My one full day in Portland
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scarlettinaYesterday was a busy day that didn't feel busy until I hit the wall.
We started by shopping, and our first stop was the farmer's market. The initial point of the trip was to get strawberries, but I came away with a bottle of local, sparkling riesling and a jar of porcini mushroom powder that I'm going to try sprinkling on whatever food I prepare.![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
kateyule bought a half-flat of delicious strawberries, some cheese, potatoes, and beets. We also stopped at the Laurelhurst Neighborhood Yard Sale, there to consider buying several lovely things, all of which we decided against. I was so proud of myself, walking away from a vintage milk glass deviled egg plate (I've never made deviled eggs), some beautiful plant pots (I have too many as it is), and a lovely green glass serving dish. These things were all beautiful and covet-worthy, but with the exception of the plant pots, I don't live a life that would involve the use of such things. I know this partly because I have some beautiful servingware that was my mother's that I never use. It pains me that they sit in my cabinets waiting for an occasion, but I live a different kind of life than my parents did. It's hard, however, to consider letting them go.
Anyway, having enjoyed the recreational shopping (and not buying), we returned to the house where I helped Kate through a clothes closet cull. There's something really satisfying about cleaning out one's closet like that, no matter which end of the process you're on. She was Chief Excavator. I was Chief Enabler.
Then, it was off to JayCon,jaylake's 49th birthday party. It's an annual thing held at Flying Pie Pizza and this year, was a crowded, raucous event--lots of fun. I must be getting a little old, though. I had a harder and harder time with the crowd as the afternoon progressed. The party had four key features: 1) lots of delicious pizza of many different varieties, 2) jackwilliambell's witch doctor cure for Jay, which was a silly thing featuring Jack all got up in a grass skirt backed up by the Chipmonks' rendition of "My Friend the Witch Doctor," 3) the annual raffle for stuff from Jay's basement (a way to raise cash to pay for the party--I won a bag of unwrapped McDonald's toys that Jay had accumulated over the years as geocaching leave-behinds), and, of course, 4) the celebration of Jay generally throughout the afternoon. In attendance were too many worthies to name. I had a brief visit with Jay in with all the madness--which was good but, as usual, never quite enough because, well, I rarely get enough of my friends, especially those who live far away.
By the time the party ended, I was wiped out. The closeness of the crowd had just proved a little too much.davidlevine, kateyule, and I headed back to their place for naps. While Kate continued to nap, David and I went to Laurelhurst Park for a walk. It's a lovely, green place. We strolled past a party featuring a large drum circle, past huge, old, burled trees. We ambled to the duck pond and sat for a while watching the ducks paddle about and swifts swoop and dive for insects. We came to help Kate complete a puzzle, we ate many strawberries, and generally had a quiet, pleasant evening.
We started by shopping, and our first stop was the farmer's market. The initial point of the trip was to get strawberries, but I came away with a bottle of local, sparkling riesling and a jar of porcini mushroom powder that I'm going to try sprinkling on whatever food I prepare.
kateyule bought a half-flat of delicious strawberries, some cheese, potatoes, and beets. We also stopped at the Laurelhurst Neighborhood Yard Sale, there to consider buying several lovely things, all of which we decided against. I was so proud of myself, walking away from a vintage milk glass deviled egg plate (I've never made deviled eggs), some beautiful plant pots (I have too many as it is), and a lovely green glass serving dish. These things were all beautiful and covet-worthy, but with the exception of the plant pots, I don't live a life that would involve the use of such things. I know this partly because I have some beautiful servingware that was my mother's that I never use. It pains me that they sit in my cabinets waiting for an occasion, but I live a different kind of life than my parents did. It's hard, however, to consider letting them go. Anyway, having enjoyed the recreational shopping (and not buying), we returned to the house where I helped Kate through a clothes closet cull. There's something really satisfying about cleaning out one's closet like that, no matter which end of the process you're on. She was Chief Excavator. I was Chief Enabler.
Then, it was off to JayCon,
jaylake's 49th birthday party. It's an annual thing held at Flying Pie Pizza and this year, was a crowded, raucous event--lots of fun. I must be getting a little old, though. I had a harder and harder time with the crowd as the afternoon progressed. The party had four key features: 1) lots of delicious pizza of many different varieties, 2) jackwilliambell's witch doctor cure for Jay, which was a silly thing featuring Jack all got up in a grass skirt backed up by the Chipmonks' rendition of "My Friend the Witch Doctor," 3) the annual raffle for stuff from Jay's basement (a way to raise cash to pay for the party--I won a bag of unwrapped McDonald's toys that Jay had accumulated over the years as geocaching leave-behinds), and, of course, 4) the celebration of Jay generally throughout the afternoon. In attendance were too many worthies to name. I had a brief visit with Jay in with all the madness--which was good but, as usual, never quite enough because, well, I rarely get enough of my friends, especially those who live far away.By the time the party ended, I was wiped out. The closeness of the crowd had just proved a little too much.
davidlevine, kateyule, and I headed back to their place for naps. While Kate continued to nap, David and I went to Laurelhurst Park for a walk. It's a lovely, green place. We strolled past a party featuring a large drum circle, past huge, old, burled trees. We ambled to the duck pond and sat for a while watching the ducks paddle about and swifts swoop and dive for insects. We came to help Kate complete a puzzle, we ate many strawberries, and generally had a quiet, pleasant evening.