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julie & julia

Tri — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 17:57:59 +0000

Last night was “date night Friday”. We walked up to Stark Street to the Academy Theater and watched Julie & Julia. Good flick. It made me hungry.

Or shall I say, it made me want to gorge my eyes out with pizza from the original Flying Pie Pizza. The Presto pizza is so good!

Hence, the photo I captured here.

But really, I began to think that maybe I’ll be famous one day writing this blog and posting my daily photos. Although, Julia Childs was Julie Powell’s mentor / idol / “invisible friend” and I don’t yet have one. I don’t have a famous photographer who is my all time idol. Maybe I should research Ansel Adams? Is he still alive? I don’t even know this.

I’ve definitely got some homework to do.

Tagged: academy theater, blog, date night, flying pie pizza, idol, invisible friend, julia childs, julie & julia, julie powell, movies, oregon, photography, pizza, portland, stark street

bay.

Tri — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 23:00:29 +0000

Tagged: aw, bay, bird, blue sky, boats, clouds, pelican, post, sky, tillamook

mt. hood

Tri — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 16:41:36 +0000

yep…..

…still totally obsessed with Mt. Hood. I can’t wait to take a road trip up to see the mtn up close. We’re making plans with our friends to go snowboarding or tubing or sledding. Yah, I think tubing or sledding is more my thing. I’ve signed up to take ski lessons in years past at Heavenly, and was dumb enough to try the bunny slope before I actually took the lesson. That didn’t work out so great. I ended up making speed -up to what felt like 100mph on skis that I didn’t know how to control other than “pizza” now “french fries”…..

Yep. I bailed out, passed out, and was taken down the mountainside by the mtn patrol. A few months later, I made another trip to Heavenly (now that I think about it, I think I was cursed on that mountain) and took snowboarding lessons. Yah, I ended up being the adult student in the class that the bitchy blonde haired, blue eyed, snow bunny Tahoe queen picked on for the entire hour. “No, Trina. A falling leaf. Watch the others. Look. They’re doing the falling leaf down the hill on their boards. Now you try!” I thought it was quite entertaining since the moment I rocked myself upright onto the board and proceeded to barrel straight down the hill and practically taking out every person in my line of path.

I do have to say that the Heavenly ski lodge makes delicious hot tottie drinks.

Tagged: blondes, blue eyes, fall, falling leaf, heavenly, Lake Tahoe, landscapes, lessons, Mt. Hood, oregon, photography, portland, ski, sledding, snow, snowboarding, trees, tubing, winter

halloween

Tri — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 17:50:07 +0000

Tagged: 2009, halloween, oregon, photography, portland, shadow, tin man, witch, wizard of oz

spooky

Tri — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 16:13:05 +0000

Tagged: burnside, doug fir, jupiter hotel, lady, manequin, oregon, portland, reflection, street side

playful

Tri — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 03:52:40 +0000

Tagged: night lights, playful, portland, squiggly, trails

leaves

Tri — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 19:02:57 +0000

It’s happening. Fall is weening so fast. I’ve been watching this tree down the street from my house. It’s so enormous and beautiful. The wet, cold and rainy season of Portland has arrived. I feel a little sad about this year’s incredible summer and early fall beauty coming to an end.

I need to keep good perspective this winter. During those crummy wintery days, I will have to constantly remind myself that all this rain creates the beauty that I so love about Portland.

In other news, I planted about 85 spring bulbs in the garden today.

Tagged: autumn, beauty, fall, ground, leaves, mt tabor neighborhood, perspective, photography, portland, rain, rainy, sad, street, summer, trees, wet, wintery days

mural

Tri — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 15:00:27 +0000

I drive by this mural every morning around 7:22a.m. when I take Kari to work. Yah, I know, I’m a good girlfriend. Every single time I drive by this mural which is alongside a wall of a music center in Portland called Music Union - I think to myself, “I must stop for a quick shot of its beauty.” So, it looks like yesterday was the golden day when I did just so.

I always think to myself when I look at this part of the mural, “Sing it, baby!” And, then I hear her say in a sexy, sultry voice, “Baby, you’ve got to do a lot more than shout from your car window like that to get ME to sing…”

Tagged: drive by, drive way, mural, music, music union, ne 20th, photography, portland, sandy blvd, street, wall

suds…

Tri — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 15:42:34 +0000

Our front load washer has been broken ever since we hauled it across the U.S. of A. in JUNE. Ever since we discovered it was broken, we’ve had to take our wash every week to the local laundry mat. I dream about the day when we can afford to purchase another front load washer and have the freedom to wash when I please.

In the meantime, it’s a lot of this…

Tagged: dream, dryer, freedom, front load washer, hauled, june, laundry mat, machine, suds, US of A, wash

joy.

Tri — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 15:07:59 +0000

All I can say about this shot is, “pure joy.” I love to see children experience excitement and joy like this. It brings joy to my heart. And the best part is that she was playing with her momma at this moment. THE best.

Tagged: autumn, children, excitement, fall, joy, kids, smiles