Category: All (-ish)

“If that ball goes up there, you aren’t getting it back until the janitor can get on the roof”

I can just hear the recess monitor now.  The funny part about this is that I took the picture standing on the staircase that heads down to the playground.  But the balls on the roof are so tantalizing, just at my eye level.

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They were kind of asking for it with that title. And, thinking back to the standard overstatement of the delightful hotel owner in the first movie, it would have been been in keeping to call it the Even Better Best Exotic Marigold Hotel.

Hee.  That’s all I have to say.  Hee.

Williams Ave and just one picture from our food tour.

Matt, his mother Linda and I are on our way to a Forktown Food Tour of N. Mississippi Street.  I wanted to update you on the ch-ch-ch-changes on N. Williams Avenue first.  This sign was photographed in January.

Across the street, this building has undergone a huge transformation.  I even have compare/contrast photos for you.  Now:

Here’s what it looked like on 1/28:

And here’s just one picture from our food tour.  That is a huge shelf of bitters.  Read more about it here.

Postcards from Germany and Chicago

My first Postcrossing postcards in months and they both arrive on the same day.  I send two postcards per week (Tuesday and Thursday) so it’s funny to me that so many return postcards arrive on the same day.

From Germany, this postcard is quite popular on Postcrossing, so says its sender.  I can see why.  Those are some impressive mailboxes.

This is from Chicago, from a couple who moved from Siberia in Russia.  They tell me that they visited Portland a few years ago and enjoyed themselves.