tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-46674979085970798482024-02-07T21:55:31.073-08:00pdx adventurePortland is a pretty incredible place full of creativity, adventures, art and a constant stream of new things to be discovered. This is the story of my PDX Adventure. <br> <br>
<i>*PS*: I have a potty mouth...you have been warned</i>Beth - portland, oregonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12869023390325003707noreply@blogger.comBlogger99125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4667497908597079848.post-59054541762890057542015-01-25T20:18:00.003-08:002015-01-25T20:35:54.246-08:00Decemberists Day, musical Sci-fi and trains for days<div class="separator" style="clear: both;">
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One of the many reasons I love my birthday is that it gives me reason to really check out some weird shit around town. My husband has created a sort of tradition of planning a day of strange surprises and mini adventures in celebration of making it another year.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggMiRpiC6CDvi5oy9GECpCzXeUuZVTuI1DSqdbv7-FUu4QsmY77n1prsj9vSVm5Skz_5XrC6emJLCXspGX9ch2ptAH91DfrFZVNCwZuW7FG_Pj8nkYwBFFvwT3oNbPY9T0vdtH5sx_r5_M/s1600/blogger-image-1705770561.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggMiRpiC6CDvi5oy9GECpCzXeUuZVTuI1DSqdbv7-FUu4QsmY77n1prsj9vSVm5Skz_5XrC6emJLCXspGX9ch2ptAH91DfrFZVNCwZuW7FG_Pj8nkYwBFFvwT3oNbPY9T0vdtH5sx_r5_M/s640/blogger-image-1705770561.jpg" /></a><br />
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This year I kicked off the week by heading to the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portland_City_Hall_%28Oregon%29" target="_blank">Portland City Hall</a> to watch<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_Hales" target="_blank"> Mayor Charlie Hales</a> declare January 20 as "<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Decemberists" target="_blank">Decemberists Day</a>". I knew full well that a free performance of any kind (but especially with the much beloved Pdx band) would be a large draw despite it being at 2pm on a week day when normal people in a normal city would be working at their day jobs. If there's anything portlandians love more than craft beer it's going to free events.<br />
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On the 22nd, my actual birthday, we grabbed some food from<a href="http://www.losgorditospdx.com/" target="_blank"> Los Gorditos</a> and checked out <a href="http://baerlicbrewing.com/" target="_blank">Baerlic Brewing. </a></div>
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We followed up good food and great brews by meeting up with some friends at <a href="http://www.funhouselounge.com/" target="_blank">The Funhouse Lounge</a> to catch their current performance run; Star Trek: The Next Generation Musical Improv. Yes, someone found a way to mash together 3 of my favorite things: nostalgic nerdiness, comedy and musicals. </div>
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On Saturday, Garrett kicked off a day of surprise adventures with a trip to the Expo Center for <a href="http://www.greattrainexpo.com/" target="_blank">The Great Train Expo</a>. No, neither of us are into model trains. It was still pretty kickass. </div>
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<span style="color: black;">We followed in the train-vein by heading over to the <a href="http://www.orhf.org/" target="_blank">Oregon Rail Heritage Center</a> where you can get the lowdown on the history of PDX rail systems (more interesting than you might think), see fully restored and in-progress engine cars (significantly larger than I thought), and on Saturdays take a ride along the S<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Springwater_Corridor" target="_blank">pringwater Corridor</a> to <a href="http://oakspark.com/" target="_blank">Oaks Park </a>and back for just $5!</span></div>
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In the Gift Shop- Train T-shirts! And if you're over the whole train thing, one sleepy cat shirt.....<br />
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On the same property you'll see a set of these classic cars. I was excited and ready to hop a fence to try my luck at finding a way in to take some cool photos. Turns out, these guys are actually home to several small businesses including <a href="http://cascadewebdev.com/blog/tag/portland" target="_blank">Cascade Web Development.</a><br />
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We had a little time to kill before heading to grab a bite to eat so we walked a loop around OMSI just in time to grab the last moments before the sun set.<br />
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We had dinner at the new-ish mexican restaurant <a href="http://www.taquerianueve.com/" target="_blank">Taqeria Nueve</a>. As per my usual ultimate pet-peeve of all time, the lights were dimmed once we were seated (it's a scientific fact that I can go to any restaurant, any time of day and they will turn the lights down which makes me crazy because I hate eating in the dark). Therefore, you have been spared photos of the food. However, despite it's annoyingly low light and crappy red metal chairs (am I the only one who hates squeezing my fat ass into dinner chairs with narrow arm rests?) the food we tried was well above average and Garrett-the-veggie-taco-connoisseur maintains they're some of the best vegetable tacos he's had. If you go, do yourself a favor and try the Totopos Enchipotlados- basically fancy saucy nachos.<br />
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As we walked back to the car we heard music pumping and laughter. Looking up the street we could see people jerking around (we both thought maybe it was a bunch of drunk kids trying to have a danceoff). Turns out it was much, much, much more awesome... and that's how we found out that A) <a href="http://basecampbrewingco.com/" target="_blank">Basecamp Brewing</a> has covered their outdoor space with an awesome, all-weather tent and B) Human Foosball is totally a thing and totally awesome.<br />
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We ended the day by heading over to the palace of nerds, <a href="http://www.ggportland.com/" target="_blank">Guardian Games</a> to browse tabletop games Garrett has been dreaming of buying and await the final surprise: Dungeons and Dragqueens. And while nobody is going to accuse this little show of being overly rehearsed or even really seeming to remember where the story is supposed to go next, it was a cute idea and you know nerds are strong supporters of all things nerdy.<br />
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So all in all it was another strange and successful celebration of another strange and successful year of life. <br />
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If you're hoping to see more of these types of wild mini-adventures check out my sister's travel blog <a href="https://graveyardshifttravel.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">Graveyard Shift Travel</a> where she explores and writes about Portland with the know-how of a local and the child-like enthusiasm of an 18 year old recent high-school grad getting laid by the hot guy staying at the same travel hostel on their first trip out of the US.<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14051608893178889948noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4667497908597079848.post-72771142866197720262013-10-14T16:51:00.000-07:002013-11-25T13:52:55.065-08:00Go Full Digital with your Wedding Invitations (and Save a Buttload of Money)Since G and I are such tech nerds, that would inevitably play a big role in the process of planning and our wedding day. I'm a designer by trade and have been known to moan and caress paperstocks with especially pleasant toothiness to them. So deciding how to go about merging these two worlds was a challenge.
