DATELINE: My crappy hotel room

Man, the last few weeks have sucked. Not only have I been working all day & night and averaging 5 hrs of sleep, I hit the Business Traveler Trifecta: parking ticket, speeding ticket, and crack in the rental car windshield. That's not even including the "constructive criticism" about my general un-business like behavior. I picked a bad week to quit sniffing glue.

The one highlight was visiting Portland and a bunch of friends I haven't seen in years. And going to the most awesome donut shop, Voodoo Doughnut, where "the magic is in the hole."

(donut video will be uploaded tomorrow)

I stayed with the Blacker-Ross clan and got to finally meet their little bundle of joy Sammy Lu.

She is a bundle of fun, a super happy toddler (even when faced with the "yucky"). They were very gracious hosts & didn't even mind (or let on if they did mind) that I had to do some work while I was there. Holly made a fantastic breakfast, and tasty cornbread & greens to go with Juan Carlos' grilled pork loin. It felt like we hadn't seen each other for a few days, not four years.


I was also able to visit with Bean and Dickie (aka Jen and Scott). I've always wished we had been able to all live in the same city but I'll take whatever The Fates hand out to me. They're doing great - Jen is working on making recycling in Portland more awesomer (and that's not an easy gig) and y'all should check out the art stuff he's involved in.

The weekend was too short. Portland seems liek it would be a super fun place to live in, and the number one reason is these crazy people (reason 1B involves donuts).