In spite of all the places I’ve yet to visit, and even all of the ones I’ve visited and loved, my mind probably returns to the Oregon Coast more than any other. It’s familiar, it’s safe, I love the weather, it’s relatively inexpensive, and the seafood is, of course, awesome. A few months back I […]
A couple of things to apologize for today. First of all, I’m WAY behind on my posts again. Secondly, a lot of the upcoming posts will be road posts, so I guess I should half-heartedly apologize to those of you who think I spend too much time writing about places that aren’t local. That having […]
Are any of you fans of Anthony Bourdain? I am. I may have even mentioned it before. I guess it doesn’t matter, pretty much everyone has watched some travel TV, yeah? You notice that often when the host gets to where he’s going, there’s someone there to drag him around. Sometimes a friend, sometimes a […]
We’re going out of order here. In my last post, I described on of the great meals of my life. However, that wasn’t the first thing that happened when I arrived in town. I had a few hours to kill, which I planned to spend up in the mountains taking pictures of the forest area […]
I’m not a professional. I’ve said it time and again. Usually it’s to remind the people reading my ramblings. I do it a a defensive measure. You don’t like my use of profanity? The fact that I spend so much time writing about places that are out of town? That so much of my writing […]
Alright, one last road post and then you’re safe for a bit. This isn’t really the road trip time of year, after all.After a somewhat disappointing hike around Cape Perpetua (Thor’s Well wasn’t being very impressive even at high tide, and the youngest member of our entourage tripped on a downhill trail and shredded both […]
Okay, one more road piece, then I’ll do a local. Miss Golden Rule’s b-day was turning out kind of bland. Dinner had been less special than expected, the weather wasn’t particularly conducive to hanging out at the beach, and we had no dessert plan locked down. I had made some unsuccessful inquiries, and it was […]
Okay, I know I just did a road post and I promised to mix it up a bit, but right now my backlog of road posts is bigger so bear with me. So, after a brief exploration of Portland’s street food scene, we headed off to Newport, probably the closest thing Miss Golden Rule has […]
Okay, so I did a local post last time, now back to my most recent trip to Oregon. There’s been a lot of talk recently about Portland being the best food city in America. I don’t know about that because my own travels have been fairly limited, but it’s pretty damned good. It’s definitely the […]
Good Taste / Bad Taste 