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Visited the 95-year-old Grandnibs in Portland. She's as deaf and neurotic but lucid as ever. What she doesn't have as much of as ever are stamina and mobility, and it's starting to wear her down. There's only so much anyone else can do about that, and it's sad to watch.
The Wendling loved Portland's light rail. I want some too now. I had to give him a volcano rain check, though.
Powell's damage: about 40 lbs. of books. It had been too long. Their parking garage is hilariously dangerous to life & property. Viva la MOO kroo for book recommendations.
I'm not the first person to observe that Portland is a mix of hippie epicureanism with a nannyish, politically correct collectivism. ("Honored" citizen tickets for MAX?) It's a little disquieting how easily those two go together. If you've got any ambition, Seattle's a better place. Would a bigger city be even better? Only by virtue of its economy, I think.
The people in every city have their own look, I've noticed, with orthogonal dimensions like funk, frou-frou, frumpiness, and formality. I see more PiBs per capita in Portland than Seattle, but at the same time I see more people in suit vests or baggy drawstring pants. More funk, and yet perhaps more frumpiness.
It seems to be harder to have fun while keeping out of the way of bums in Portland than it is in Seattle. What explains that? Size? Sprawl? Economics? Policing?
Unhip & suburban though the Abbey may be, there are plenty of things I love about it: size, floor plan, short commute, etc. Because it was built in 2000, though, it has 1.8 gpf toilets that too often don't quite do the job. Many of you are wearing BPAL right now; I'm wearing bleach. I'm so going out tonight.
The Wendling loved Portland's light rail. I want some too now. I had to give him a volcano rain check, though.
Powell's damage: about 40 lbs. of books. It had been too long. Their parking garage is hilariously dangerous to life & property. Viva la MOO kroo for book recommendations.
I'm not the first person to observe that Portland is a mix of hippie epicureanism with a nannyish, politically correct collectivism. ("Honored" citizen tickets for MAX?) It's a little disquieting how easily those two go together. If you've got any ambition, Seattle's a better place. Would a bigger city be even better? Only by virtue of its economy, I think.
The people in every city have their own look, I've noticed, with orthogonal dimensions like funk, frou-frou, frumpiness, and formality. I see more PiBs per capita in Portland than Seattle, but at the same time I see more people in suit vests or baggy drawstring pants. More funk, and yet perhaps more frumpiness.
It seems to be harder to have fun while keeping out of the way of bums in Portland than it is in Seattle. What explains that? Size? Sprawl? Economics? Policing?
Unhip & suburban though the Abbey may be, there are plenty of things I love about it: size, floor plan, short commute, etc. Because it was built in 2000, though, it has 1.8 gpf toilets that too often don't quite do the job. Many of you are wearing BPAL right now; I'm wearing bleach. I'm so going out tonight.
