Portland Icons

List some PDX icons; businesses, people, habits, places, ideas that are uniquely Portland.
I start with Powells Books and Mt. Hood. Your suggestions?

Veni Vidi Vici

From Julius Ceasar in 47 B.C. commenting on a short war:
It means:
A) I came. I saw. I conquered
or
B) I came. I saw. I concurred?
G'pa the grump

Unconditional love

Relative to the Prodigal son story:
"Unconditional love is an illogcal notion, but such a great and powerful one". Source: The Year of Living Biblically, page 275 by A.J. Jacobs. Very good book.

John, the family Commie?

Family Goes to Old Town

New Years Eve day most of the family went to VooDoo doughnuts in Old Town (A PDX icon?). The Pearson kids were skiing and I didn't give Courtney enough notice. The line to VooDoo was halfway round the block so we had lunch at Dan & Louie's Oyster Bar. Laura and friend stayed in line at VooDoo and joined us later with doughnuts. We had a rousing and noisy time.
The first image about bail bonds is from Las Vegas; Where else?
I don't know how to get rid of the duplicate image of Dan & Louie's.
G'pa Le grump

I love this new song....http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k3f3qFHS8O4&feature=

Picture's from G'ma & G'pa's 50th Anniversary Party!

Thank you everyone for coming! I had such a great night talking with each one of you.

Will gets his Bear!

Will had the chance to recieve his Bear Award this last week for Scouts. Just a couple pictures!

Blog Updates

Hey, Everyone! Just wanted to let you all know that I updated the blogs design. I will try to post more often now that I have a new account. Does not seem like many are posting anymore...

Very good lecture from BYU proffessor Bradshaw

http://mormonstories.org/?p=1158

Time to Kill this blog?

No one posts except me - and rarely. No one responds.
Many of you have your own blogs.
I suggest we kill this blog.
Vote to kill or not to kill.
I vote to end this blog.
G'pa the grump

Great sentence; can't you just feel it?

"Mark Schrader motored up the Columbia River aboard his 64-foot steel sailing cutter, Ocean Watch, on Wednesday, soaking up scenery so relentlessly green and air so deliciously damp he knew he was nearly home".
Katy Muldoon, To sea to see in How we live secton of Oregonian on 11 June, 2010

And:

Mega congratulations to Amber on winning a $10K scholarship from Lipton Tea for designing a logo or graphic.
G'ma played a major role here by "e-recruiting" tons of "e-friends" to vote Amber into final competition. (Need a good PR prson?)

And:

Congratulations to Laura on graduating from Middle School where a couple of hundred screaming, ear splitting, shrieking pubescents celebrated a symbolic move from childhood to teen-hood.
Tomorrow she and I are off to NYC.
G'pa the Commie grump??

For Dad....and Andrea....a little humor

http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/wed-may-12-2010/back-in-black---glenn-beck-s-nazi-tourette-s