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Picnic and Movies in the Park

During the summer, Portland has a series of events called Movies in the Park, where they have events in parks all over the city with some kind of entertainment (a band playing or something), followed by a screening of a … Continue reading

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The Long Way

As my first post for Part III of the Let’s Go Ride a Bike Summer Games, I present you with: “Taking the Long Way Home.” :) This week in Portland it’s been exceptionally warm, and yesterday it actually hit 100 … Continue reading

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What a Weekend!

A farmers market trip on bikes for us is almost a weekly ritual, but this weekend’s was so nice, I thought I’d share it. The weather this weekend was impeccable – warm, but not extremely hot, and sunny all weekend. … Continue reading

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Bicycle Maintenance

For the Let’s Go Ride A Bike Summer Games, one of the events is to perform some maintenance on your bike. There’s not much regular maintenance to be done on my bike, but it does definitely get dirty. This spring … Continue reading

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Grocery Store Trip

Since one of the events for this next section of the Let’s Go Ride a Bike Summer Games is to carry a load on your bike, I thought I’d make a quick video of one of our trips to the … Continue reading

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To See Michel Gondry

We had what I consider to be a very fortunate opportunity last night. The Hollywood Theatre was showing Michel Gondry’s latest film, The Thorn in the Heart (L’Epine Dans Le Coeur), followed by a Q&A session with Michel Gondry himself. … Continue reading

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Life by Bike

During the Farmers Market season, we make it a weekend tradition to ride over to our local farmers market in Irvington neighborhood every Sunday, and get some breakfast along the way. This year we’ve also discovered the market in the … Continue reading

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Quick nip out for dessert

After making ourselves some massaman curry last night, we decided to nip out to a nearby restaurant (Screen Door) for some banana toffee pie with pecan shortbread crust (we crave it sometimes, what can I say…?). We were in the … Continue reading

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