Portland, OR

I might make a total of five whole Friday’s Feasts by 2008 … I might be getting into this whole blogging thing. Last week I actually got an email about Mad Gab and where it could be purchased, so at least I know someone reads these “about the author” posts.

Appetizer: Make up a word and give us its definition.
Hoobity! It’s not a word I just made up, it probably happened years ago with my friend Steddie, but we both use it as a greeting, as a goodbye, as an exclamation, and I think I’ve even used it as a password somewhere before. It can mean anything you want it to mean, and you should use it regularly!

Soup: What is currently your favorite song?
Right now, at this very moment, I absolutely love Jon McLaughlin’s Beautiful Disaster. Unfortunately I can’t embed it into my post for ya’ll, but follow the link and watch it on YouTube yourself! Another song that I can’t get enough of is Colbie Caillat’s Magic, which I can embed a version for ya’ll!

Salad: What’s at the top of your Christmas wish list this year?
It was a new iPod and I used Amazon gift cards to get myself a shiny new one. Hard work pays off in my life in the form of Amazon gift certificates now!

Main Course: Name a scent that reminds you of someone special in your life.
Vaseline lotion ALWAYS reminds me of my Grandmother … in a good way. I have a small bottle of it that I use when I am homesick or miss my family and it makes me feel close to her.

Dessert: Who is someone on television that you feel probably shouldn’t be, and why?
Paris Hilton. Do I really need to explain that? Seriously, come on folks!

Another Friday Feast for you! For those of you who weren’t around for the first ever Friday feast, sometimes I write about actual feasting (food) and sometimes I use this meme to give you more insight to myself.

Appetizer: What was the last game you purchased?
I’ve never actually purchased a game. I have received games as gifts, but never actually bought my own game. The last game I received was called “Mad Gab.” It’s a game of two to twelve players where you sound out three puzzled words. These words are “mondegreens” … small words, that when put together, make a word or phrase. “Eye Mull A Mash Een” turns into “I’m a love machine” if you say it enough times. The faster you guess the words, the more points you get. It’s a HILARIOUS game after a pint or two!

Soup: Name something in which you don’t believe.
I don’t believe that there is no prevention for HIV or cure for AIDS. This means I do believe that there is a prevention for HIV or a cure for AIDS out there. It is more financially beneficial for the government to TREAT illnesses rather than prevent. If we can continue treating these horrendous illnesses, someone is making more and more money. With all the advanced research we have out there, I truly don’t believe that there isn’t a cure!

Salad: If you could choose a celebrity to be your boss, who would you pick?
LOL Part of me immediately thought “Zach Braff … I could hit on my boss and try to take him to bed” but then paused. I’d probably love to work for Patricia Cornwell (a famous author) or Tom Brokaw. I think both of them have a handle on their fame and their jobs, and both probably use assistants!

Main Course: What was a lesson you had to learn the hard way?
I have learned a lot of lessons the hard way. The one that stands out most in my mind is learning that I need to take care of myself, because no one else is going to stick around forever just to take care of me. I have to put myself first, say no sometimes, and really take care of me … all before I can take care of anyone else.

Dessert: Describe your idea of the perfect relaxation room.
It would be small … maybe 10×10. There would be a big window seat and it would always be a warm room. Painted light, lots and lots of candles, a big soft chair, pillows everywhere, a CD player and lighting that I could change. I would probably also really love to have a clawfoot bathtub in the room, too

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This week’s Friday Feast will actually focus on food! Yay! Tomorrow night, some friends and I are going to celebrate a boyfriend being in town by having happy hour at Portland City Grill. While this isn’t generally a finance-friendly place to eat dinner, we’ve found that the happy hour menu is fantastic and we can feed a group pretty cheaply!

Located on the 30th floor of the Unico/US Bankcorp Tower (111 SW Fifth Avenue, 97204), Portland City Grill offers a beautiful view of the fair city. Two full walls of the “bar” area are glass and you can enjoy the sun beaming in (not tomorrow night, though), watch the sunset (when the sun is actually out) and even see Mount St. Helens as she burps steam (on a clear day). If you’re lucky, you’ll actually be able to grab one of the corner booths and have the most perfect view of everything.

