hey, who’s back from vacation? rather, who has been for days and was too busy being post-vacation lazy he couldn’t even type out his itinerary?

for the record (ie before i forget), here is a quick rundown of the things i did while out of town on vacation.

portland:
burgerville: local joint with crazy-thick milkshakes
kennedy school: an old elementary school that is now like a mini-mall of bars. rad.
voodoo doughnuts: delicious, creative doughnut creations. mind had tang as a topping; tangy doughnuts are genius. some people got maple bars with bacon.
powell’s: most impressive bookstore in the USA. total book-nerd paradise.
deschutes: brewpub with great sandwiches and tasty local brews.
pool party: adam’s family were kind enough to host us, including cooking up the hugest steaks i’ve ever eaten.
saturday market: craft fair. got some neat shirts.
portland international beer fest: basically the best way to spend an afternoon EVER. tons of microbrews arranged around a nice park. hours of chilled out, tasty brew fun.
rogue: another brewpub, definitely on my top 5 small breweries.
screen door: sunday brunch, amazing praline bacon that will blow your mind. also: sausage corn dogs.

seattle:
got in late sunday (awful traffic), ordered pizza and played poker, then…
dubliner: nice little divey place in fremont
fremont: cool artsy neighborhood, forgot the name of the delicious greek place there. also had banana bread gelato and a mini-scoop of strawberry-jalapeno. neat!
city center/duck tour: walked around, saw the needle, rode the tour busses that are also boats. that alone was amazing.
university district/thai thom’s: got more shirts at a buffalo exchange, took home yummy thai food
more fremont bars: with patios. many many drinks outdoors in beautiful weather.
dick’s: ate a bag of them. good burgers.
alki beach: poorly prepared for the heat, we drove out, sat for a while without water, sandals, or adequate beach blankets. sweated, left.
umi sake house: oh. my. god. want to go back to seattle, that sushi was so fresh and delicious
other downtown bars: there were at least four of them. many drinks. too many in one case, but not me (*ahem*jessica*ahem).
roro’s bbq: great sandwiches, also in fremont.
pioneer square, etc: a last stroll through the nice city streets
airplane: took us home.

i’m sure for those interested there will be pictures floating around soon, but damn, it was fun hanging with the guys for almost a whole week just bumming around the northwest, and bravo to my girlfriend for being the only female who could possibly have handled it.