Category: General

This afternoon Kelly and I decided to take advantage of the sunny afternoon and go visit a nearby park we’ve never been to before, Laurelhurst Park.

We spent about an hour walking around the park, circling the lake, walking to the far end before circling back around (with a short detour when we noticed some spires that looked intriguing, ended up being the Old Laurelhurst Church). One thing we noticed at the park, there were a lot of very chubby squirrels running around, all fattened up for winter. Cute, and chubby. 🙂

More photos can be found here (including chubby squirrels).

See Snooks post.

Now, the instructions

Take a picture of yourself right now.
Don’t change your clothes. Don’t fix your hair. Just take a picture.
Post that picture with no editing.
Post these instructions with your picture.

So here you have it.

This past week was my first in the SuperSweetCo’s new office building (mentioned here). It’s a very nice building, and the location (while further away from mass transit and whatnot) is cool. Been to Kenny & Zuke’s now twice, and already I need to put a stop to that as it’s both expensive to both the pocketbook and the waistline. I have, however, combatted it a bit with some walks through the Pearl District and up into the west hills… some old territory I used to walk daily when I was at my previous job. It’s a really good walk/workout, a lot moreso than the flat waterfront’s 3 miles I’m used to. So I probably worked off, oh, half of one of the pastrami reuben sandwiches from Kenny & Zuke’s. heh.

Spent some time today doing yard work again. The back yard is still looking relatively decent for this late in the summer (meaning, the lawn is still mostly green, and the plants are fairly well pruned). Sitting here now with a nice Belgian blonde ale from Val-Dieu. It’s very delicious on such a warm day.

Tonight Mr. & Mrs. Ghost Dog are joining Miranda & Brian for some hot wings at Fire on the Mountain, and then catching Monty Python and the Holy Grail at Laurelhurst Theater. Hooray! There will be peril. And knnnnigits. Ni!

Today Kelly and I did some running around, including going out to my brothers place, and then going to John’s Marketplace to get a new keg for the kegerator. With the recent heat wave Portland has had, I decided to get something light and Summer-y. So I picked up a keg of Trumer Pilsner, a beer from Salzburg, Austria (since 1601) that’s been brewed in Berkeley, California from 2004. It’s very delicious.

After cleaning the lines and getting the keg tapped, I spent a few hours in the heat doing yard work. Got quite a bit done, but now I’m now very tired. However now I’m sitting in the back yard with Kelly, sipping on a beer, grilling meats. All is good.