Restaurants – Page 15

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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May 9, 2006

The Best Restaurant to Live Above: Flea Street Cafe in Menlo Park

Flea Street Cafe 3607 Alameda de las Pulgas Menlo Park, CA 94025 650-854-1226 I have very fond memories of Flea Street Cafe in Menlo Park. You see, I used to live in an apartment above the restaurant. I would walk up the backstairs and smell all the amazing smells from the open kitchen door. In …

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May 2, 2006

Farallon Restaurant in San Francisco

Farallon 450 Post St. San Francisco, CA 94102 One very good meal that we did have recently was with jwa's parents at Farallon, in San Francisco. I loved the decor and the whole underwater theme, especially these very funky paintings they had throughout the restaurant. They had lights hanging from the ceilings that looked like …

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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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