However, once we put a wrap on the invites and "sent" them out we realized how much time and money we had just saved by going full-digital. Here's how we managed to save buttloads of cash (and tie in our nerdiness) by going digital for the invitation process.
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<b>STEP 1. SAVE THE DATE</b>
<i><br />Facebook is your Frenemy</i>
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We started the process by creating a facebook event with our save the date information. We created a profile image for the event. Then Facebook changed event pages to have header images instead, so we started over and created a header image with the correct size (currently 851 × 315 px) which showed the basic information as well.
I think this was a little confusing because Facebook also changed how people interact on event pages so you suddenly had to RSVP to the event page to leave a comment, which was not the case previously.<br />
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Looking back, we realized it would have been much less confusing for people if we had made a Facebook GROUP instead of a save the date EVENT. This way people would not think they had already RSVPed to the wedding by simply leaving a comment on the event page. (Currently Facebook GROUP banner images are 960x 300px)
We signed up for a free account from <a href="http://www.postable.com/" target="_blank">Postable.com</a> which is a beautiful and simple way to collect and keep track of people's information. Just like those little address books you used to carry around, remember those? (PLUS they can send out cards to people on your behalf for say, birthdays and they are really awesome. Like moaning and caressing, awesome!) We included the link to our Postable.com address book so people could securely put in their contact information and we stated that this was specifically to be used to send the Invitation when it was ready.<br />
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<b>STEP 2. THE INVITATION VIDEO</b>
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<i>Becoming a Film Maker</i><br />
We originally decided to work with a friend who had experience making short films to help us create our video invitation. We came up with the plot and basic dialog as well as scouted locations. We put a lot of thought into it, so when our friend ended up not being able to help we actually felt pretty ok taking the project on ourselves.
I <a href="http://lmgtfy.com/?q=tips+for+making+first+short+film" target="_blank">googled tips on making a short film</a> for some helpful ideas of things to keep in mind when filming. Then we grabbed our camera (which also does HD video) and started shooting scenes which I pieced together later in iMovie. You could easily do this with a point and shoot that does video or even your cell phone! I'd never made a video before and you can see it turned out pretty good for a first try here: <a href="http://vimeo.com/68424780">http://vimeo.com/68424780</a> <br />
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<a href="http://vimeo.com/68424780">The Invitation</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/user18585170">Beth Olson Creative</a> on <a href="https://vimeo.com/">Vimeo</a>.<br />
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<b>STEP 3. THE WEDDING WEBSITE (OR WEDSITE)</b>
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<i>The Fountain of Knowledge</i>
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With all the wedding websites out there I couldn't find one I really liked. I like being able to have at least a little customization but the pre-templated wedsites don't even allow you to choose your font color. So I decided to use wordpress.com. Simple, hosted, free and allows for a certain amount of customization.
We pimped out the site to look and act like a summer camp site. We filled it with links to everything we could thing of, including apps people could download that had things to do with camping and the outdoors (we had a camp-out wedding) such as a compass, star gazing map and campfire songs apps. Wordpress.com has built in forms capability and so we used that to track RSVPs. We also had a form set up for people to suggest music they want to hear at the after party and a sign-up for the Open Mic/Talent Show.
Wordpress.com keeps all these forms (and what people submit) in a tab on the dashboard but it also sends you an email. So I set up a filter in my gmail so that every time Wordpress got a form submission from a guest, it sent me an email and that email would go into a special box where they wouldn't clog up my normal inbox.
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We decided to keep things especially simple for everyone who was interested in getting us a gift and do an online Honeymoon Registry. We went with Wanderable.com because it has a simple, beautiful set of templates to choose from and no ads. Plus you can allow people to put as much or as little as they like towards any part of your honeymoon instead of having to choose from pre-determined amounts. You can also set your own image for each item. The system was pretty new in early 2013 and had a few annoying bugs which I noted extensively and emailed them about, so hopefully they've been fixed. But nothing that would inhibit it's usefulness.<br />
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We also encouraged our guests to download the <a href="http://www.weddingpartyapp.com/" target="_blank">Wedding Party App</a>. It's like a Pinterest board for photos and notes that pertain to your celebration and events leading up to the celebration. Guests can upload images from their phone (iphone or android) or directly from their computer. They can also leave comments and messages. All of this shows up in an image stream that is arranged chronologically (automatically by the WeddingPartyApp). We used this for some great "get-to-know-you" scavenger hunt shots at the cocktail hour and during the wedding, all of which were projected live on the back wall of the venue. Needless to say, that was great encouragement for people to use the app right away to see their photos pop up in real time. You can link to the site or embed it. Mywedding.com and Offbeat bride WEDsites also have the ability to use this awesome app built right into the templates!<br />
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<b>PART 4. USING MAILCHIMP TO SEND AND TRACK INVITES
</b><i><br />Being a Creeper Gets Your Guests to RSVP</i>
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I can't begin to explain how much I love mailchimp. Usually it's for business but it works fantastically in this case as well! I designed a template by using the same header that I used for the Facebook event page and the wedsite (Wedding branding, yo!). I then highlighted the 2 main components of the invitation. The video which mailchimp takes a screenshot of and embeds right in the email so when guests click on it they are taken directly to the video to watch it in their browser. The other part introduced the wedding website. I reiterated throughout that "THIS is it! This is your invitation so be sure to RSVP!" and had links directly to the pages of the website where I wanted people to go.<br />
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In the email sidebar I had a small image of the date of the wedding, another link that said RSVP NOW! and led to the RSVP page as well as a little intro to our Honeymoon Registry and an explanation that gifts aren't necessary but that they can go checkout our plans anyway because we have some fun adventures in store.
We sent out the emails to everyone who gave them to us and I could use Mailchimp to see who opened the email, who clicked on what link(s) and this way could keep track more easily of who was going to need a reminder.
