in the midst of a walkathon

this week was superb. it was a glorious week in the land of minneapolis...i brought my work with me and worked here for the week, with some creative brainstorming sessions at night with a good friend on some business adventures we are brewing...more on that later...

I was able to make it to the porch's gathering sunday night...it was so good to sit on the couch, see so many familiar faces and catch up with a community i miss so much. it snowed and was cold, but then i realized that i missed the FIRST BIG SNOW IN PORTLAND...i wish i could have been there. i bet it was beautiful with all the evergreens!!!

i got up early for my flight this morning, but didn't make it. whoops. i'll catch another one at 2 this afternoon. i guess i won't make it to the community dinner tonight!!

what to do with several hours before my next flight...so i decided i would come to MOA so i could go to my beloved H&M, i thought i could hang out in a coffee shop until the stores open up, i know, i'm whacked...so i take the light rail, enter the doors to a huge crowd of people. (mind you, it is 7:45 in the morning and the mall doesn't open until 10) and i can't get away from the mobs...they are everywhere...all wearing different walk for diabetes tshirts...

and now people are walking laps around all the levels of the mall (quite slowly, i might add.) i guess that's what you do to pass time in minnesota...you walk laps in the mall of america. so much for a quiet morning at the coffee shop. owell, it is entertaining!!

so hopefully i'll be home sweet home by midnight tonigt!

snow

what?!? is that snow i see outside. you can hardly call it snow, but i'll take it!!

talking to people from other parts of the country, they assume that portland, being north, must be cold. and they always hear of oregon getting snow, so they just assume that includes portland. nope! quite the contrary, my dear. it snows at mt hood and rains in portland. i'll take it! the winter hasn't been as dark and gloomy as people say...but it's not over yet!! and we'll have officially been here a year in february. what? i can't believe it. it was around this time last year we were finding out that we would moving to the great nw!!

voodoo donuts

of all my experiences in portland so far...this one takes the cake. how have i not heard of this place before?? last weekend we experienced voodoo donuts in old town...bizaar!! this is no ordinary donut shop by any means. this is definitely worth the experience, whether you get a donut or not! i'm not much of a donut eater...i've never joined the band wagon for krispy cremes...but this voodoo donuts in portland is amazing!! i felt like i saw a side of portland i have never seen before. maybe it was the oh-so-young nightlife that i am not part of...maybe the eclective crowd...whatever it was, it was quite a trip.

the donuts were displayed on an old turning jewelry case. donuts with coco puffs and captain cruntch on the top..very creative. and the people that are packed in this little place for their midnight muntchies were so eccentric. i think i could just stand there all night and observe. travis picked the donut called "old dirty bastard" with oreo cookes and peanut butter drizzle. he said it was amazing. he gobbled it so fast, i didn't get a bite...there's always next time.

skyline and forest park

rain or shine, travis and i went hiking in forest park yesterday. absolutely beautiful. and there is just something about hiking in the rain with the canapy of the trees over our heads...

and then we tried out the skyline restaurant...a 50s diner that we pass on our way to NW. they're known for their burgers and they were pretty tasty...my favorite was the woodpaneling walls.

i have the rest of this week off...a nice holiday break. and i'm LOVING it! I'm actually getting some stuff done around here...with plenty of time to play!

the true and the questions

happy 2007!!



here's a great book i just got. it isn't new, but i love sabrina's art and thoughts....

christmas in oklahoma

christmas was great in oklahoma, but nothing close to a white christmas. travis and i were able to see both of our familes while we were in oklahoma. he just had a few days off, so it was a mad dash around oklahoma, but it was fun. here's a pic of my fam.