Portland, Oregon and Sloe Gin Fizz
Road trip! I forget how car-free life in Seattle is, and it's been a long time since I drove anywhere. Yesterday I went on a wonderful drive from Seattle to Portland The sun was out. There were trees. There were many casinos to look at, including the legendary and mythical Emerald Queen Casino. There was music. And singing. And I backed myself up on percussion with the tambourine!!
I met up with some friends I know from Texas, and we spent the evening at one of the most magical places I've ever been in my life. It's called the Kennedy School, and it's an old elementary school building from the 1920's that they have converted into...well, I guess you could kind of call it a hotel compound? A lot of the classrooms have been converted into hotel rooms. (We scored the music room. There were no instruments in there, though, and I left my tambourine in the car.) In addition to lodging, the place has:
Today I'm working from the Portland office, and it's awesome. I'm like the new girl at school and everyone is being really nice and over-explaining everything to me. The office is in an odd area of town that is a hybrid of super-industrial, a tiny bit ghetto, and hipster-ish. I think my analyst comrade here and I are going to "work" from the brewery across the street for the afternoon. Expect the quality of my typing to decrease as the day goes on.
I met up with some friends I know from Texas, and we spent the evening at one of the most magical places I've ever been in my life. It's called the Kennedy School, and it's an old elementary school building from the 1920's that they have converted into...well, I guess you could kind of call it a hotel compound? A lot of the classrooms have been converted into hotel rooms. (We scored the music room. There were no instruments in there, though, and I left my tambourine in the car.) In addition to lodging, the place has:
- a tiny movie theatre
- a small concert venue
- a restaurant (although somewhat disappointingly, it is not cafeteria-style)
- a non-smoking bar called "The Honors Room"
- a smoking bar called "Detention"
Today I'm working from the Portland office, and it's awesome. I'm like the new girl at school and everyone is being really nice and over-explaining everything to me. The office is in an odd area of town that is a hybrid of super-industrial, a tiny bit ghetto, and hipster-ish. I think my analyst comrade here and I are going to "work" from the brewery across the street for the afternoon. Expect the quality of my typing to decrease as the day goes on.
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