Another place to try, hopefully soon:
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I have been to the Urban Grind in the Pearl, but have yet to try the mothership:
Urban Grind Coffeehouse & Roasters
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Finding a decent source for meat is a challenge no matter where you are, and Portland is no exception. Fortunately, this just came across twitter a few days ago. I have yet to go, but soon:
Olympic Provisions American Charcuterie
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This restaurant is at the top of my list for places I’d like to try on our next night out:
Not a cheap date, but looks excellent. The Oregonian also ran a review, here:
http://www.oregonlive.com/dining/index.ssf/2009/09/restaurant_review_metrovino.html
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I don’t know what it is about this idea that is so interesting to me other than, you know, sending something into space and having it come back to you…but I think it is rather cool:
The $150 Space Camera: MIT Students Beat NASA On Beer-Money Budget
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Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain…
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For the record, I am forcing myself to write this entry.
It’s a peculiar experience for me, normally so full of ideas (one of my biggest personal weaknesses actually – too many ideas), usually brimming with more things to create than I can possibly do in two lifetimes, but over the last month I’ve had a significant internal disconnect going on. In fact, even now, I’m coming up short with anything meaningful to write about.
If there’s one thing I learned from Public School however, it is this: If you have no new ideas, just discuss history under the guise of learning to avoid the mistakes of the past. It’s a time waster, but maybe it will shock the senses – my dulled writing senses, that is.
A look at history – Metroknow-style
Two years ago, nearly to the day, we were stuck in a snow and ice storm in Seattle. We were “homeless,” meaning between homes – our home in Southern California had sold, and we were on the hunt for a new home in the Portland area. We were in Seattle staying with my parents and making excursions down to PDX.
It was also sometime right around this time of year that we discovered our house here, the one that we eventually settled into.
Two years and one new child later, I am writing this on the eve of another snow storm, waiting for December’s Arctic blast to roll in and freeze the hill at the middle school so that I can take my son sledding.
I am going to stop here, press “publish post” – and see if I can’t force myself to get interested. In anything.
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Metroknow, the site, has been dormant.
Time to wake up.
A lot has changed in the last couple of months, mostly for the better. For one thing, we are finally out of the winter/spring gloom and into the glorious summer – and this year it was indeed a long time in coming. Jonah is out of school for the summer, although he does have a few weeks of school time later in their summer program.
Rima is nearly running these days, and loves being chased, playing with her brother, and eating just about anything she can pick up and stick in her mouth before we can get to her.
If I may pause for a moment, I must say…..WOW I am rusty at this whole Metroknow blog thing.
As for me, some big changes. I quit my job after much deliberation, and although there is a tremendous sense of relief on many levels, I’m also feeling the pressure of really making my personal projects grow some legs. My biggest project of course is Almost Fit, which is going great, but it hasn’t hit it’s stride yet. I am still struggling to find a consistent voice there, as well as the continuous search for broadening the audience. I have a couple of other projects planned, but first and foremost we’re going to be taking a much needed family vacation. With fuel prices and with me, well, essentially taking the summer off, we are going to keep costs down this year and camp at Umpqua’s Last Resort in Southern Oregon.
April is well – We spent much of today reclaiming the garage space as her studio, which is a step in the right direction. It had devolved into our giant Junk Drawer, obstructing her easel, and generally wearing a hole in our consciousness. We fixed that today, with more repairs on the way.
As lame as this post is, I’m going to stop there, hit Submit, and call it good. I will be breathing life back into Metroknow over the coming months, so if you are inclined, stop by and say hello.
More soon.
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