Went out today on a mission to pick up a new pair of kix, headed down 23rd Ave, hit some shops up, found a cool pair of Nike SB’s at Exit Real World Which are cool, but I wanted something else more low key. The guy at the shop was like, “Check out Oddball’s”, ook,…
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Tag Archive: Oregon
Mississippi Ave 2nd Thursday, The TeaZone, Kate Elliot
Headed out last night to check out the Mississippi Ave 2nd Thursday gatherings, which is basically shops open up and there is wine tasting, etc, and some bands playing outside. It wasn’t as big as I expected, but still cool, good to see another part of the city for sure. After that, headed out the…
Day Tripper – Bend, OR Day Trip
Cruised down to Bend, OR for the day, not much hiking or anything, but more driving around looking at the scenery, and checking out downtown Bend. Here are some pictures: http://www.flickr.com/photos/scaleovenstove/sets/72157601254839632/ Technorati tags: Bend, Oregon, OR, Cascade Lakes
Portland Differences #8 – No Mosquitos!
Minnesota is known for its “unofficial” state bird, the mosquito. One thing nice about Portland. No bugs!! It is so nice to walk around town, the woods, anywhere and not be bothered by mosquitos. People out here don’t even know what bug spray is. Wood ticks and deer ticks aren’t as much of an…
Mt. Tabor – Portland, OR
Went up to Mt. Tabor Park this afternoon, walked around. I guess it is a dormant volcano, which is cool. Named after the real Mt. Tabor that is like 6 miles east. Pretty nice place. If I had an EVDO card, I probably would take my laptop up there for an afternoon. Anyways, here are…
Portland Differences #7 – Tater Tots (or is it Tator?)
One thing that I find totally different than Minnesota, is that in Portland, you can get Tater Tots on basically any menu at any bar or restaurant. These things remind me of like 3rd grade lunch hour, they are salty as hell, not good for you in the slightest, yet really good, with ketchup or…
Beer and Nintendo, at the bar.
Nuff Said. Technorati tags: PBR, Super Nintendo, Ground Kontrol, Portland, PDX, Oregon
Camping: Silver Falls State Park; Beach: Sauvie Island – Oregon
We went camping this 3rd, 4th, 5th of July to Silver Falls State Park, which was a nice getaway from the city, considering I live right on a busy road. There are 10 waterfalls around the trails, and we hit up 7 of them, pictures on Flickr here: http://flickr.com/photos/scaleovenstove/sets/72157600684621176/ After driving back, we went to…
Off Camping
heading out camping for the 4th/5th about an hour and half south east of Portland, will post up pics once I am back. In the meantime, if you are bored this holiday, check out http://www.geni.com – a social network for your family tree, it is very addicting, I added 70 or so relatives already, and…
Portland Differences #6 – Cool Street Names
One of my favorite things about Portland, is that the street names around where I live are named after Simpson’s characters! Matt Groening grew up in Portland, which is really cool to boot, but how cool is it to live on “Burnside” street, for Montgomery C. Burns :) People probably think I am getting on…