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aren't they?
created them at the "wire-wrapped rings with semi-precious stones" class Tuesday night through DIY lounge at collage. the first one is my favorite: aquamarine with antiqued-copper-colored wire; the second is a chunkier jade piece.
surprisingly easy to make - and a lot of fun, too. look out, holiday gift season...
the name of the game last weekend was: get out of the city. or, more precisely, get sharon out of the city. not having a car has many, many points in the "pro" column - reduced environmental impact, no costs associated with gas, or parking, or insurance, or maintenance - but the end result is, i don't get out of portland proper much.
we headed east on 84 and stopped to check out Mulnomah Falls, and to watch the kite surfers on the Columbia. then we headed south on Hwy 35, the Hood River County "Fruit Loop": a scenic drive along Hwy 35 that boasts 30+ farms, orchards, and wineries. We stopped at Rasmussen Farm and Mt Hood Winery, and pulled over at the side of the road to stick our feet in Hood River before heading up to Mt. Hood [where I hadn't been since my snowboarding adventures last February].
so, for this week's friday 5's, i present to you five favorite photos from last saturday's escape.
1. multnomah falls
2. rasmussen farm
3, 4, & 5. hood river.
this weekend's plans are more indoor - i signed up through 24 Hour Fitness to take group exercise instructor training. i'll be in class for 4 hours Saturday & Sunday mornings for the next two weekends. oh, and this Saturday night: roller derby. [watching, not doing. yeah right, i wish.]
happy weekend.
Holly is moving to Michigan, to pursue her graduate degree at the University of Michigan and to continue her work as a labor & delivery nurse at the hospital at U of M.
we will miss her very, very much.
last night, we got together to say goodbye at one of Holly's favorite PDX haunts, Blue Moon. Doug did a great job of making us all laugh as he snapped this same photo of us with three different cameras - but, there were tears, after.
Holly's one of the originals of "the crew," the "subculture of Joe," the group of us who met on New Year's Eve. she & i hit it off immediately, sitting at a table and chatting while the rest of the folks at the meetup hung out at the bar or did whatever else it was they were doing. i learned that night that she was a traveling nurse, and that she spent only about three months in each place she worked before moving on to another.
like i said last night, Hol- i wasn't even supposed to get more than three months with you. instead, i got nearly nine. which makes it harder, i guess, because i got closer to you than i expected... and i know that staying in PDX for all this time made it easier for you to make friends and just that much harder to leave. but i wouldn't have missed this for anything.
so, in light of all of this, today's 5's are the top five things I want to say to Holly:
1. i'm going to miss our trips to oba - you: pomegranate mojito, me: white cranberry cosmo.
2, that purse you bought at REI last week is really, really you, and i'm so glad you didn't return it.
3. you are way too nice for your own good.
4. i am so, so lucky i met you.
5. you can do this.
as you've probably figured out by now, friday 5's is just an excuse for me to post whatever i want to say in a way that is self-limiting. [in that it forces me to stick with the events of the past week or so. oh and yeah, the whole "five" thing.]
1. this week marked the start of the BTA's month-long bike commute challenge - and my very first week commuting by bike. doug & i did a test run on Monday to prepare, riding from my apartment to my office and back; along the way he led me into an empty parking lot to work on shifting gears. [i know, right? totally sweet.] turns out, biking to work is infinitely more fun - and also faster - than my usual commute on the light rail. and, as i'd hoped, it's increased my confidence to bike further and to places i haven't test run before - in fact, doug worked out a fantastic bike map to show me the route to my kayak lesson tomorrow morning. that's going to be so much nicer than the bus.
2. the Labor Day weekend party at Emmy & Jon's Sunday night was a ton of fun. and something that hasn't been true all summer suddenly was: every one of us who met on New Year's Eve [& still hang out] was at the same place at the same time. DJ was kind enough to snap a few pics to celebrate the occasion.
3. oh and how much do i love this pic of Lauren, Holly, & I? [answer: about as much as i do not love that Holly is moving in less than 2 weeks.]
4. these "sidewalk crop" pants by lucy are the best pants in the history of pants ever.
found them [in grey] when i stumbled on lucy's sidewalk sale with tif during our epic shopping adventure on Saturday and have worn them every single day since, on and off my bike. [we also hit the new Ikea, and the Bee & Thistle's grand re-opening in the Pearl - oh and we both took advantage of the REI Labor Day sale and picked up these sandals for 30% off. score.]
5. i was thrilled when doug told me they were showing Labyrinth at the Hollywood Theater in NE Portland. we saw it with zach & janelle on weds night and, seriously? David Bowie + 1986 = yum.
and... lookie there: it's the weekend! enjoy it.
