Run Portland

[hirley0]

WALK don't run good luck

[Roly Poly Oly-Garch]

WALK don't run good luck

Thank ya. Be making it up there in the next couple of days. Think the crummy attitude yesterday was just from the abrupt come down off leaving the road. The 101 was 3 of the richest days of my life. Philometh, Oregon, was a slap from a 2x4.

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

Philomath.

Oh, you're in the thick of it. The only place that's more Oregon than Philomath is Medford.

[Roly Poly Oly-Garch]

Gonna hit Portland, tomorrow. Already thinking the distance is gonna be a bit much. In Eugene tonight. I am fucking loving Eugene, tonight. So much like home the homesick is hurting.

...one very noticeable difference. Random conversations approaching triple digits at this point--It's so refreshing to be somewhere irony has not yet sucked the soul out of...

All shit-tons of decision to do, now.

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

Yeah, that's like a 2-hour drive. Could get a bit old to do it twice a week, though I know a couple who managed for years simply by meeting halfway to trade off the kid... that wasn't so bad.

Eugene might be a good compromise for you. It's really small and the college-ness of it gets old after a while, but it has enough going on that it's culturally pretty livable.

Stay out of Springfield though. Eeek!

[East Coast Hustle]

Welcome to Oregon, dude! Drop a PM if you're gonna be in PDX and wanna grab a beer anytime in the next month or so.

[Roly Poly Oly-Garch]

Headed into PDX tonight. Flying blind. Where's good? Where's bad? Prolly be "camping" where's that a no-fucking-way?

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

Headed into PDX tonight. Flying blind. Where's good? Where's bad? Prolly be "camping" where's that a no-fucking-way?

Camping is really hard in the city, but if you drive into inner NE and park in front of a house that's boarded up (not a ton of them, but enough that it's starting to remind me of my youth) you should be OK. I'm assuming you mean sleeping in the car.

If you can't line up a place to stay pronto, PM me and I'll find something for you. I'd tell you you can park in front my house but I have no driveway and the street parking is fucked. HOWEVER. There is a vacant house on NE Beech St. between 9th and 10th, and there is always ample parking on that block, where it is highly unlikely that anyone would harass you.

[Roly Poly Oly-Garch]

Headed into PDX tonight. Flying blind. Where's good? Where's bad? Prolly be "camping" where's that a no-fucking-way?

Camping is really hard in the city, but if you drive into inner NE and park in front of a house that's boarded up (not a ton of them, but enough that it's starting to remind me of my youth) you should be OK. I'm assuming you mean sleeping in the car.

If you can't line up a place to stay pronto, PM me and I'll find something for you. I'd tell you you can park in front my house but I have no driveway and the street parking is fucked. HOWEVER. There is a vacant house on NE Beech St. between 9th and 10th, and there is always ample parking on that block, where it is highly unlikely that anyone would harass you.

Killer. Thanks for the dig. Got a line on income up in Vancouver today which is all manner of fuck yeah. Just got into the city. I think this will do quite nicely (a bit giddy actually).

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

Headed into PDX tonight. Flying blind. Where's good? Where's bad? Prolly be "camping" where's that a no-fucking-way?

Camping is really hard in the city, but if you drive into inner NE and park in front of a house that's boarded up (not a ton of them, but enough that it's starting to remind me of my youth) you should be OK. I'm assuming you mean sleeping in the car.

If you can't line up a place to stay pronto, PM me and I'll find something for you. I'd tell you you can park in front my house but I have no driveway and the street parking is fucked. HOWEVER. There is a vacant house on NE Beech St. between 9th and 10th, and there is always ample parking on that block, where it is highly unlikely that anyone would harass you.

Killer. Thanks for the dig. Got a line on income up in Vancouver today which is all manner of fuck yeah. Just got into the city. I think this will do quite nicely (a bit giddy actually).

Yay!

[Roly Poly Oly-Garch]

Downtown was...well downtown. Pick it up put it anywhere, and you'll be like,"yep, that's downtown."

Came Northeast. 20 minutes at some punk bar and nifty looking young lady telling me to curl up next to her cleavage where it's warm. Told her about my trip through SF. Mentioned that I spent most of my time in Castro and let her draw her own conclusions. Then, of course the talk went from her smoking cleavage to her boyfriend. Oh, ambiguous sexuality, will your power ever cease to amaze me.

