These are all memories, experiences, things unique to Portland from the last year...April 7, 2008-April 7, 2009...
Having gas pumped for me and still feeling like a spoiled brat when it happens. Dialing 503 to make a local call. Timber's games. Cousins Avie and Adrienne. Distinctly fresh air. Food Front Co-op. Good bars from Martha. Lower Macleay Trail. Oregon Grape. Willamette River. Columbia River. Working at the farmer's market. Sustainable food. Wine. Microbrew. Industrial. Edge. Funky. Community and neighborhood based. Oregon coast. Burgerville. "Keep Portland Weird." Thriving social life. Visage Gallery. Macleay Gardens - best neighbors ever. Forest Park. Cutest streetcar. "Spendy." Bioregionalism. Cutthroat Trout. Salmon. Garden space. Weekly soccer. Portland Art Museum. Approachable. Public transit. Bike as a gift. Walking everywhere. Charlie coming out of his shell. Me coming out of mine. Neighbor gatherings. Hannukah with the neighbors. Laurelhurst Park. Lompoc. Pyramid Breweries. Astoria. Multnomah Falls. Angel's Rest. Balch Creek. The Gorge. Crushes. Neighborhood walks. Blossoming Lotus. Bella Faccia. Alberta Street House Pub. Bye and Bye bar. Jimmy Mac jazz. Artic Blast 2008. Clinton Street. Anna's Project Chaboo. Getting locked out of my apartment and climbing through a window. Bernie unlocking my door with a credit card. Creating a community listserve. Anna's Bananas coffeehouse with Eric. Rabbis Gone Wild. Sarah moving me in. Urban Jews. Who knew? Hoyt Arboretum. Japanese Garden. Chinese Garden. NWEI staff retreat. Secret Snowflake. Paperless Billing Movie Making. Screenwriting class. Massage class. Coming out. Someday Lounge. Quarter-in-the-butt game. Hopworks Organic beer. Lucky Lab. Scrabble. Organic Beer Festival. Visits from friends: mom, Marina, Hava, Dan, Cori, Liberty and Chris, Will, Barb, Magda, Zoe. Art piece debut at Visage Gallery. Seattle roadtrip. Sex in the City. L Word. Voodoo Donuts. Scrabble with Eric at Palio's. Backgamon at Tea Chai Te with Will. Ladd's Addition walks. Stepping Stone Diner. #59 at E-San. The Clearing Cafe. Board game nights at Amy and Darren's and Rakestraw's. Powell's. Tennis and walking buddy, Nancy. 4Love calls. Calling in the One. Applying for countless jobs. Mopping floors. Unemployment benefits. Dog sitting. Springhill Organic Farm. Meeting Martha's brother and mother. Sandy River. Washougal River. Tao of tea. Snail mail from friends. Shabbat dinners. Student for the day at OCOM and NCNM. 33 redefined as sexy. Tour de Organics 35 mile bike ride. Dancing at Nia HQ. Leave No Plastic Behind art collective. Vaux Swifts at Wallace Park. SW Hills walks. Laurelhurst park. Rerun. Oba and Crush exhibit. Singing in the rain. Rain. Thunder. Doug Fir Lounge and Obama's election night. Vegan mini mall. Cedars. Firs. Hemlocks. Bluberry picking. Soup party at Anna and Ruby's. Bartending a wedding. Butt Ugly campaign takes root. Halloween at Heckscher's and Cingel's. Cockatiel Party. Kevin Monahan letter of closure. John's chorale at St John's. Hotlips. Sauvie Island. Oaks Bottom Refuge. Tryon Creek State Park. Conducting interviews for my book. Audubon Society. Soup Cycle. Voluntary Simplicity and Sense of Place. Yoga Bhoga and Root Whole Body. Eco-friendly Mint Dental. Finding and liking a naturopath. Pivotal walk in Forest Park walk with Zoe.
Here's to hundreds and hundreds memories!
