Monday, July 16, 2012

Stuff...

 Welcome to Portland! Yes, those are cobweb-covered skeletons in the rumble seat there.

Last night, I met Kathy Jackson, of Cornered Cat fame, which feels weird to say. I mean, I've known Kathy via web forum post & private message, email, and phone call for over a decade; I'd considered her a friend and had never actually laid eyes on her in person. One of those weird artifacts of modern communications...

She and a friend played native guides, and we went off to get accordion played at us at a delicious German restaurant, hence the picture of the potato pancakes above, which I took because neener, Marko.
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16 comments:

  1. og10:08 AM, July 16, 2012

    Forget the skeltons, it's a RUMBLE SEAT in a CADDIE.

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  2. GuardDuck10:55 AM, July 16, 2012

    Did you go to Gustav's or the actual Rheinlander?

    Doesn't matter, mostly shared menu's. Both Mmmmm good too.

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  3. Dwight Brown11:43 AM, July 16, 2012

    According to Google Maps, it is 22 miles from my office to the closest German restaurant to Austin.

    NOT that I'm ENVIOUS or anything.

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  4. Matt G12:01 PM, July 16, 2012

    It was weird for me meeting Pax for the "first" time in St Louis, too.

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  5. Kristophr12:46 PM, July 16, 2012

    No one does weird like Portland.

    Get a kid's bicycle and participate in a zoobomb.

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  6. pax1:14 PM, July 16, 2012

    And a good time was had by all. :)

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  7. Anonymous2:50 PM, July 16, 2012

    Schnitzel! I see Schnitzel!

    Mein Gott, I miss Bavaria.

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  8. freddyboomboom4:22 PM, July 16, 2012

    Portland Fikken Oregon?

    Wow, my stomping grounds.

    Don't have a heart attack when you go into a grocery store for a beer...

    Better yet, just have Kathy take you by Belmont Station...

    :)

    If you are going to be somewhere public, and wouldn't mind "Someone Who Sent You A Duo 280c" stopping by, send an email to freddyboomboom on gmail. I'd love to finally meet you in meatspace.

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  9. freddyboomboom4:27 PM, July 16, 2012

    Aaand looking at the past couple of days worth of posts reminds me to read on the weekend, so I don't look like a dork on Monday.

    :)

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  10. Old NFO5:03 PM, July 16, 2012

    Enjoy! Kathy is great people!

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  11. Windy Wilson5:08 PM, July 16, 2012

    This reminds me that Los Angeles is getting kind of thin regarding German and other non-French, non-Italian continental restaurants

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  12. Sigivald5:09 PM, July 16, 2012

    The plates say Rheinlander to me; I've never seen ones that schmancy at a Gustav's.

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  13. John Richardson5:41 PM, July 16, 2012

    I see red cabbage!

    My grandmother, though 100% Irish, made the best red cabbage. She was taught to make it by the German lady in the apartment next door.

    Enjoy the good food and I hope you do well in the 3-gun match.

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  14. jed6:43 PM, July 16, 2012

    Sigh. Der Rheinländer. Good eats.

    Hmm, I wonder whether the Elephant & Castle is still there.

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  15. Drang7:07 PM, July 16, 2012

    @jed: E&C is a chain, we have one in Skedaddle, and I think there's still one in the Bellisfaire Mall up in Bellingham, for all the Canucks coming to enjoy a favorable exchange rate.

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  16. Al T.9:10 PM, July 16, 2012

    "Enjoy the good food and I hope you do well in the 3-gun match."

    I hope you are the best student in the class - as, IMHO, all matches are classes.

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