Comfort Inn And Suites West Beaverton

Patrick and Janet collaborated to give us a gift certificate to The Doubletree Inn downtown Portland. We were hoping to go to the coast, but that wasnt in the cards. With snowfall and winter conditions, we made it to the hotel after a great dinner at On The Border. This hotel provides warm cookies when you check in, which I think is a wonderful amenity. EJ went downstairs and came ...

... has thus far been ever present. This isn't my thesis, nor will be this published in the PH County Bulletin...so I will be embrace flaws and begin to cultivate a greater acceptance of my Self.

Just wanted to acknowledge this.
Jai Ma!

So the plan has changed- but the tickets are bought! Due to time constraints, jobs and weddings, we are now leaving at the end of June and shortening our trip. Instead of completing our pilgrimage to Santiago we will be jaunting on to Rome- then in the future returning to Europe to plod the Via Francigena and Camino de Santiago. So Istanbul- we will be seeing you on June 25th!

... personal immigration desk. Port of Spain is a nice place I guess, I only saw it for a short while and it was night time. The first thing I noticed was the fact that it was 75 degrees at midnight and I was still wearing a sweatshirt from Portland and the air-conditioned plane. Most of the houses needed a little bit of work but it had areas that looked rather modern. I saw a Radio Shack and a Ruby Tuesday's inside a movie ...

... change the exhibitions, and on the Thursday, they keep their galleries open later, and sell alcohol to those who can have it. You will truely whitness what Portland art life is about. 5. Burnside Skate Park. You don't have to be a skater to understand what Burnside Skate Park Means to Portland. Or maybe you do? Some of PDX denizens acknowledge that we have a large skateboarding community. Well if you love skate boarding then this is the place. BSP, to put simply, is ...

... Thun, Switzerland where Pam's brother and father reside. Pam and I will be staying with her brother Pascal, and his girlfriend Adriana at his flat near the train station in downtown Thun. We hear his flat is very nice and good size. Pam's dad lives within walking distance of the flat where we will be staying. So far we do have a ...

... always rains & we saw blue sky briefly only a couple of times!!!



We drove to Mt Hood, a couple of hours away to do some snowboarding & skiing & had a great day. The sun was even out that day!! One of the prettiest day trip we did was to drive along the Columbia River Gorge Rd, which forms a natural border with Washington ...

... Oh well, it was 2 pm and I hadn't eaten anything all day yet, so I sat there anyway - I didn't feel like going on a food scavenger hunt at this point. The Café was nice and cozy, but unfortunately, it was also usual museum Café pricings. Meh. Oh yea, I also got 3 books at their gift shop, including a catalogue on an exhibition of the Western influence on Japanese art (and vice-versa) they hosted a few years back :) Oh, and a delightful and concise book on Chinese Ink painting ...

Ok, ok, ok! I know you've all been sitting there, waiting with baited breath (stop eating those worms!) The question on all of America's minds is "Did Jenn make it into the "Core Cast" for the Asian Initiative or didn't she? I'm so very happy to report that she DID! It was touch and go there for a while, when Mia Hansen, the Show Coordinator, realized that I wasn't going to be able to accept the position of lead dancer (apparently there is a "load limit ...

... of 22+ years with my spouse is without cultural or social value. As of yesterday, my marriage to my spouse no longer exists in the eyes of my local, county and state government...and it has never been of value to the national government in the United States. At times it's very, very hard to keep putting one foot in front of the other in the fight for diversity, mutual respect and the value of allowing human beings to express themselves ...