long read

you have maybe heard about how california will break off into the ocean at any moment, but did you know there is a 10-33% chance that the entire pacific northwest will break off into the ocean within the next 50 years?

READ IT.

how was that first game of the Grizzlies v Trail Blazers series?

First half recap pic.twitter.com/rdzCLnjgKe

— Hardwood Paroxysm (@HPbasketball) April 20, 2015

to better know a Grizzly

grantland has an in depth article on the background of the backbone of the current (awesome) Grizzlies team. Read all about Zach Randolph
and get to know a Grizzly

beat connection

look how cute the little portland boys in this band are. the music isn't that bad either (spotify). @beatconnexion

this one is for jenny

#nosports #allportland #timelapseisclearlymyfavorite.

brb: outside, PORTLAND, OR

 I went to visit my family for some pre-holiday holiday. We made a feast!

 Babies have terrible taste in television. This one's mother would not let me introduce RHONJ into the household...

 This is Sparky. She's an old crank, but can be downright sweet if she feels like it. She wasn't feeling like it when i took this one.

 She loves snoozing in this spot by the window. look at that smile!

They threw a Rudolf nose on this deer. Ceeute! You'll just have to take my word for it.








Portland, Oregon: 11 Biscuits!

taken at occupy portland yesterday

that's pepper spray.

oh!

jenny just sent this pixie of royal from when i was there. i brought him that delicious braid as a present. it's at least half the reason he loves me so much. i think jacky's got himself one back there, too.

thx jenny!

i left my heart at the fancy acre.

over the weekend, g.animalz and i ran screaming from the heat wave, all the way to sunny portland, oregon, to visit jenny and kevin at the fancy acre! would you like to hear a little about that? thought so.

the first thing you should know is that the acre recently acquired a brand new family member. his name is royal, and he is a tiny bear cub pomeranian.

here he is joining his roommates, patsy, loretta, and wynonna for a hearty breakfast of chicken feed. 

the second thing you should know is that despite what royal might tell you, he is not the boss. that title goes to mr. jacky scrapple. he likes to wear t-shirts, and he recently lost his signature snaggletooth. lucky for him, he has three more huge fangs left, and now his tongue has a bit more room to spread out (of his mouth).

i was lucky enough to get the fanciest room on the acre.

more about the chickens: they lay eggs! loretta and wynonna are pretty cool about it, and put them in the coop where they belong, but patsy's kind of a b. she thinks she's special because her eggs are blue, and she hides them under things all around the yard. i tried to help find them, but i wasn't very good at it. anyway, jenny basically made us a whole breakfast from chicken eggs and vegetables from their amazing garden. it was pretty fancy.

while we ate breakfast, we noticed a pretty loud buzzing sound. jenny and kevin just got some bees and a beehive, and a wild swarm showed up to make friends with them. there was like a million.

i could just go on and on about the wonders of the fancy acre forever. we also went on some adventures! for example, we took royal and jacky to peewee puppy play group at the dog park.

we floated down this river.

omg, remember patrick halley? he lives in portland, too! i forgot to take a picture of him, but he came over for our big green egg pizza cookout, and brought his beautiful cornhole boards. he also dropped off the new set of bags i ordered from the cornhole cooperative. aren't they gorge?

we visited kevin's world famous biscuit establishment, pine state biscuits. drool!!

ryan and i played some golf.

on my last night, we dined at park kitchen, which jenny is pretty much the boss of. i can't begin to describe what an enjoyable tasting menu flavor journey we were plied with. god. so good.

sadly, after that meal, it was time for me to head to the airport. i had such an amazing time (thx jenny, kevin, jacky and royal for being just the best hosts!). can't wait to visit again VERY soon.

ps - did you know portland and brooklyn are the same place?

i'm back from my portland vacation!

but too tired to tell you about it right now. so for now, enjoy this.

#imisshimsomuch

just a little dancing goat with a hipster friend

via

what last week felt like

portland is a city where young people go to retire.

i forgot to tell you...

after some helpful reminders from g.animalz, i finally got around to watching fred armisen's new sketch comedy show about portland. it's called portlandia, and also stars carrie brownstein of sleater-kinney and all songs considered. it's on the IFC channel on friday nights. set your dvr's, you won't regret it.

patty cakes training his new puppy in portland

nErD aLeRt!

PORTLAND, Ore. — Urban gardening used to seem subversive. People planted tomatoes in public parks, strung their hops to rooftops to make homebrew and reclaimed empty lots as community farms, never mind the property owner.

Yet here in one of the more thoroughly tilled cities in America, subversive has come full circle: the federal government plans to plant its own bold garden directly above a downtown plaza. As part of a $133 million renovation, the General Services Administration is planning to cultivate “vegetated fins” that will grow more than 200 feet high on the western facade of the main federal building here, a vertical garden that changes with the seasons and nurtures plants that yield energy savings. (via)

a dream realized.

if you're in nyc this weekend, despite the horrendous weather we've been having, you might have noticed everywhere around you, things had a slight twinkle about them. as if the world were made of sparkly edward cullen vampire skin. and i'll tell you why. it's because 2Pz friend jenny cook is here.

jicydak, she's the author of one of our favorite blogs, staff meal, which features delightful tales from portland, often featuring delicious-looking food. last night, we had the privilege of hosting a wonderfully cozy dinner prepared by our guest of honor. we cleared our big table and used it for eating for the first time in the 2 years we've lived here.

among the delicacies was this amazing roasted cauliflower treat.

after a few incidents involving smoke pouring out of the fireplace and filling the apartment, brother ryland stepped in and handled the flue with the poise of a man-handed stripper with lavender adult braces, and the fire roared to life.

it was a wonderful night to be fireside with friends, new and old. thanks to jenny and ryland for all of their dinner prep. we'll have to do it again. maybe in portland next time.

one last thing:
aimee mann - wise up

ctm.

thx rob! (via)

thx _____!

thx g.animals!...

...for taking "too hot for chips" bi-coastal! and thx to 2Pz favorite portland blog, staff meal, for getting it out there. i hope it cools down soon.

patrick, i found you a dog.

thx g.

twa-lat!

just finished eclipse. it was 11 biscuits oc obvi.

here's a cute article profiling 3 portland actors who were cast in the twilight movie.