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Clouds

John — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 04:17:55 +0000

At the Stumptown on Divison, where I got a macchiato this evening, there was a new show hanging, called La Tourista by Jill Raymundo.

John — Wed, 14 Sep 2011 00:01:03 +0000

On the way to the PSU farmers market I’ve been passing by the museum and often seeing cars of all types on display. Once it was Ferraris’, old ones and new ones. Last week was electric cars. There were immaculate little Teslas’, oddly shaped 3 wheelers, bicycles with solar roofs, and homemade drag racers with huge motors and janky battery packs. Also, a Canadian truck with a pneumatic dumper.

923 SW Oak

John — Sun, 28 Aug 2011 02:41:38 +0000

Jen hangs tough outside Courier.

Tastebuds wood fired oven

John — Sun, 21 Aug 2011 18:38:21 +0000

I see the brick and steel tastebud oven being driven around all the time.

Costco

John — Thu, 18 Aug 2011 03:56:50 +0000

Costco has always been a mythical place in my mind. It was an amalgam of Home Depot, Target, Fred Meyer, the Home Shopping Network, the Mall, and everything else. What is Costco? It’s where restaurants buy hundreds of pounds of toilet paper and fish fillets. Where parents buy a lifetime supply of diapers. Where membership feels like a gift. So I was overwhelmed when I went there. I bought Tillamook cheese, coke, nitrile gloves, and toilet paper.

Joel plans a dinner

John — Tue, 16 Aug 2011 02:11:53 +0000

On Friday me and Jen had little prep to do in the morning, so we wandered over to Courier Coffee. Joel gave us the rundown on a big dinner he was planning that night. He had made a list of all the ingredients in the menu, then when we were there he copied the list over again. Joel is big into lists. He puts masking tape on his fridge and writes the current ingredients. He copies lists over and over, revising and polishing. Me and Jen both discussed with Joel, separately, the menu for his upcoming dinner. It’s always good to get feedback.

3 wheeled vehicles

John — Fri, 01 Jul 2011 01:22:15 +0000

I saw these two cars on the street during my commute Wednesday. The junked truck was being sold to Blue Sky motors.

Birthday

John — Fri, 10 Jun 2011 17:31:03 +0000

June 9th was my birthday and I’ve decided to close the cart for the rest of the week. I apologize to anyone who stopped by and just found closed shutters with no explanation. Martha drove me up to Eagle Creek where we went on a beautiful hike.

Afterwards we went to the City Grill on the 30th story of big pink for a drink. What a crazy scene! 80′s decor, tourists and burly businessmen, women with lots of makeup and piano transcriptions of classic rock.

At the base of the building was a flower arrangement in the shape of America, with Oregon separated out with a field of clover.

We had dinner at Little Bird. I was wondering what kind of place this was. What would Gabe Rucker be doing after Le Pigeon? It’s actually more conservative and the food is traditional French fare.

As an appetizer I had lamb belly with peas and mint. Really tasty.

Truck farm pdx

John — Wed, 01 Jun 2011 03:53:40 +0000

I spotted this in the New Seasons parking lot. It looks like there is about 12 inches of soil, covered in burlap. Some google searches yielded a facebook page and a few other stories, plus some kind of movie. I mentioned this to Jen and she said, ‘I guess they’re doing it to show you can grow stuff anywhere.’

John — Tue, 05 Apr 2011 05:37:19 +0000

At Bunk sandwiches with the family.