The Big Green House

Monday, July 07, 2003

 
Hi. I�m back.

I have to say that I�m not terribly inclined to write much about our vacation. We drove down the coast and back; it was fun, far too short, and that�s really all I want to say about it at this point.

This may or may not change. Science Girl has expressed some interest in writing a few things about it, and I�ve encouraged her to do so, but for some reason I don�t feel like going in to too many details about our trip right now.

I will, however, share a few things which I learned along the way:

I really love the Northern California coast. I knew this already, but I had to re-learn it.

When Science Girl says she�s feeling �heat stroke-y�, it�s best to believe her. (Not to worry, she�s fine. She�s just not used to 97-degree weather.)

If you run a restaurant, it�s not a good idea to let your patrons wait 45 minutes before telling them that the bagel with hummus they�ve ordered was delayed by a blown oven fuse.

Red Seal Ale is my favorite beer. (Again, I already knew this but had to be reminded since it�s so damn hard to find up here.) Lagunitas IPA is very good, too.

Oregon always seems to be The State That�s In My Way. Which is totally unfair to the fine people living there, but it does seem to be the case for me. Astoria and Portland are nice, though.

bmarkey 7/07/2003 07:48:00 PM