Hours
Portland City Grill is open:
Monday-Thursday: 11am-Midnight
Friday: 11am-1am
Saturday: 4pm-1am
Sunday: 4-11pm

Happy hour is served:
Monday-Thursday: 4:30-6:30pm and 10pm-close
Friday & Saturday: 4:30-6:30pm
Sunday: 4pm-close

Reservations
The bar doesn’t take reservations, but for dinner reservations, call the restaurant at 503-450-0030

Parking
While parking downtown is limited, Portland City Grill offers two and a half hours of free parking in the Unico/US Bancorp Tower’s underground facility or nearby garage.

Happy Hour Menu
My favorite happy hour food items at Portland City Grill include their Teriyaki Chicken Rice Paper Spring Rolls ($2.95), the Thai Lemongrass Beef Tenderloin Satay ($3.95), the Ginger Hoisin Chicken Satay ($2.95), the Dungeness Crab & Bay Shrimp Bruschetta ($3.95) and the Dungeness Crab Cakes ($4.95) (and I don’t normally like crab OR shrimp!)!

So, if you’re looking to get out and have a cheap happy hour with a beautiful view of Portland, check out Portland City Grill and enjoy yourself!

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This week’s Friday’s Feast is not a normal “Friday’s Feast.” Instead of me telling you about one of the many super-cool Portland restaurants or bars, since I’m pretty stressed out (and driving to Ashland, Oregon for a Lithia Park wedding as you read this), I’m going to do a different type of Feast. This meme (idea shamelessly stolen from Terra at Eating Disorder Talk is meant for you to be able to get to know me a bit! Enjoy, this may not occur again! (PS - the picture of the dragonfly is because I’m a huge fan of ‘em!)

Appetizer
On a scale of 1-10 with 10 being highest, how much do you look forward to your birthday?
Previous to this year: 9
This year: 5
Next year: 6
Explanation perhaps? This past birthday I turned 25. It was the first birthday (in 25 years) where I started feeling old. It was also my first birthday in 10 years spent as a single woman. I was nervous about being alone on my birthday and so I was dreading it. Thankfully, a very close friend took it upon herself to throw me a bar-b-que in the park over Memorial Day weekend (my birthday weekend) and then proceeded to take me out and let me get drunk on my birthday. Next year, I don’t know where I’ll be mentally/emotionally/relationshipally but I am pretty sure my girlfriends will take good care of me again!

Soup
What is one word you do & then don’t like the sound, spelling, or meaning of?
Oooh, I love words. No, really, I love words. I read books about words. I write at least 500 words a day (two blogs) and then another page or so in a hand-written journal. That’s without updating my personal blog, too! I have a lot of favorite words (in both English & German).
I love the sound of the words uncertainty, change, fuck, smooth, fantastic and tumultuous.
I love the spelling of the word phlegm. Gross, huh?
I love the meaning of the word evancalous - it means “a pleasure to embrace.” I use the word to describe myself every once in a while. Anyone want to hug me?
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I dislike the sound of the words moist (even in German it’s gross, too, feucht, pronounced “foycht”), provost, terrible and attache.
I dislike the spelling of calendar and secretary - I always want to spell them entirely with e’s!
I can’t say that I dislike any particular word meaning. All meanings are important to me.

Salad
Do you wear sunglasses when you’re outside? If so, what does your current pair look like?
I wear sunglasses when it’s bright outside. Even when it’s rainy, sometimes in Portland it’s still crucial to wear them - white clouds can be blinding. I have two pair of sunglasses I wear depending on what I’m doing. I have a pair of wrap-around tortoise-shell mirrored-lenses that I wear when I’m running or hiking and I have a pair of black-framed mirrored-lenses that I wear while I drive.

Main Course
If you were to write a book, to whom would you dedicate it?
This book is dedicated to my parents for always encouraging me to write, to Mr. Oswald for telling me that I was a wonderful author, to Mrs. Doerner for telling me that I’d never make it as an author, to R.F. Schreiber for pushing me out of my writing comfort zone and to all of my blog readers for making me realize that someone does want to hear what I have to say
(Yes, I have this already planned out. One day it’ll actually be printed, too.)

Dessert
Name a beverage that you enjoy.
Like a true Portlander, I love coffee (the darker the better). I also love beer (the darker the better). However, when I’m not pumping up my system with coffee or cooling my jets with a beer, I drink a lot of water.

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