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For those who didn't give me their email, I simply went and updated the facebook event page. Otherwise I could have also sent all the same information that was in the email to each person's FB Direct Message using the "Message All Guests" option. You can also send them a link to the MailChimp email online so that they can see the pretty thing you put together. I also suggest making a post with this information and making it a "Sticky Post" so that it stays at the top of your Event or Group Page.<br />
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So that's it! I estimated that going this route saved us a bare minimum of $800. Of course I spent a chunk of that on the Wedding Field Guide booklets we put together and printed but that will have to wait for another day.<br />
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If you're a tech geek and/or love social media this is a great, easy way to save big bucks. You can always print and send a few paper invites if you have guests who's entire family aren't connected to the interwebz.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14051608893178889948noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4667497908597079848.post-8078095223234229092013-05-07T12:47:00.000-07:002013-05-09T16:08:17.963-07:00DIY Pirate Themed Wedding Party Proposal Gifts TutorialI just wanted to quickly share a fun project that I just handed out in relation to our upcoming wedding. I know most people just ask their wedding party (bridesmaids and groomsmen) by phone or whenever they see them next but since G and I share our friends and I'm just as likely to hang with the guys as he is to grab a drink with the gals it seemed really strange to divide up our pals by gender.<br />
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So, instead of bridesmaids or groomsmen we're having a Wedding Crew. Which seeing as how 90% of us met via our Pirate Kickball League (underground/rebel pirate more than "yaaar!" Pirate) we thought it was fitting to go with the Pirate theme. Plus, you know... rum.<br />
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Items used for the Proposal Gifts:<br />
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<li>Computer & Printer</li>
<li>scrap (or new) paper with a nice texture and natural color</li>
<li>scissors or paper trimmer</li>
<li>glue or double sided tape</li>
<li>hole punch</li>
<li>natural style string, yarn or twine</li>
<li>bottles of BOOZE!</li>
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Start by designing your tags. I set mine up so that the front and back faced toward where I would fold the paper in half. This way each side would be right-side up once folded in half. On the front I put a little pirate inspired sea shanty which is the proposal and on the back is the Captain's Creed. It outlines a few promises that we make to our crew if they accept the invitation. (basically that we will try out hardest to be respectful of their time, energy and money. I think that can be a big worry for anyone who's being asked to fulfill a role in a wedding party)<br />
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Print your tags and trim them to size with a paper or photo trimmer (or scissors if you have a really steady hand for cutting straight lines)<br />
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Use glue or double sided tape on the back side of one half of your tags. I use a nifty crafting doo-dad that looks like a white-out wheel but instead dispenses as sort of double sided sticky strip. You can pick them up in just about any crafting aisle, school supply area or scrapbooking section.<br />
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Fold your tags in half and press firmly. If you miscalculated and the two side don't quite match up you can trim the bit that hangs out or just say "fuck it" and move on. Remember, it's going to be attached to booze so nobody is going to care about a shoddy glue job.<br />
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Next, grab your handy hole punch. I have both the old school kind shown here where you use a hammer to tap the punch through the paper and a hand held chomper kind called a Crop-a-dial. Scrapbookers have the most awesome little gadgets that come in handy for all the weird projects I end up making!<br />
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I then used a corner rounder to give the tags a little polish on the corners. (but mostly just because I already have the gadget for making my business cards)<br />
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Gather your Pirate themed booze bottles (we have a few larger bottle thrown in the mix to give to couples who live together instead of all little bottles)<br />
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Cut your yard/string/twine. You can make it just long enough to tie around the neck or handle of the bottle or you can go crazy and wrap it up to make sure it doesn't fall off.<br />
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**A note about going this route for 'proposing' to your wedding party.<br />
I'm not sure if it's receiving a gift or being proposed to or the idea of a joint wedding party that was confusing but this is pretty uncommon so when I gave these bottles to our friends, I'm pretty sure every single one of them looked at me after reading the tag and ask "Ooooh, what does this mean?" So you'll probably have to clarify the situation. Plus, because you're taking away the defined roles that innumerable books and blog posts have set forth about the expectations of certain party members (the maid of honor and best man usually take a lead in a lot of aspects) you'll need to be sure that you're really good at communicating what you want or need from your Wedding Crew both leading up to the big day AND who should be doing what at the wedding.<br />
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Hope it inspires you to do something fun for your crew if you have the time and desire to do so! <br />
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With the occasional possibility of sun sneaking through for a quick visit and the riotous blooming of trees trumpeting the arrival of spring (and allergy season) the Portland Farmer's Market returns to the PSU campus, and I couldn't be happier about it. Happy days are here again!<br />
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Beth Olsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01860354947255734073noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4667497908597079848.post-89684123543825209822013-03-25T15:31:00.001-07:002013-03-25T15:42:38.101-07:00Staycation with JensiferIt's always a joy to have friends come to town. This is especially true if those friends are the one and only JensIfer. Between an evening with the hilarious <a href="http://www.johnhodgman.com/" target="_blank">John Hodgman</a>, a photowalk through the heart of weird-town at <a href="http://www.portlandsaturdaymarket.com/" target="_blank">the Saturday Market</a>, a <a href="http://www.portlandtimbers.com/timbers-army" target="_blank">Timbers Game</a> with the <a href="http://timbersarmy.org/" target="_blank">Timbers Army</a>, breakfast at <a href="http://thebigegg.com/" target="_blank">The Big Egg</a>, a <a href="http://widmerbrothers.com/brewery/" target="_blank">brewery tour at Widmer</a> followed by sunset stroll through the Interstate Ave. Industrial area, tasty brews at <a href="http://www.baileystaproom.com/" target="_blank">Bailey's Taproom </a>and a magical hipster with a guitar it was the Portlandian staycation my brain needed.<br />
