KINK Sunday Brunch is my favorite block of radio. From 7:00 am to noon, Peggy La Point plays a variety of interesting songs, old and new. A good 80% of them hit my sweet spot. Like this one. Which I cannot recall, but know that I liked because I had google search it and then took a screenshot of the name.
I’m listening now and am still liking it. YouTube seems to not be giving me access in the way I’m used to, but maybe this link will work?
While I’ve not yet used the mason jar McMenamins places in each hotel room so visitors can bring beer back to their rooms, I did note that the jar was not a mason jar this time around. I assume that the global supply chain and COVID-19 are to blame.
I lazed about in my room, ate breakfast and lunch, and then headed home on a bus and two trains. It was a good vacation.
I got up early and headed out to a coffee shop to get some breakfast. On my way, I caught the sun coming up in this reflection.
And here is the sunrise from the other direction.
The coffee shop’s website said it opened at 6 a.m. and when I walked by the previous evening, so did the hours posted on the door. I got there at 6 a.m., though and no one was about. Employees unlocked the door at 7 a.m. While I understand that there might be some barrier to updating a website, I think posting a sign with current hours on the door is something that was doable. At least there was a chair outside for me to sit in while I waited.
However, the breakfast sandwich I ate was delicious (as was the tea) and all was forgiven.
I ate my breakfast in the Magic Flute room, one of my favorite at McMenamins. I also caught up on correspondence.
I’m nearly to the end of this batch of notecards, which is too bad, because I love them so much. They were a very good find at Scrap. It’s fun to see how many things have changed. On the right side of this drawing, you can see the Armory is still painted white. It hadn’t yet been taken over by Portland Center Stage.
9:15 a.m. was my soaking pool time. I had to reserve the time before I arrived. This was a great soaking pool experience, because no other people appeared. My reservation for 8:00 p.m. the night before, I skipped. I went down at my appointed time, but there were much too many people and too many people without masks. Today it was just me. I swam. It was a head-above-water breaststroke, but swimming nonetheless.
The chickens and I chatted for a bit before I went on a walk.
The movie theater is closed, which was to be expected. I took a closer look at the posters.
From the future, I can tell you that Free Guy was really released on August 13, 2021, not July 3, 2020.
Onward probably did play at this theater, because it was one of the last big releases before everything shut down. The Woman in the Window was released on Netflix on May 14, 2021.
I wondered if these two Forest Grove High School graduates knew each other. Were they neighbors who ignored each other or best friends? There’s a YA novel in this photo.
Here’s a Mondrian-style truck and camper. Very cool.
Aside from the fact I forgot to start my activity tracker until after I’d already walked an hour, this was a lovely walk.
