Dave rides his bike to school

 

Above: Best Billboard EVER!  Roger and Bryan: I thought of you guys instantly when I saw this billboard.  I walked by this billboard a few times, and I laughed every time.

 

 

Above: The Rose Festival Parade in Portland, OR. 

 

Above: Another pic of the Rose Festival Parade in Portland, OR.  

Above: This is for you, Tacy.  🙂

 

Above: Tori at PGE park (Portland General Electric.  NOT Pacific Gas & Electric) 

 

Above: Tori and I inside PGE park

 

I never got around to writing a real entry for my weekend in Portland, so here’s a quick recap:

– We just happened to pick the best weekend of the year to be in Portland.  Tori arrive Friday night, and the Rose Festival kicked off on Saturday morning.  There was a huge parade, a carnival, and a flotilla of 7 Navy/Coast Guard/Canadian Navy ships in port. 

– After 4+ years of traveling to Broadlane’s Dallas office and staying in the Galleria Westin, I cashed in ALL of my Starwood Preferred Guest points in exchange for…  get this…  two nights at the Portland Westin.  It was really cool to stay in such a nice hotel, but after probably 60 nights in the Dallas Westin, you’d think I’d get more than TWO free nights using all my points!  Oh well, so is it.

 – Tori and I walked by Portland’s ballpark, and the billboard said that there was a game on Saturday night.  Tori is a big baseball fan, and we both love minor league games (having seen the Durham Bulls on many occasions), so we were super excited.  Well, it turned out to be a soccer game, which wasn’t quite as cool.  However, in light of this summer’s World Cup, we couldn’t complain one bit.

– We watched the Prairie Home Companion movie.  I’d give it 3 1/2 out of 5 stars.  Good, but not great.  I think Tori may have liked it more than I did though.

– Portland is one cool town.  We really enjoyed walking around, visiting the local coffee shops and eating at great restaurants.  It was a great way to spend the weekend!

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