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Haha! I meant trade is one of those lost fools fro...

2007-05-31T01:25:00.000-05:00

Haha! I meant trade is one of those lost fools from the West coast yearning to come to the East coast..I'll gladly switch. :) Now you have me self conscious about my pronunciation of Oregon. :/ I'd hate to be the one to deliver the concussion. I just know that people around here pronounce it in this way...it's more like Organ...I do shudder at that. I also don't pronounce it in that way either. :)

Trade are you crazy Ash? I've put so much work in ...

2007-05-30T22:54:00.000-05:00

Trade are you crazy Ash? I've put so much work in the crazies around here it isn't funny. For the record if I hear one more "Michigander" (that is what they call themselves) mispronounce Oregon I am going to snap. Should they mispronounce it directly after I have pronounced it correctly in front of them the ordeal may end in a concussion (I just don't know whose yet).

Robert, I'm glad you decided to share the link with me, those pictures are great! I'll try to refrain from asking about your architecture fetish, but I will mention that the last picture on that page did remind me that one of the few places I never made it to that I really wanted to was the Fox Tower 10 theater.

Yeah, it was late when I was writing it all out and I missed some pretty big areas that I should have included. Powell's being one of the biggest (literally and figuratively) I completely understand getting lost in there, even with the map to guide you. I also should have mentioned the yearly jazz festival, and believe it or not the public library system. What they have set up here is terrible.

Pierce, I've debated (myself) about sending you th...

2007-05-30T16:23:00.000-05:00

Pierce, I've debated (myself) about sending you this link because you will either love it or it might drive you into massive homesickness meltdown mode. It's mostly shots of the incredible architecture of downtown Portland. I love the juxtaposition of old buildings against modern buildings. Kind of a weird architecture fetish I have (don't ask, trust me) and send this link to Kim, your fellow Portlander in crime. She'd dig it too.

http://www.throwbackmax.com/pdx.html

You can always move back. Start looking for gainful employment in PDX...then just do it!

And don't forget Powell's on Burnside, I actually got lost in that bookstore once, again, don't ask.

Wow! OR sounds like heaven! You aren't the only on...

2007-05-30T08:23:00.000-05:00

Wow! OR sounds like heaven! You aren't the only one suffering from West Coast-itis. I miss the only place I have ever known where people actually use those squishy things in their head. I live in a state that can't get over the Civil War; we surrendered..it's OVER! Where "new and exciting" means something relevant to getting a Tandy and the idea of the "perfect person" is everything I'm not. I too miss things like mass transportation, festivals, having to spend longer trying to decide what to do because there is just so MUCH, day trips to the beach, night trips to theater. I miss all that! I don't even have a movie theater in this dang town!! That's a sin! Things are just so much more alive and exciting over on the West Coast. It's funny as I know there are people out there on the West coast that long to be over here..to which I will do my best not to smack them. However, I will say..wanna trade????

Anyway, don't worry Pierce, the heart always has a way of leading you to the place you belong. You'll get back to OR and stay there. It'll happen :)

Ash