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<br />Beth Olsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01860354947255734073noreply@blogger.com0Portland, OR, USA45.5234515 -122.676207145.1675835 -123.3216541 45.8793195 -122.0307601tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4667497908597079848.post-83261302288134034152013-01-03T00:06:00.002-08:002013-01-03T00:08:11.761-08:00DIY Bailey's- a Perfect Holiday Treat3 of my favorite things: Coffee, Chocolate, Whiskey. And I'll bet there are a whole lot of you out there that would agree with me. So what makes for a fantastic treat that's sure to impress at any party (but especially those during the cooler months)? Bailey's! It makes it even more fun (and economical) if you make it yourself, get some cool containers to decorate and give as gifts.<br />
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This version of Bailey's has, of course, more of the things I love than is called for in other recipes and is sure to knock the socks off everyone at the party (mostly because there's so much whiskey in it) and they'll never know it was so eeeeeeeeeeeeeasy! This is an egg-free version because raw eggs ick me out but those versions are really tasty too. Hope you enjoy... and are able to forgive the incredibly heinous one-handed cell phone photos. Gross.<br />
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WHAT YOU NEED:<br />
1 cup heavy whipping cream (or regular cream or half n half depending on your preference)<br />
1 can (14 oz) Sweetened Condensed Milk<br />
1 single serve packet of instant coffee (~ 2 Teaspoons)<br />
1 Teaspoon Vanilla<br />
2 Tablespoons Hershey's Dark Chocolate Syrup (any chocolate syrup will work though)<br />
1/2 bottle of WHISKEY!!!!!!!!!!!! (or about 1 2/3 cups)<br />
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<li>Pour into serving/gifting container and store in fridge til ready to serve. Should keep for about 4-6 weeks in the fridge. (but don't go drinking it if it's all clumpy and stinky and then blame me for giving yourself food poisoning.) </li>
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<br />Beth Olsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01860354947255734073noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4667497908597079848.post-22724053179391461592012-11-02T12:42:00.001-07:002012-11-02T12:42:06.153-07:00Run Like Hell (and a marriage proposal)I was never one of those girls who dreamed about what her wedding would be like. I never dreamed about getting married in a big white dress and having children and buying a home. My dreams have always been of travel, silly parties and costumes, laughter, friends and drop-of-the-hat adventures that might be as simple as bussing across town to find a specialty beer I'd been hearing about.<br />
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G knew this about me and was fine that I had no pointed interest in getting a ring on my finger on any specific timeline. I'd mentioned it many times and one of the sweetest things he ever said was "well, if I thought you wanted to get married I would have asked you a long time ago. So if you ever change your mind you'll have ask me". So I did just that.<br />
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For over a year I tried to put together something special but things kept falling apart, the timing wasn't right, the situation felt forced or most recently several wonderful couples got engaged including my sister and I wanted to focus on that.<br />
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G and I have been trying to practice healthier life choices recently. We quit smoking earlier this year and regular exercise is, as always, on the list. This, coupled with costumes and an almost flash-mobesque take over of downtown portland made the <a href="http://www.terrapinevents.com/run-like-hell-portland_info.htm" target="_blank">Run Like Hell</a> a more perfect choice than anything I had previously imagined. G's uncle passed away just a couple years ago due to <a href="http://www.lougehrig.com/about/als.htm" target="_blank">Lou Gehrig's disease</a> and it just so happened the the RLH this year was raising money for <a href="http://alsa.org/" target="_blank">ALS research</a>.<br />
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While many people think that public proposals are loud, tacky productions that don't respect the 'solemnity' of the proposal to take center stage... well, if you know G and I that's a pretty fitting description of us as people. It couldn't have been a better fit!<br />
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An incredibly huge thank you to our friends and family for being there, for loved ones who were there in spirit and to Kelly Wilde of <a href="http://www.camerasandlight.com/" target="_blank">June Lion Photography</a> who's keen eye and uncanny ability to capture the true nature of special moments will allow us to relive it, till death do us part.<br />
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I thought instead of practicing what to say that the words would just come to me... which resulted in strangely nerdy blathering about time machines. <br />
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"50 or 60 years from now, when it's the future and we're really, really old... <span class="userContent">if i had a time machine at the end of my life, i would travel back to the day i met you and not change a thing. All of time, all of space, all the dimensions... I would always choose you. You are my best friend. I want you to be my partner, my eternal drinking buddy (you ready? Here it comes...) Garrett will you marry me?"</span><br />
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Once upon a time (five years ago) on an internet dating site far, far away (yahoo personals)<br />
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there was a girl who was on a quest to find a best friend and drinking buddy. While she had some wonderful friends who were always game for anything...<br />
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she missed having that one 'special friend' who was more 'magical' than all the others and so she continued to search for that special one.<br />
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One fine day she happened upon Sir G's likeness...<br />
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and was taken back by his humor and similar attempts...<br />
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to buck the system of evil, green-shirted duck fans and trying-too-hard-to-look-perfect douche-faces.<br />
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After several attempts at descreet communications ("and if you wanted to find me online outside of yahoo personals you could always find me under my nickname ositacr at "The Space That Is Mine"), she was successful and they enjoyed long written correspondence which led to a meeting at the town cafe.<br />
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And it was this first meeting in which the girl knew her intuitions about Sir G being special, were right.<br />
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Nearly a month of enjoying events of valor such as the drunken mini-golfing...<br />
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proved to be delightful time spent together, however the girl was beginning to wonder if, perhaps, her affections were not being returned. Regardless of long talks, and unspeakable fun when in each other's company Sir G had yet to make any indication that he might be able to truly fulfill that 'special' drinking buddy status the girl was seeking.<br />
