Well, we have survived another Rose Festival. A few things of note this year: a) lots more ships again, b) annoyance with parade spot taping came to a head, c) boy, did it dump on the Grand Floral Parade!

One of my next tasks for this blog, other than a more unique visual skin, is to get a map tool for all the favorite places. I’ll work on this as soon as possible! I’m sure there are some pretty cool options — it’s getting to the point with some of these web [...]

I recently took a walk south down E. 21st in search of parks, and had high hopes for the Lone Fir Cemetery. This is an older cemetery in central Portland that could also double as a park. Unfortunately, I also discovered that all the entrances are on the south side of the cemetery, [...]