Off to Portland this weekend. I may be online—we’re taking the laptop with the wireless card—but may not be, either; sometimes it’s nice to unplug.
Tag: Portland
Portland Spring Beer Fest
From /dev/beer I just read about the Spring Beer & Wine Fest going on in Portland this next weekend, April 9 and 10. Over a 100 different beers to sample. Sounds like fun, I haven’t been to a brew fest in ages. Too bad it’s short notice, though. Damn.
Casting Call
From katu.com, Big-time movie director holding open casting call in Portland: Gus Van Sant is looking for people for his next movie: …show up on Sunday, Feb. 29, for an open casting call for Portland writer-director Gus Van Sant’s latest movie, a story about rock ‘n’ roll in the Northwest grunge heyday. The casting call… Continue reading Casting Call
Zoo
This weekend we were in Portland, visiting the Zoo and hanging out with our friends Justin and Raegan. It was a good trip, but damn hot; fortunately, we had brought the kids’ wagon along and I pulled them around the Zoo rather than having them walk/run everywhere in the heat. They had a great time.… Continue reading Zoo
Is there a doctor in the house?
My wife and I went to the Bon Jovi concert in Portland Monday night, and talk about a show. Damn right. The Goo Goo Dolls opened for them, and they were very good, too. Played to the audience nicely. Good choice to open, the crowd loved them. When Bon Jovi hit the stage, though, the… Continue reading Is there a doctor in the house?
What are all the colors of the rainbow?
Our trip to Portland today was definitely one of the odder ones. In short: The good news is, Kaitlyn’s eyes are as good as they’re going to get, according to the doctor, which is pretty damn good. No more surgeries. The bad news is, the doctor recommended a second eye surgery for Brandon, before he… Continue reading What are all the colors of the rainbow?
Kon-Tiki
We’re heading up for a day trip to Portland tomorrow for Kaitlyn’s post-op visit to the eye doctor to check how her eyes have progressed since surgery. Have to get up at 6 am though, that’s a bummer. Here’s a link too geeky/cool to pass up: The Contiki Operating System and Desktop Environment. It’s an… Continue reading Kon-Tiki
More random things
While in Portland for Kaitlyn’s surgery, we found a little bit of time to go to Goodwill to accomodate my wife’s eBay habit. Browsing through the science fiction section of their used books, I happened across a paperback Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson that was in pretty good shape. I’d been wanting this book, and… Continue reading More random things
Portland recap; To-do list
Portland was really good. We picked a good hotel this time (we’ve stayed in some real dives) and the Portland Spirit dinner cruise was fantastic. I’d highly recommend anyone looking for something nice to do in Portland, check this out. TODO list for chuggnutt.com: Get blog search working Get the featured “Check it Out” link-thing… Continue reading Portland recap; To-do list
Portland Spirit
We’re off to Portland tomorrow, without the kids, for an anniversary dinner cruise on the Portland Spirit. Should be a pretty good trip; I may even get to finally see Star Wars Episode II. Here’s an interesting little piece of news/trivia: Deschutes Brewery is apparently bottling their beers in a new bottle (they were simply… Continue reading Portland Spirit