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The girl's sister made the demand that tonight MUST be the night she discover if Sir G was to be the special one she thought he was or would her search continue. The performance was wonderful, as was everything they did together. Later that evening the girl stood up from her seat to excuse herself to the restroom, took a deep breath and planted one right one Sir G's lips. And (damn!) was she grateful hereturned the kiss.<br />
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by bravely fighting off monsters which led to a hard time for the two but they held to each other and got through the tough time.<br />
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5 years later the girl looked back at her time with Sir G and could hardly believe that it had been so long because in some ways it seemed like the blink of an eye and in other ways... it seemed like they had always known each other.<br />
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The girl was happy and looked forward to many more years, many more friends, many more beers and many more adventures with her eternal drinking buddy, Sir G.<br />
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<br />Beth Olsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01860354947255734073noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4667497908597079848.post-76067043088275400782012-05-01T16:57:00.000-07:002012-05-01T17:00:32.295-07:00Emulator: 8-bit music meets incredible talentThanks to Portland's widely varied and creative community of artists and musicians, I rarely find myself without a plethora of event options pretty much any night of the week. Lucky for me I was in a geeky kind of mood and was able to catch this show by <a href="https://www.facebook.com/EMULATORband">Emulator</a> at <a href="http://www.danteslive.com/" target="_blank">Dante's</a>.<br />
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In case you haven't yet had the pleasure of catching this live 4-piece nerdgasm you should be, at this very moment, pulling out your phone and 'penciling' it into your icalendar. The next upcoming show is Saturday May, 19th at <a href="http://www.tigerbarpdx.com/" target="_blank">Tiger Bar</a> where they'll be playing with <a href="http://www.reverbnation.com/dpdelaneyandparis" target="_blank">Delaney and Paris</a>.<br />
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<br />Beth Olsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01860354947255734073noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4667497908597079848.post-23296709097573431882012-03-28T23:42:00.000-07:002012-03-29T07:56:04.879-07:00You Haven't Seen A Live Show Till You've Seen TPDRMaybe I should let the show I just got back from settle before posting about it. But I can't. There aren't words to describe what I just witnessed and I don't think any amount of time will change that. Holy. Fuck.<br />
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I didn't know that it was possible to have that much energy, to fill a room with camaraderie and love and hope and excitement. I didn't know it was possible to make me jump up and down, dancing my face off non-stop for 50 minutes... at least without threat of death. I didn't know you could turn <a href="http://www.mississippistudios.com/" target="_blank">Mississippi Studios</a> into a giant blanket fort in your friend's parents basement and get even the most snobbarific Portland hipster to crack a smile and do more than bob their head. That, my friends, is <a href="http://theterrorpigeondancerevolt.bandcamp.com/" target="_blank">Terror Pigeon Dance Revolt</a>. All of that said it's, especially impressive to know that tonight's all digital, (nearly) one-man show was probably an unusual happening as TPDR is generally known for having a cacophony of rotating musicians filling the floor and stage.<br />
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The only thing that could have made it better? Remembering to clear space on my memory card so that it wouldn't have crapped out while we were in the beating heart-like parachute of awesomeness. DOH! But you know that if this kind of rave is coming from ME, of all people, about dance music, they must be something SERIOUSLY special.<br />
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If you're intrigued and want to know more about Terror Pigeon, check out their spot on <a href="http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=125857578" target="_blank">NPR</a>. INCREDIBLE photos from their show at <a href="http://www.verbicidemagazine.com/2012/03/22/terror-pigeon-dance-revolt-whiskey-room-sxsw-2012/" target="_blank">SXSW</a>, an <a href="http://dpstreet.blogspot.com/2010/02/interview-with-neil-fridd-of-terror.html" target="_blank">interview</a> with lead singer Neil Fridd, Or see what they're up to on the <a href="https://www.facebook.com/THETERRORPIGEONDANCEREVOLT" target="_blank">TPDR's facebook</a>.<br />
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<br><br>Beth Olsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01860354947255734073noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4667497908597079848.post-77330947667115461162012-03-27T16:12:00.001-07:002012-03-27T16:14:21.624-07:00Moments in TimeOne of the things I really love about <a href="http://instagram.com/" target="_blank">Instagram</a> is that it allows people to share moments in time with the world, instantly. I'm guessing, from it's success, that I'm not the only person in the world who often walks around catching a glimpse of something strange or beautiful or funny and has in the past felt really bummed that there wasn't really a way to capture or share that moment. Ok, well I ALWAYS have a camera of some kind on me so capturing these weird things aren't as uncommon for me but the ease of sharing them was a different story.<br />
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I'm in the process of backing up and moving a whole lot of images from my laptop to an external drive so that I can free up some space. In the process I've come across a lot of funny little moments I captured but then forgot about. Case and point: These snapshots of a swarm of birds picking every last berry off a tree outside my office window last year. I don't think I'd ever seen this type of bird before and thought they were really quite beautiful with their little flashed of yellow, red and orange. And also a little terrifying because of how many birds there were, how much those little berries looked like human eyeballs and how deftly the birds plucked them from the tree and had no problem swallowing them whole in one quick gulp....<br />
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also, <a href="http://ink361.com/#/users/625072" target="_blank">Ink361</a> has a cool interface for the web that aggregates a users information and Instagram photos to be viewed without a phone.<br />
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<span id="goog_461670807"></span><span id="goog_461670808"></span>Beth Olsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01860354947255734073noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4667497908597079848.post-73397613881033274072012-02-29T18:16:00.002-08:002012-03-27T16:13:15.533-07:00How to be Portland FamousPortland is, of course, known for it's, ahem... <i>unique</i> <a href="http://betholsoncreative.com/Photography/projects/pop/pop.html" target="_blank">residents</a>. Perhaps this is the reason that I've always loved it here. Regardless of how weird or offbeat I feel, there's always someone else in the room who can beat me by a mile which makes me feel like I fit right in.<br />
