Sunday morning "Run Like Hell" zombie 5k.
we went as trick-o-treating zombie bridesmaids Disney Princesses.

outside of the Occupy Portland tent city. (zombies couldn't decide if we were supposed to smile or not in our photos).

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Got up early for the sunrise (after a very early evening). Made it in time - all the pictures are amazing...trying hard to pare it down for the post.

Woke up at the Overlook Hotel [really, the Timberline Lodge]

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Mt. Hood GYDG Xmas morning

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Woke up at the White Eagle following a long GYDG weekend...walked back to jupiterjuniper's place...slowly...seeing the sights.

welcome to Portland (poster on kiosk)

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Nola

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Big Brothers Big Sisters - catch up post.

"A" 1-footx1-foot Mt. Everest school project with K.

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Just finished Rainbow's End by Vernor Vinge this past week...one of the books from the "top 10" list from Technology Review - Hard Science Fiction. It is certainly current - very "where will Google go", internet, life-spans, medical advances, viral warfare...even when I find the writing engaging and the topic interesting, it is hard to recommend ( Read more... )

The idea is to die young as late as possible. ~Ashley Montagu ( Read more... )

yes - it was a Captain America day...liked it better than pretty much every pre-Avenger movie to-date.

But the majority of the day was spent on Garage Project.
Before
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wanted to hike, but PT issues again. so we checked out a Waldenbooks (liquidating along with Borders) - and found very little of interest... but along the way we hit a soul food restaurant in Hendersonville.

I wanted to take coffeefortwo to One Love (mmm...jerk chicken), but it turns out it went under. so we found a diff. local establishment with raves ( Read more... )