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September 04, 2005
Last night some folks I know through work and I went to the Taste of Vancouver, which was kind of weird because there wasn't actually all that much food at this big huge food festival.
Vancouver is right across the Columbia River from Portland, and has a bit of an inferiority complex. The Taste organizers seem to have turned away any booths from Portland-based restaurants. As a result, there were only about 11 vendors, and most of them were selling curly fries and elephant ears.
Then we went to a karaoke bar, crowded with virtuosic voices and ruined bodies. I think karaoke is what happens to the stars of high school musicals who still dream of fame but never moved far from their home towns.
While at the karaoke bar, we saw on the screen that Supreme Court Chief Justice William Rehnquist had died. This old guy we'd been chatting with bought us all beers and said, "I feel bad for you ladies. I hope none of you ever wants an abortion now." That was weird.
We spent the night in town, and played with a baby in the morning.
Last weekend, Susan was here. We did all kinds of outdoorsy things, including several trips around Mount St. Helens.
Susan has been one of my best friends for more than a decade now, and she constantly surprizes me with her intelligence and depth. She is an amazing woman.
She also got me addicted to a new game, Sudoku. It's kind of like a crossword puzzle, but with numbers.
Now Ben and I are about to drive to Astoria for a Labor Day dinner.
Posted by Courtney_Sherwood at September 4, 2005 12:51 PM
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i just heard of/started doing sudoku last week, based on some random person's blog entry who was saying how much she hated it. it's fun.
Posted by: laura at September 4, 2005 08:11 PM