As mentioned previously, I originally came to the States to visit a friend in Portland. I’d been in Vancouver helping my sister move, and figured a day’s drive to Oregon would be fun. I could hang out in a cool city for a week, then head home. That was my plan. Honest. I blame Google [...]

Yesterday in my ramblings on CHICKEN FRIED STEAK I made a small, subtle, hardly noticeable reference to this thing I did that was slightly out of character. Let’s back up a bit. Before Bev and I went into the cafe for our breakfast, we’d been walking around looking for flower shops. In the rain. Wait, that doesn’t [...]