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Among the geeks and freaks of this fair city there are characters who seem to keep popping up everywhere you look. Two of these Portland Famous Portlanders are the sassy and <a href="http://rocketisrad.com/" target="_blank">multi-talented</a> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/rocketisrad" target="_blank">Rocket Ship</a> and the dark and sexy <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Nik-Sin-666/130475386967427" target="_blank">Nik Sin</a>. (otherwise known as <a href="http://www.myspace.com/minimarilynmanson" target="_blank">Mini Marilyn Manson </a>and one of the owners of <a href="http://www.lonesomespizza.com/" target="_blank">Lonesome's pizza</a>; the only place that treats pizza boxes like Adult Happy Meals of Art and rad Music.)<br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/bethmolson/6796440610/" title="Portland-Famous-Star-Theater-3 by BethMOlson, on Flickr"><img alt="Portland-Famous-Star-Theater-3" height="333" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7064/6796440610_49bc1d59b1.jpg" width="500" /> </a></div>
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I had the opportunity to check out Nik and Rocket's new show called <a href="https://www.facebook.com/PortlandFamous" target="_blank">Portland Famous</a> at the <a href="http://startheaterportland.com/" target="_blank">Star Theater</a> last week. I didn't know quite what to expect, which is good since that's kind of the idea. It might be generally summed up as A variety/ talent show which gives Portlanders the opportunity to flaunt their abilities in front of a live audience on a fabulously vintage stage. But if you're expecting hacks and bad karaoke level performances... well, you obviously haven't lived in PDX that long. Coming into it's 4th week the stage has already hosted some of the cities hottest burlesque dancers, comedians, acrobats, circus freaks, chainsaw jugglers... yes, chainsaws... ventriloquists, gender illusionists and other live acts that defy definition.<br />
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I had a fantastic time and it wasn't just because of the alcohol being served by possibly the nicest bartender in Portland. If you have the opportunity... No, scratch that... MAKE the time to go catch this show! It will be the best Thursday night you've had in a very, very long time!<br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/bethmolson/6942553919/" title="Portland-Famous-Star-Theater-4 by BethMOlson, on Flickr"><img alt="Portland-Famous-Star-Theater-4" height="333" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7204/6942553919_578cd59e41.jpg" width="500" /></a><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/bethmolson/6796441410/" title="Portland-Famous-Star-Theater-16 by BethMOlson, on Flickr"><img alt="Portland-Famous-Star-Theater-16" height="333" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7184/6796441410_733d66f183.jpg" width="500" /></a>
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I love dressing up. I love costumes and theatrics and public performance and stage makeup and special effects and meeting new people and beer. So it stands to reason that I would love themed pub crawls. And aside from the few I host each year... like our <a href="http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10151365875300425.810605.739355424&type=3" target="_blank">Valentine's Day Zombie Crawl</a>... we make it a point to attend at least a few others. And few things are more wonderful than a costumed pub crawl that I don't have to be in charge of! </div>
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SuperCon is delightfully super; with heros, villains, sidekicks and an abundance of nemesis to go around. Competitions in feats of strength, super knowledge trivia and a costume contest among chatting, muscle flexing and revelation of clever Super names and powers. Some of my favorites this year were Rain Man with his umbrella of justice, Door Man who was, indeed, super at making sure the door was always open for people entering and exiting and an adorable couple dressed as the villainous duo Paul and Ester. My friend Isaac wins an honorable mention for his obscenely fun Super Gay Logger.</div>
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A big thanks to <a href="http://www.yelp.com/biz/toms-restaurant-portland" target="_blank">Tom's Restaurant</a>, <a href="http://www.newoldlompoc.com/hedgehouse_home.html" target="_blank">The Hedge House</a>, <a href="http://www.whiskeysodalounge.com/" target="_blank">The Whiskey Soda Loung</a>e and the <a href="http://www.yelp.com/biz/the-clinton-street-pub-portland" target="_blank">Clinton Street Pub</a> for accommodating our tomfoolery!</div>
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Location:<a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?q=SW%20Taylor%20St,Portland,United%20States%4045.517773%2C-122.679381&z=10">SW Taylor St,Portland,United States</a></div>Beth - portland, oregonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12869023390325003707noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4667497908597079848.post-770758950236029482011-11-29T11:58:00.000-08:002011-12-17T13:15:14.978-08:00Kruger's Crossing Cyclocross Classic<br />
A couple days ago we went out to <a href="http://www.krugersfarm.com/" target="_blank">Kruger's Farm</a> on <a href="http://sauvieisland.org/" target="_blank">Sauvie Island</a> with some friends who were in town from Seattle. We actually went out there because the rainclouds looked like they might drift off for a bit and leave us with sun and since <a href="http://www.leftcoastcountry.com/" target="_blank">Left Coast Country</a> was playing a show out there, it seemed like a perfect late fall afternoon.<br />
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What we hadn't expected was a massive<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyclo-cross" target="_blank"> Cyclocross</a> race to be in effect. It was muddy. REALLY muddy. It was packed with people jeering good-naturedly at passing riders as they sloshed beers around in one hand and violently shook cow bells with the other. The <a href="http://capturedbyporches.com/" target="_blank">Captured By Porches</a> beer bus was present, the last of fall crops on display for purchase and parents, kids and dogs all running around like mad, dressed up, covered in mud and having a great time.<br />
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Below are a bunch of images from the day. If you're really into cyclocross... or dogs... or people falling down in the mud you can check out the full set on <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/bethmolson/sets/72157628391267305/" target="_blank">my flickr.</a><br />
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<br />Beth Olsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01860354947255734073noreply@blogger.com017100 NW Sauvie Island Rd, Portland, OR 97231, USA45.6533824 -122.83288645.6519949 -122.8353535 45.6547699 -122.83041850000001tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4667497908597079848.post-1412564963501831442011-11-26T18:14:00.000-08:002011-11-26T18:15:57.126-08:00Committed Alternative Bridal ShowSome images from the recent<a href="http://committedevent.com/"> Committed Alternative Bridal Show</a>. Kelly Goode (of June Lion Photography) and I went and checked out some cool stuff that's happening in the world of wedding vendors. While some of the stuff seemed awefuly mainstream for my taste there were some really cool themed scenes set up and a lot of cool people (and a lot of free chocolate)<br />
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The move was a treacherous double load in the u-haul and 4 weeks later we're still trying to suss out what to get rid of, where to put it, and how to arrange a space that's only marginally larger than the apartment but with double the occupants. That's right, we have roomies! It's hard to say no to saving over $200 a month on rent plus the roomies are musicians and artists, which is something I've been craving to be around.<br />