Hooked up with a friend. Found a couch for the getting settled. I love it when a plan comes together.

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

Downtown was...well downtown. Pick it up put it anywhere, and you'll be like,"yep, that's downtown."

Came Northeast. 20 minutes at some punk bar and nifty looking young lady telling me to curl up next to her cleavage where it's warm. Told her about my trip through SF. Mentioned that I spent most of my time in Castro and let her draw her own conclusions. Then, of course the talk went from her smoking cleavage to her boyfriend. Oh, ambiguous sexuality, will your power ever cease to amaze me.

Hooked up with a friend. Found a couch for the getting settled. I love it when a plan comes together.

Downtown used to have its own flavor, but when Prosperity came to Portland it brought all the same buildings and establishments that exist everywhere else, so now you have to look a bit harder to find the Portland.

That's one of the reasons the river is an impassable divide. Eastsiders don't like to cross it, and you'll be fucked completely before you'll get us to go over those hills unless we're on our way to the coast. We're more likely to visit friends who move to Seattle than to Beaverton, and that's not an exaggeration.

Punk bar? In NE? Was it the Alleyway? Or perhaps the Know or Ducketts?

[Roly Poly Oly-Garch]

Downtown was...well downtown. Pick it up put it anywhere, and you'll be like,"yep, that's downtown."

Came Northeast. 20 minutes at some punk bar and nifty looking young lady telling me to curl up next to her cleavage where it's warm. Told her about my trip through SF. Mentioned that I spent most of my time in Castro and let her draw her own conclusions. Then, of course the talk went from her smoking cleavage to her boyfriend. Oh, ambiguous sexuality, will your power ever cease to amaze me.

Hooked up with a friend. Found a couch for the getting settled. I love it when a plan comes together.

Downtown used to have its own flavor, but when Prosperity came to Portland it brought all the same buildings and establishments that exist everywhere else, so now you have to look a bit harder to find the Portland.

That's one of the reasons the river is an impassable divide. Eastsiders don't like to cross it, and you'll be fucked completely before you'll get us to go over those hills unless we're on our way to the coast. We're more likely to visit friends who move to Seattle than to Beaverton, and that's not an exaggeration.

Punk bar? In NE? Was it the Alleyway? Or perhkidsaps the Know or Ducketts?

B-Sides..intentional dive. Kinda hoppin. Right next to Sizzle Pies with yummy-yum pizza. Couple of kids told me it was "technically NE".  More than one group was meeting there because it was a middle point between their sides of the city.

Found Beech and 8th after some adventures*. Good sam gave me a heads-up in the form of flashing their lights and putting on their hazards. Sure enough, as soon as I turned on the car and decided to move just in case, a couple of squad cars rolled through. Came down to a rest-stop south of town...they give you 12 hours and no worries, which is golden.

Headed back in now to hook up with my buddy and do some day-walking. I kinda heart your city. Don't know if I mentioned that. Any suggestions for a swell coffee-shop with good hook-ups?


*hayseed in the city moment. First of many, I'm sure. "Excuse me, sir, can I get a ride from you?"

"Uhhh, sure hop in where you headed?"

"Just right there couple doors down."

"Umm, okay. Here you are, have a good night."

"Hey you've got a pretty smile. You like to party?"

"Nah, I'm good. And hey your friend there in the car trailing us looks like he wants to talk to you."

"Oh I don't know that dude. He must live at 104. Hey what size shoe you wear? I've got some brand new Lebron James'"

"Yeah no. I'm cool. Have a good night."

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

Oh, the B-side. it's technically SE actually... if it was across the street it would be NE.

[East Coast Hustle]

If you're looking for good rest stop-type places to camp in you're way better off heading a little east on I-84 rather than north or south on I-5. Once you get a little east of Troutdale there are tons of parks, rest stops, scenic viewpoints, etc. where you can pull over and sleep for the night without too much worry of being hassled by the man. Also it's REALLY REALLY pretty out there. People go camp there even when they don't have to. And it's only about 20 minutes east of downtown unless traffic is totally fucked.