we got a few extra hours of sleep friday, which was needed. since the weather was nice we decided to check out forest park, a local hiking park. it is only about 6 miles from downtown and provides a semi scenic drive and beautiful wooded surroundings. it was a nice little hike. friday night we went out to eat at aura, a hipsters lounge and restaurant. deeann had the grilled salmon with steamed veggies and new potatoes. on the side was a marionberry-port wine reduction that was killer. yum. i had a creole rice dish that had all sorts of seafood, along with sausage and sauteed veggies. to drink, deeann had some crazy delicious orange citrus mixer. i had the fish tale organic amber ale which is a medium-bodied beer. with a gentle sweet character, it had a zesty flavor without a bite. very yum.
saturday we did not sleep in. we got up and drove down to the portland rei store which was having a garage sale. we got there at 8:30am and the line was already around the block twice. we didn’t get inside until about 11:45. afterwards we hurried our way home to make it to the farmers market just in time. rushed through to get what we needed(one of which was ground buffalo to make a screaming good chili for tonight) and went up and unloaded everything. i cut up a bunch of fruit(apples and pears are deliciously in season) and mixed up a quick sangria to set for the afternoon. then we decided to go to whole foods to pick up what we weren’t able to get at farmers market. on our way home, on the streetcar, i forgot i left my coffee mug on a table back at whole foods. get back to the apartment, unload(again) and make our way back to whole foods. thankfully they held on to it for me. whew. by the time we got home it was 7:00 and we were beat. poured up some sangria and plopped down to watch little miss sunshine. i had seen it but deeann hadn’t. i recommend it.
today, we got up and went to imago dei. good ‘ole time with them. made a quick run(if there is such a thing) to best buy and ikea, and now just sitting here waiting for the buffalo bill chili to finish so i can send deeann to work with a full happy tummy. i think i might go for an evening run before i chow on my chili.
all in all, it was a good weekend. beautiful fall weather. now we have to start gearing up for the week.
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