I miss my bears

Miss B took this picture of my favorite bears today. We usually have coffee with them at Spikes every Sunday. I will miss that a whole lot. Wish I could just get my bears to move to Portland...

Adventures in Drinking: Portland

I stayed in Portland this weekend and Miss B stayed in the Bay Area. She needed to pack up her classroom and I needed a break from traveling every weekend. One activity for fun was to take my friend Amy out to start her birthday week. She is hitting the big 4-0 later this week and we made an afternoon of walking around SE Portland drinking beer and eating sandwiches. We wanted to start at Bunks for sandwiches however they were closed. So we walked up to the Green Dragon Brewing Company and had a beer. I don't drink much beer these days but what I had was good. A pilsner that seemed more like something other than a pilsner and I can't remember the name of it. We then wanted to go to the Roadside Attraction bar but that also wasn't open yet. Just down the street was the Basement bar. I liked this place a lot. We sat outside (didn't rain at all on our adventure!) and we had a good chat. Drank a PBR on tap there. How could anyone mess that up? Also played pinball "Junkyard" which they used to have at The Pilsner in the Castro. We then made it over to Roadside Attraction which was essentially a small version of Zeitgeist. Same type of crowd. Same outdoor setting with picnic tables and layout. Lots of lesbians. I mean lots. Had a Mt. Shasta Weed Amber there and it was good. Lots of water too so I could sober up later to drive back to Hellsboro. Eventually we made it back to Bunk and had our sandwiches. Amy had a roast beef and I had meatball. We also had a side of Tabasco mixed nuts. Very good! Drank a lot more water there and chatted some more. Eventually made it back to Hellsboro after a nice day in Portland which started with yoga, then a massage, and ended with seeing the movie Bridesmaids. (Not as good as I would have thought.)

Went to the Random Order cafe today after yoga. Yes, that is yoga two days in a row at Yoga Union in SE. It's a good studio and the one which is probably the most anusara focused here in Portland. This sandwich was delicious and of course I got it with bacon as bacon is not meat, just delicious. The Random Order cafe is over in the Alberta Arts district. Tried to go to a different one in SE however the lovely google maps couldn't get me there. Or should I say, I couldn't get me there.

This is some art work at the Random Order cafe. I like the robot on the left. Says "I am here to share" which we should all remember more often. I guess it's the two days of yoga in a row kicking in which is bringing that profound statement to the forefront of my brain.

Amy told me the story of what happened to "Coffee People" this weekend. This place used to be my favorite coffee shop in all of Portland and there were several around back in the late '90's and early 2000's. Turns out they sold all stores to Starbucks and sure enough, all old coffee peoples are now Starbucks. The only one which exists is at the PDX airport and then Pat and Judy have a store on 15th and Fremont which has all the favorite drinks (mine was the Velvet Hammer). I will find it someday.

Currently I am watching Giants baseball and have the fine pleasure of hearing the SF broadcasters whom I love. They are losing at the moment but am anticipating they will bring it back to sweep Oakland this week in the Bay Area Classic.

Miss B and I are off to WI next weekend for my mom's 70th birthday party. I am flying from PDX, she from SFP, and we will meet in Chicago, then drive to WI. She is then flying back with me to PDX and staying the weekend for the big blow out of Amy's birthday party. Am hoping several folks from SF will be joining us for that. My favorite bears are considering it as is JEthan. A few work friends from SF coming up too. Should be very very fun!

What can LA do now?

Nothing because San Francisco owns the broom and it's called a SWEEEEEEPPPPP!

We will do the same against the A's this weekend. Boom!

Beat LA

Thanks to Cody Ross (pictured above) the Giants beat the LA Dodgers last night 8-5 in LA. Another game tonight and I can't wait!

Suck it LA.

Weekend in SF

Rocket on way to ball park
Giants beat the Rockies 3-2 thanks to Freddie Sanchez!

Walk along the bay bridge back to BART following the victory

It was a lovely weekend in the bay area. Sunny. No rain. I like that. Started right off the plane with a trip to Zeitgeist to hang out with one of Becky's work folks. He is awesome and one of the most amazing teaching assistants I have ever seen. He's so good at it! Mike, you are amazing! Plus we drank beer out of jars. I love doing that. Makes me feel tough. And wow did I feel tough on Saturday but not in a good way.

Saturday took us to Ethan's neighborhood for some Vietnamese coffee. Good lord I love that stuff! Miss B and I split one since I didn't want to blast off due to too much octane otherwise known as caffeine. We then took him out for his birthday breakfast at Plow. If you ever get the chance to go over to Potrero to check it out, I highly recommend the egg sandwich with bacon. Super yum! We then made perhaps not the best decision but one we did make which was to visit the puppies and kittens at the SPCA on the way back to Ethan's. He noted their sad eyes. It was all over that. Happy Birthday (depressing!) JEthan. Way to go girls.

We then went home to have a cleaning fiesta. Miss B needs to start showing the apartment to rent it out while we are in Portland. I went nuts. And it was needed. After that it was time for the game and wow was it a nail biter! But the Giants pulled through and actually won all three games! A guy from work now owes me serious beer because he is a Rockies fan. Hee hee!

Sunday was spent having coffee with the boys and then off and running to clean the house some more. We watched the game and the next thing you know it was time to head back to Portland. And here I am! The days in SF are becoming more and more limited. I only have two more weekends scheduled to be there. Crazy.

Rumors

Glee utilized this album the other night. I had completely forgotten how completely awesome this is and how much it reminded me of childhood. Totally downloaded and can't stop listening. Rock on with your bad self!

The Yellow House

See link!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/10068723@N07/sets/72157626611375824/

It is yellow. Very yellow. But I love it!