to dance.
I intend to burn the clothes I'm going to wear tonight. Well, not really, but I'll probably wash them in the Holiday Inn laundromat on the 10th floor as soon as we get back. Stinky smoky clothes.
I want to eat a steak (the flat kind). Any suggestions?
We're probably going out to the Dirty Duck and the Eagle, and a dance bar. I want to dance.
I intend to burn the clothes I'm going to wear tonight. Well, not really, but I'll probably wash them in the Holiday Inn laundromat on the 10th floor as soon as we get back. Stinky smoky clothes.
Portlandiana
We're here, in the Holiday Inn we scored for 50bucks/night. It's a decent room with free WiFi, like everwhere else in Portland except Starbucks.
Last night we went to a little Frenchy restaurant called Le Happy. It had a cool atmosphere, great drinks, great salads, and way-too-salty crêpes. Otherwise, we spent the day in bed relaxing. I needed a bit of recovery from the plane trip. Paco slept through most of it, but I spent most of the ride trying to figure out a position I could sleep in. So I napped, etc.
Oh, and after dinner we went to the Eagle, to check out the "Best Basket" (weaving?) contest. We got about 2 feet in the door when we were stopped by a wall of cigarette smoke. When, oh when, will Portland enact a smoking ban in bars? Please, oh please, let it be before June. We had to turn around and walk out.
So Portland had a little sun yesterday, apparently the first in about 3 weeks. Today is back to grey and rainy, but it's a misty-dewy sort of rain that I can tolerate.
Last night we went to a little Frenchy restaurant called Le Happy. It had a cool atmosphere, great drinks, great salads, and way-too-salty crêpes. Otherwise, we spent the day in bed relaxing. I needed a bit of recovery from the plane trip. Paco slept through most of it, but I spent most of the ride trying to figure out a position I could sleep in. So I napped, etc.
Oh, and after dinner we went to the Eagle, to check out the "Best Basket" (weaving?) contest. We got about 2 feet in the door when we were stopped by a wall of cigarette smoke. When, oh when, will Portland enact a smoking ban in bars? Please, oh please, let it be before June. We had to turn around and walk out.
So Portland had a little sun yesterday, apparently the first in about 3 weeks. Today is back to grey and rainy, but it's a misty-dewy sort of rain that I can tolerate.
Portland, O Portland.
Paco and I are going to Portland tomorrow... we're staying through the weekend and going back to CT on Monday.
We'll be scouting out neighborhoods for a planned move in June. Do any landlords do month-to-month leases in Portland?
It's expected to rain all the time we're there. Might as well get used to it!
We'll be scouting out neighborhoods for a planned move in June. Do any landlords do month-to-month leases in Portland?
It's expected to rain all the time we're there. Might as well get used to it!
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Calling all Portland, OR LJ'ers
I'm looking for friends of friends (of friends?) who live in or near Portland, Oregon. I'll be visiting for 2 weeks in September. I'm considering moving out there in the next year or so.
If you could hook me up, I'd appreciate it. Thank you.
If you could hook me up, I'd appreciate it. Thank you.