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We've been so busy we haven't had a chance to really check out the neighborhood in a proper manner but so far we've discovered that the new <a href="http://hopworksbeer.com/general-info/bikebar">HUB Bike Bar</a>, <a href="http://www.newoldlompoc.com/fifthquadrant_home.html">New Old Lompoc's 5th Quadrant</a> and <a href="http://www.robotslovecupcakes.com/">Robots Love Cupcakes</a> are all in walking distance. Closer to home (at a measly 2 blocks from our front door) is <a href="http://www.yelp.com/biz/amnesia-brewing-portland">Amnesia Brewing</a>. <a href="http://muddyscoffeehouse.com/">Muddy's</a>, <a href="http://cupandsaucercafe.com/">Cup and Saucer</a> and the fabulous <a href="http://www.rubyjewel.net/">Ruby Jewel Ice Cream</a>. But far and away the most exciting is the fact a short shuffle from our place is the truly awesome <a href="http://www.mississippistudios.com/">Mississippi Studios </a>(our favorite venue) and <a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Big-Egg/180554841976593">The Big Egg</a> food cart at the <a href="http://www.foodcartsportland.com/category/location/north-portland-location/mississippi-marketplace/">Mississippi Marketplace</a> cart pod.<br />
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Now usually this is where I would insert a description about what exactly it is I'm talking about but the title of the event pretty much covers it. You watch a horribly cheese B-movie, you mark off the squares on your bingo card, if you get a bingo, you win.<br />
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The genius of the game is that the bingo cards are the same every week. There's really not that much variation between cheesy movies... I know, hard to believe. All the good requisite stuff is present in any good b-movie so that things like "shooting while dying", "long boring scene", "male ponytail", "blown away by an explosion", "fight mano y mano" or "teamed up with rookie or animal" work well for just about any of them.<br />
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The only reason the theater wasn't completely and utterly packed to the gills is because this is the first time HT has put this on. I'm pretty sure as word gets out about how awesome it is, advanced purchase of tickets will become a necessity. Keep your eyes open for upcoming B-movie Bingos<br />
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If you missed this week's movie, Samuri Cop, you should definitely try to hunt it down and check it out, it's retchedly rad!<br />
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"<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #4f4f4f; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;">The Japanese Katana Gang have a death grip on the city of Los Angeles, and who better to deal with the problem than Joe Marshall, the “Samurai Cop”. Matt Hannon, who was once Sylvester Stallone’s personal bodyguard, stars in the title role. This is a man that looks like a Dorito. For half of the movie, he wears a woman’s wig with a baseball hat because he got a haircut during production. And regarding his police work: let’s just say… he can “read eyes”. Robert Z’dar co-stars as the evil samurai henchman bent on taking out Marshall. His beard obscures his enormous jaw. This movie has totally awesome music, the best dialogue (hands down) and one of the weirdest fight scenes ever. Be ready for burning humans, severed limbs, gun and sword fights, and lots of long awkward love scenes. Join Joe “The Samurai” Marshall and his sidekick Frank as they take on the minions of the crime underworld. A work of total genius. Written and directed by Amir Shervan."</span><br />
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<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="349" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/D6gk04xzN3U" width="425"></iframe>Beth - portland, oregonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12869023390325003707noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4667497908597079848.post-473380944626253362011-06-14T16:33:00.000-07:002011-06-14T16:34:50.317-07:00Wandering PDXIt's been a good long time (as in never) since we just wandered around town. We hopped the max to W Burnside to check out the ships that were in town for <a href="http://www.rosefestival.org/events/fleet/">fleet week</a>. As happens with most anything in Portland that's free, the wait to tour the ships was completely insane even in the middle of the day on a Friday. So we wandered people watching, snapping photos and chatting and it was really actually quite exciting. One of those many moments that make me feel so attached to this city.<br />
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As we checked out the ships we meandered further and further south till we got to Hawthorne bridge. Walk across to see the ships from the bridge and also managed to capture a man on a Segway hearding a small group of young boys who were marching along in front of him. Immediately after that a woman passing by pointed out the coast guard boats escorting a 2 person kayak past the Navy gun ships.<br />
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We continued to <a href="http://www.luckylab.com/html/story.html">Lucky Lab</a> pub for a pint; snapping shots of train graffiti, rooftop art and wheat paste posters along the way. Looking to walk the couple miles back home since we were already on the east side anyway we shot over to <a href="http://www.producerowcafe.com/">Produce Row</a> to meet up with a friend to celebrate her masters graduation. All in all a perfectly fantastic day in p-town.<br />
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</tbody></table>Beth - portland, oregonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12869023390325003707noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4667497908597079848.post-27350339933625427492011-04-02T20:13:00.000-07:002011-04-13T20:31:20.620-07:00O'Death Returns to PDX... finally!It's been <a href="http://thephoenix.com/Boston/music/118541-odeath-embark-on-another-folk-punk-chapter/">a long road</a> back to PDX for <a href="http://www.odeath.net/">O'Death</a>. Nearly 2 years after the first time we saw them G and I finally had the opportunity to share one of our all time favorite live bands with some friends. Check to see if they're <a href="http://www.myspace.com/odeath/shows">playing near you</a> soon and be sure not to miss them!<br />
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Openers <a href="http://www.myspace.com/leecoreyoswald">Lee Corey Oswald </a>and <a href="http://www.myspace.com/lamuerteblancaconjunto">Helado Negro</a> were both incredible and definitely worth checking out if you get the chance! Here's <a href="http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10150548509950425&set=a.10150442667390425.633528.739355424&type=1&theater">more photos</a> from the evening!<br />
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Started the night with a trip to <a href="http://wonderballroom.com/">Wonder Ballroom</a> to check out <a href="http://www.rarariot.com/">Ra Ra Riot</a>. The place was packed but it might have been my least favorite of the night. Though, I didn't know that then so I was happy enough.<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">Since the show was over pretty quickly we hopped in the car and headed to<br />
