Ok, I promised it, so here’s a list – no pix, sorry. You will soon notice that my idea of fun is hangin around at cool eats and drinks spots, and walking a lot on fun streets… 10. WASHINGTON PARK, the Japanese Garden and the Portland Rose Garden All three of these beautiful areas are [...]

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Chris Harne has an unusual collection: portion control condiment packets such as the ketchup packs you get at a fast food restaurant. The Condiment Packet Gallery site states that in the beginning, back in 2003, Chris realized that he never actually needed to buy condiments, he could just go and get these packs from any [...]

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Last night, we went to our favorite neighborhood bar/pizza joint called Ruckus. There was much activity as everyone was gearing up for the 2008 USARPS tournament. Do you know what that is? We didn’t either. We assumed it was “The U.S. Arps Tournament”, but couldn’t figure out what ARPS meant – maybe Amateur Racquetball Players [...]

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