Work has been providing me a great work-life balance these days by sending me to some awesome cities. I was in Portland a few weeks back and have nothing bad to say about the little crunchy hippie city. The Chicago concrete jungle has deprived me a bit from nature and I was absolutely taking in every breath of fresh lush air that I could. My first night I enjoyed some deliciousness at the Organic Beer and Sustainable food establishment
Hopworks Urban Brewery and for fear of embarrassing myself in front of the bosses, decided to lay off of pulling the camera out and asking everybody to stay still while I took photos of their food. In due time. We also paid a visit to almost-James-Beard-winner Andy Ricker's restaurant,
Pok Pok. Ricker refines his Thai cooking skills (no Pad Thai here, sorry) by visiting friends who actually live in Thailand and has grown from essentially selling eight menu items on a food truck to well, almost winning a James Beard award. We asked the waitress to choose a few things off the menu so we could share them all and the spices were overwhelming and the ingredients as fresh as can be.
Now, for the scenery.
On the drive up to Hood River
Windsurfing on the river
A little break
A pint glass for the new apartment
Look familiar Twilight fans? Right off the Columbia Gorge nests the View Point Inn, the scene of the Prom in Twilight. Geeking out and proud of it.
Windsurfing on the river
A little break
A pint glass for the new apartment
Look familiar Twilight fans? Right off the Columbia Gorge nests the View Point Inn, the scene of the Prom in Twilight. Geeking out and proud of it.
