Archive for July, 2003

Portland with Em – Day One

Well, Day Zero and Day One. Day Zero was Friday (July 18th). Em got into town that night, and after I picked her up at PDX we drove around a little bit (and squeezed in a quick stop at the AWESOME Powell’s!) before heading back to the hotel for bed. Day One (Saturday, July 19th) [...]

I Killed Bambi's Mother

…on the way to Portland. Sigh. I’d booked an Economy car online, but when I got to Seattle on Tuesday (July 16th) the guy at the Budget counter tried to upsell me on a convertible (only $8 more a day!), but I told him I’d pass. For what I think was the first time ever, [...]

BusyBusyBusy

Back from Portland – had a great trip, and details will fill up a couple of entries, plus maybe a new album in the gallery. There’s no time for any real posting right now, though. Got back from Portland late Monday night, and last night Donovan and Karie came over for dinner, and tonight a [...]

Portland (Oregon) Bound

Much Ado. The week ended on a high note, with Manly Night III going down at the Parkside Cafe. Beer, Burgers, Fried Things, Ping Pong, and vintage cinematic masterpieces – much of it on a cool patio. After that we came back here for a quick viewing of (most of) the Animatrix DVD and some [...]

Ups and Downs

UP: Carolyn and Jason came to visit – we had a great time on the holiday weekend, and did fun touristy and/or holiday weekend things: Lombard Street, Stinson Beach, Muir Woods, Tartine, Valencia Street, a 4th of July backyard BBQ at Jebava’s place, watching fireworks from the top of the hill we live on, Amoeba [...]

CANADA DAY!!!

Another great (and prideful) day! Happy Birthday, Canada! In honour of the day, I (spelled honour with a ‘u’ and) just ordered Canada Firsts and More Canada Firsts from Amazon. I’m excited about Canada Firsts – mainly because I first heard about from Ralph Nader himself, when I saw him speak at the University of [...]