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July 12, 2006

Celebrating Bastille Day in the Pdx

The other day I got an e-mail from the Western Culinary Institute containing a press release about their upcoming Bastille Day celebration. This made me happy because -- 1. the lunch sounds really good and I totally want to go and 2. someone at WCI reads my blog and thought to send me a press …

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May 15, 2006

It's Frickin' Hot in Here, Mr. Bigglesworth

Oregon is weird. Mostly, the summer is cool but there seems to always be a week in May or June where it's unbelievably hot. Oh, yeah, and the week or so in August when it's uh, unbelievably, incredibly hot at 98-105, but let's not get ahead of ourselves here. Today it was 94 degrees. How …

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February 24, 2006

Art Bar + Drunk Puppets = Fun Night Out

Art Bar SW Broadway and Main Portland, OR 97205 503-432-2905 Last weekend we went downtown to Portland Center Stage to see Drunk Puppet Night at the Winningstad Theatre. It was very entertaining and a nice evening out. There were big puppets, little puppets, a whole alien/ufo/puppet/mini-series and an odd yet very humorous performance art piece …

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February 16, 2006

Valentine's Day at Wild Abandon

Wild Abandon 2411 SE Belmont Portland, OR 97214 (503) 232-4458 Traditionally, we walk to Bread and Ink for Valentine's Dinner, have a bottle of wine, food and walk home. That's what we did last year and for the last three years. This year, I was in the mood for a change. I've been wanting to …

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January 31, 2006

Argyle Wine Dinner at Oba! w/ Winemaker Rollin Soles

Oba Restaurant 555 NW 12th Ave Portland, OR 97209 (503) 228-6161 The evening came about as jwa's employer gave him an Oba! giftcard a few months ago for doing some extra work. The giftcard has actually just sat around the last couple of months in the dining room until I heard about this Argyle Wine …

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