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We’ve managed to attend both of PAE’s performances this year.  I appreciate how they begin with a tragedy and end with a comedy.

The Kings court, discussing the decree.

Our performance was ASL interpreted, which was cool.

Enrique Andrade (the Spanish voice of TriMet) as Don Armando.

Accompanied by the quite young and charming Manuel Avalos as Moth.

Kaelea Saplan as the Princess (in this version she is not from Aquitaine, just a run-of-the-mill princess.)  She was quite good as was LD McClure as Boyet.

I loved the 50s costuming.

Including the boys glee club vibe.

Costard (Jeremy Urann) had the rustic-cum-greaser down pat.

This production also had some excellent musical interludes like this one set to the Theme from a Summer Place where the attendants advanced their romances via sports.

I loved this moment Jessica Hillenbrand as Rosline slays Andy Haftkowycz as Berowne with a single look.

The girls post wooing.

Phillip Giesy and Paige McKinney played Sir Nathaniel and Holofernia and were excellent comic relief.

The second act began with Emma Holland (Jaquenetta) and Jeremy Urann doing a fun dance.

The prince and his attendants disguised themselves as Muscovites to court the ladies.  These Muscovites come as Russian-style gangsters.  The ladies also have disguised themselves and come prepared for the men.  There is more wooing to the sound of Hernado’s Hidaway.

After that it was too dark for photos, but know that it all ended somewhat happily ever after. I find this play ends rather abruptly.

Yet another excellent evening with PAE.

It’s another early Sunday morning and time for another hike.  This was a quick up-and-back to Angel’s Rest.

The Columbia River from not-so-much elevation.

Matt on the trail.  He would like you to note his good calf definition.

Can you see the hidden falls?

Hollow log

Bunny!

Taking stock of if we are there yet.

We now have a map.  It did not help as much as the trail runner who happened by.

We make it to Angel’s Rest.

The angels have many rocks on which to rest.

Two angels, resting.

I forgot to take this picture at the beginning, so here it is at the end.

What happens when you forget to unzoom before taking the self-portrait.

More successful shot.  But not a great one.  What is Matt looking at?

On this hike there were long discussions of Girls Season 4, which I had just finished watching.  Also Enterprise, which Matt is working his way through.

Time for more stamps.  Here we are waiting for our tour of the Crystal Ballroom.  And here is yet another stunning light fixture in Ringler’s Pub.

The brewery at the Crystal Ballroom.  This totally counted as a brewery tour.  Score!

Our guide leans against a pole in Lola’s Room, the smaller concert venue.  He apologized for being under the weather, but still managed to tell us many interesting facts.  

The Crystal Ballroom is not impressive to Matt at all.

These fabulous chandeliers, of which they are two, were in storage at a bank. McMenamins bought them and installed them.  That bank missed out, because that’s hand-blown Italian glass by some important dude.  Because not too many examples of his work exist these chandeliers are worth more than a million dollars.  (Note to self.  Make quick notes of tour facts so you can be more precise when writing the blog post.)

Self portrait with Matt on stage at the Crystal Ballroom.  This is where I saw .fun –or use this link if you want to actually see the pictures–and Matt and I saw Cake.

Girls pose on stage.

A view from the balcony.  

After getting our stamps for the Crystal Ballroom, Lola’s Room and the Brewery Tour we headed over to the Crystal Hotel. Here was the answer to the photo quiz.

Then we had to skulk about waiting for Al’s Den to open.  I loved reading about Club Portland which was the gay bathhouse that was the previous tenant of the Crystal Hotel.  It was still Club Portland when I moved here.

And I adore this clever advertising for the four club baths.  See how the picture changes for each location?

Crystal Ballroom and Hotel completed, we popped over to the Barley Mill Pub to get our last stamp on that page.  We stayed for dinner and our free fries or tots.  Here, Matt reads the “One Day” column from the Mercury to me.

There is a lot of Grateful Dead stuff at the Barley Mill Pub.

Including this great collage of Grateful Dead tickets.  I was pleased to find that the show I saw (Eugene ’94 with Cracker) was in the lower left corner.

We are getting closer and closer to completing our passports.

McMinnville is further away than I thought, but we eventually got there.

I was hungry, so we walked up (and up, and up, and up) to the Rooftop Bar, which was great!  And is probably simply marvelous in the summer.

After we ate, we walked around outside and Matt posed for a picture with the pointy thing.

We went looking for the answer to the clue, which was “Kiss Me I’m Irish”.  This woodcut was not the answer, but I thought it was incredible.

I took a picture of this one because it was the most Irish one I had come across.  It was not, however, the answer.

Hey look! It’s a room named after Oregon’s most famous Suffragette.

This was the answer to the clue.  Tough one.  I’m not sure if Matt found it on his own (I tend to dawdle when looking) but I heard someone point it out to someone else.  I’m not sure if I would have noticed it on my own.

My completed page.  The Rooftop Bar guy stamped my first stamp in the wrong place. And then the Pub guy stamped that square in the wrong place.  So it got all messed up.  Matt’s was fine, however.

Our prizes.  I opted for the two magnets.  (An $11.00 value).  Matt opted for a sleeve for his pint glass.  Then he wondered why.

On the way back to the car we encountered this duo, who were dancing to Beyonce’s “Put a Ring on It”.  They were fun to watch.