Food for Thought

If Pioneer Courthouse Square is Portland's Living Room, that would make the southwest perimeter outside wall, the one with all the urine stains, Portland's Bathroom.

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Just Say No!

Ladies, do yourselves and all of us a favor: do not wear white pants. Or white shorts. Not unless you are Stick-Girl. I promise, your panty-lines show (if you're wearing any), and it ain't attractive. What is it about women that makes them want to wear white on their bottom half? Don't y'all know that white makes things look bigger?!

Cool Summer Sounds

Hey, there are a bunch of young'uns in the Square playing marimbas & such, with a crowd gathered 'round to listen. So much nicer to listen to than the buskers begging for change. Just music for the joy of it. Yay, kids, you rock!

Born-Again Oregonian?

When I first got here, I was cold all the time, I drank Maxwell House and Michelob. MGD in a pinch.

It's taken over a dozen years, and it didn't happen all at once. Maxwell House was replaced by fresh-roasted, whole-bean, home ground (hey, I don't have time to roast it myself). Nowadays it's Mirror Pond or Drop Top or such - if they don't have any decent microbrews, I'll turn to Diet Pepsi before I'll make myself put up with a BudMillerCoors. And I've started to go out in temperatures less than 65 without a coat - sometimes even in short sleeves.

But the true sign, I think, that I've become a born-again Oregonian? I've started to . . . garden!