<a name='more'></a>the other side of the river to get in early on <a href="http://www.tedleo.com/">Ted Leo and the Pharmacists</a> at the<a href="http://www.mcmenamins.com/425-crystal-ballroom-home"> Crystal Ballroom</a>.<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEdMrBvkbXWx89Y_5v3cu3mvawKU9NO1ulM_O95tKmje69VEqzZyXQnn6nxwew34A7OhF0vyZ4Nbj4if6sbdKXOvx8RofFm3PXsaV2quWoUdm6yyBndE7RYTkfPpTyO9pPLHwSotjf84E/s1600/IMG_0751a.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5515761073171597106" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEdMrBvkbXWx89Y_5v3cu3mvawKU9NO1ulM_O95tKmje69VEqzZyXQnn6nxwew34A7OhF0vyZ4Nbj4if6sbdKXOvx8RofFm3PXsaV2quWoUdm6yyBndE7RYTkfPpTyO9pPLHwSotjf84E/s320/IMG_0751a.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 240px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 320px;" /></a>We got there early enough to catch the last several songs by Seattle art-punk group <a href="http://www.myspace.com/pastlivesmusic">Past Lives (</a>the only band I didn't get a photo of). Now it's likely, if you've lived in PDX for any amount of time you've heard stories about how bouncy the floor is as the CB. This is no joke and if you get the chance to see a show here be sure to take about 6 steps onto the wooden floor in the ballroom with a friend and bounce each other around. It's apparently very amusing to do if your friend has big boobs....<br />
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Following TL&TP, also at the Crystal Ballroom, were local artists <a href="http://www.thethermals.com/">The Thermals</a> with their CD release party show for "Personal Life".<br />
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From there we left a few songs early to try to catch <a href="http://www.redfang.net/">Red Fang</a> at <a href="http://www.danteslive.com/">Dante's</a> but arrived to see a crowd spilling out of the doorway either for lack of room inside or perhaps just a smoke break. We parked the car just down from Berbati's and decided to wander inside to check out the catchy tunes drifting from their back door. I'm glad we did because we got to see some of <a href="http://frank-turner.com/blog/">Frank Turner</a>'s set which was pretty fantastic, high energy and fun especially for just one dude and his guitar.<br />
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Following Frank Turner we walked down the block to <a href="http://www.ashstreetsaloon.com/">Ash Street Saloon</a> to see what was going on there and found <a href="http://www.danteslive.com/">Garotas Suecas</a> (swedish girls) a tropical garage rock funk band from Brazil who were a lot of fun but sadly we only caught their last 2 songs as well.<br />
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<div style="text-align: left;">From there we wandered across the street for a quick bite at a new cart called <a href="http://www.foodcartsportland.com/2010/06/18/killa-dilla/">Killa Dilla</a>. A specialty quesadilla spot which is purported to have the best albacore tuna in PDX line caught fresh on the owner's dad's boat. We of course got the veggie dilla stuffed with finely shredded local cabbage from Sauvie's Island though I felt that I would have undoubtedly been more impressed with the tuna if I ate fish. (a couple carrying burritos walked up shortly after we ordered and were so excited that the dilla cart was opened they ordered the albacore dillas and decided to save their burritos for leftovers!)<br />
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I really didn't want to leave but by this time of the night, we were bound and determined to hit 10 bands before the night's end so I left Dante's with a shit-eating grin on my face and we headed back to Berbati's to catch some of <a href="http://www.justintownesearle.com/">Justin Townes Earl</a> but I was still on the metal train so JTE's music was too much of a switch for me to enjoy very much... Perhaps another time.<br />
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The last stop of the night was wandering back into Ash Street Saloon to see<a href="http://www.thebellrays.com/"> the Bellrays</a> which were a must see for us as they were described as Blues/Soul Punk.... uh, huh? You wouldn't think it could work but it REEEALLY does! Garrett put it best when he said "it's like if Tina Turner had fronted a 70's punk band!"<br />
All in all a great night and a great start to a fantastic weekend of music!<br />
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.Beth - portland, oregonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12869023390325003707noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4667497908597079848.post-72919972168144346142010-08-11T20:42:00.000-07:002010-09-10T21:36:20.428-07:00Thing a day- Princess Bride and the Barley MillA small CMN of Princess Bride and a picnic at the park followed by drinks and pestering Ms. Simik at her work, <a href="http://www.mcmenamins.com/313-barley-mill-pub-home">The Barley Mill</a>.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjy639XnBzcW3LWbCavq0yJ3EyPNrFQyfiWRqbLfvhRnLCIjIjjCNwNuZBox2q6dP1RNjjMOrMebxcO2x1L42VNGiTw9oECZbX9SKnYh8KvkEqXXvidhU2Ysp54hiF88AC7ywfpa6sXr4Y/s1600/IMG_0393a.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjy639XnBzcW3LWbCavq0yJ3EyPNrFQyfiWRqbLfvhRnLCIjIjjCNwNuZBox2q6dP1RNjjMOrMebxcO2x1L42VNGiTw9oECZbX9SKnYh8KvkEqXXvidhU2Ysp54hiF88AC7ywfpa6sXr4Y/s200/IMG_0393a.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5515509621004288274" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh102PGed8fnSWeHnI9lHZAM737vxdCjL__zm_6jfYad8HUdIyA1d95GSepp7MSKrcnQoTS_3EdbObpMPBRUM2A_SFFEULxX9x_RbnFqFw9sQVVfkw4J1U_h3vHRetEwzL31nFH-ZnR_MQ/s1600/IMG_0391a.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh102PGed8fnSWeHnI9lHZAM737vxdCjL__zm_6jfYad8HUdIyA1d95GSepp7MSKrcnQoTS_3EdbObpMPBRUM2A_SFFEULxX9x_RbnFqFw9sQVVfkw4J1U_h3vHRetEwzL31nFH-ZnR_MQ/s200/IMG_0391a.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5515509615707869138" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFYSiIxAmTb_InY5IwIBTHS3bT44x8gaSnxZwLT1_ixjAWRGWGiAW3lPEvCpSLUMZtLEYTtkiOPYtFatKDMSljGPnmF1ga1VSPPQ-KHu2lxYFpKNozsXUwFOjwDPBNKtYprMeVBjWma_4/s1600/IMG_0389a.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFYSiIxAmTb_InY5IwIBTHS3bT44x8gaSnxZwLT1_ixjAWRGWGiAW3lPEvCpSLUMZtLEYTtkiOPYtFatKDMSljGPnmF1ga1VSPPQ-KHu2lxYFpKNozsXUwFOjwDPBNKtYprMeVBjWma_4/s200/IMG_0389a.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5515509607216149266" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTLSZ5zRE1jC2B3VvJIJAsthhX2S6vKWTFZaP8BCiS3GZ9U3QYbfBXwVN2fYnFeLv5hXnXJttx37lsgqzdtdLRNeBcVDmjTsV3q4CIHF71jI2SfpBpD4Hm0Kcg23SDyio0M9JDw6LdloQ/s1600/IMG_0404a.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTLSZ5zRE1jC2B3VvJIJAsthhX2S6vKWTFZaP8BCiS3GZ9U3QYbfBXwVN2fYnFeLv5hXnXJttx37lsgqzdtdLRNeBcVDmjTsV3q4CIHF71jI2SfpBpD4Hm0Kcg23SDyio0M9JDw6LdloQ/s200/IMG_0404a.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5515509630611923890" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQtOEv0bQNnSqODASZ8x7aQhchaL7JwGLmfj3v6xxvPi9Ir51zCGQzUEp1HuyV_GBKGHlpjT2y3CGKs0DWdfpVt_epuf7N-XNoo7BKTf-xKMhbWyxTui72bsP1xogTxlwPT3OqMHxuL0c/s1600/IMG_0406a.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQtOEv0bQNnSqODASZ8x7aQhchaL7JwGLmfj3v6xxvPi9Ir51zCGQzUEp1HuyV_GBKGHlpjT2y3CGKs0DWdfpVt_epuf7N-XNoo7BKTf-xKMhbWyxTui72bsP1xogTxlwPT3OqMHxuL0c/s200/IMG_0406a.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5515509642429090514" border="0" /></a>Beth - portland, oregonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12869023390325003707noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4667497908597079848.post-27510392180613251822010-08-11T18:52:00.000-07:002010-08-11T18:55:13.553-07:00Thing a Day UnnumberedJust a quick note to let you know that I'm not going to be numbering the Thing a Day posts from this point on. I'll still change the dates so that they show up in the right order... I'm just finding that posting stuff regularly and always in order isn't working out quite the way I expected (especially with like 1000 photos from Ohio to go through).Beth - portland, oregonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12869023390325003707noreply@blogger.com0