May in Portland

Called mom this morning and talk to her for a while, everything is ok. Mom also talked to Michelle and wished her a hapy birthday.

Wow, it's May already. Yesterday I took Michelle out to Le Pigeon for her birthday. We had foie gras, veal, braised beef cheek, Beaujolais, creme brulee and cappuccino moose. That was a lot of rich food, but it's Michelle's birthday so that's ok.

Today, Saturday, Michelle went to her Toastmaster runabout so I walked to the farmer market and got dill, chive, and mt. hood strawberry starters. I'll plant them on our balcony tomorrow. I also got asparagus, bok choi tips and a box of sweets from the Two Tarts, yummm... Got a hair cut on the way home. Then went out again to get May trimet tickets. I got Basil Chicken from a Thai food cart downtown, but it wasn't that good, kind of dry and they only used a little basil. At pioneer square, there is a legalize marijuana party going on. They were marching down Broadway shouting "free hemp." That's Oregon.
After that I walked to a comic book store in Chinatown for Free Comic Book Day! I picked up a bunch of free comics, but they are a bit of a disappointment. They are more for the kids to get them started. The free comic were really short.
This is a famous donut shop in Portland - Voodoo Donut. There is a big line today for some reason. I've never been inside yet.
Caught the bus home and took a nap and was rudely awoken by insistence hammering upstair AND a crazy rain storm. I mean huge pouring rain, wind, siren, thunder, lighting, what the heck is going on monsoon. I see a huge rainbow now though and all is well.

I got Bruce Lee's The Big Boss from the library so I put that in and had fun watching it. I'm doing a Bruce Lee marathon this past few week. I've seen Game of Death and Fist of Fury (chinese connection) and put in a reserve for Enter The Dragon. 8)

Michell just got home and she got elected as division governor, nice.
signing off.

sacramento trip

We went down to Sacrament to Jodi's wedding. She is Michelle's friend from Banning and they've known each other since girl scout. On the way down, we flew over Crater lake, it was really cool to see it from the plane.

I got a sport coat on sale from Macy, like it? Oh yeah, Jodi and Matt got a really really great champagne from Frasenettis. It has a nice almond taste to it, Nik you should look at this. It was really good and cheap $13 a bottle.


Joe and his giraffe. 8)

Michelle can't kiss on camera

Michelle and her multi racial family. just kidding, these are our table mates.
Joe at the old governor mansion.
Grizzly bear at the California capitol building. We took a tour, it was very nice.
Arnold's office.

We went to Old town Sacramento afterward and walked around a bit. It was so hot, probably high 80s. We're not use to the heat anymore. This is at Joe's crab shack. I got the crab pot, it had half dungeness crab, half snow crab, 6-7 shrimps, a sausage, corn and potatoes. It was good, but it got more and more salty as you keep eating. Afterward we went to a mall to hide from the heat. Then left to go to the airport early to take a rest.

cat show

Hobi cat showing off her tummy.