Monday, December 03, 2007

winter ale anyone?




i think mish and i will be getting a little radio soon so we can join the ranks of NPR listeners.
I'm currently getting my news from the local patrons of peets coffee and tea and did you know that there was a hurricane off the coast of oregon this weekend.
well, at least thats what they said.
but despite the gale force finds i had a pretty good weekend.
it started friday night with christmas card making.
mish's new job has tons of cool paper and great craft ideas so we've been taking advantage of what they have to offer.
i worked saturday morning but afterwards i took the bus downtown with jay and megs to the holiday ale festival.
we tasted a few brews.
some good, some not so good.
i bet you can't tell me how many BTUs are in the Sinterklaas.
after the festival we had dinner at that portland city grille.
the happy hour is really cheap and the view of downtown from the restaurant on the 30th floor is amazing.
our next plan was to catch the bus back home.
but the bus wasn't going to arrive for another ten minutes.
it was too cold to stand around so we hiked some 30 blocks in the rain back to jay and megs apartment.
we did manage to make a stop a voodoo donuts on the way back.
yum.

i'm learning that despite the rain the normal every day activities still go on.
i felt like such a portlander today when i jumped on the old bike and trekked across town for a work meeting.
it was a six mile round trip in the rain.
what's cool is that you can show up smelling like a wet dog and that's ok.
nobody cares.
however i think i might be investing in some rain pants soon.
jeans just don't dry very fast.

7 comments:

Flower Mound Mom said...

Hey Steve,
You left your nice snow boarding jacket here at home. Do you want it? It looks like it may be water-proof! Might come in handy.
Love you!

victim of suburbia said...

that must be my old one. i have my snowboarding jacket with me right now. thanks though. i got you message the other day but i was at work.
i'll give you guys a call soon.

Flower Mound Mom said...

Well, your old one is looking pretty nice. Too bad it doesn't fit your dad. Sure you don't want it as a spare??

Work in Progress said...

Steve, mom's trying to clean out closets...can you tell?

Brent said...

Steve-O...I don't know if you get images or even if you get text messaging, but I tried to send you a text with a photo of the cherub we put over Sherry's desk each Christmas.

We had last year's naughty list (she's already started a new one, and Dave, Farney, Nathan and I were all put on it "preemptively" because she knew we couldn't be good for three whole weeks), too. This year's addition to him (like the diaper and the bootie) was Bill giving him one of his "doo rags."

And...

...we missed Steve-O in the office yesterday.

A lot.

Brent said...

Maybe we could put your extra jacket on the cherub...

victim of suburbia said...

i did get the picture. thanks.
i miss that crazy cherub.
tell sherry i'll try not to park in her spot.
im pretty sure i'm still on the naughty list from last year.