{"id":39,"date":"2006-07-22T20:15:57","date_gmt":"2006-07-23T03:15:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sparkledesign.net\/fidget\/?p=39"},"modified":"2009-06-02T22:17:34","modified_gmt":"2009-06-03T05:17:34","slug":"sizzle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sparkledesign.net\/fidget\/2006\/07\/22\/sizzle\/","title":{"rendered":"Sizzle"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Hot,<\/p>\n

It\u00ef\u00bf\u00bds super hot today. I broke a sweat just making a salad for dinner (even using the toaster oven was too much cooking!!). It\u00ef\u00bf\u00bds 8pm and it just became cooler outside than in so I opened up all the windows and turned on our tiny fan to try to move some air through the apartment. We sat in the dark all afternoon, reading and trying not to think too hard for fear of generating heat.<\/p>\n

We spent last night in Portland, as a belated anniversary getaway. We had our 12-year-old nephew, TG, with us on our actual day (July 10th) and, though he was a wonderful houseguest, three’s a crowd on one’s anniversary. He didn’t even want a piece of the cheesecake that we were eating to celebrate, opting instead for the last of the ice cream, his reward for eating 3 tiny pieces of vegetable matter with his dinner. He promised to like vegetables when he\u00ef\u00bf\u00bds a grown-up, but I figure those 6 years till he\u00ef\u00bf\u00bds 18 will go by quick and he\u00ef\u00bf\u00bdd better start working on liking the goodies now.<\/p>\n

So, anyway. We drove up to Portland yesterday and discovered that our motel was a bit farther from the city center than we\u00ef\u00bf\u00bdd thought. But it turned out fine, because we walked across the Willamette and checked out the sights (whew, the traffic! I\u00ef\u00bf\u00bdm glad we don\u00ef\u00bf\u00bdt live there)<\/p>\n

\"Portland\"Portland<\/p>\n

and then on to downtown. We went to Powell\u00ef\u00bf\u00bds bookstore, which is amazing \u00ef\u00bf\u00bd we didn\u00ef\u00bf\u00bdt explore the half of it. Next was dinner at PF Chang\u00ef\u00bf\u00bds (score!) and a 7:45 showing of the newest installment of Pirates of the Caribbean. It was entertaining but we didn\u00ef\u00bf\u00bdt like the occult undercurrents and the plot was darn confusing. The first one was better. Maybe they\u00ef\u00bf\u00bdll wrap it up during Round Three \u00ef\u00bf\u00bd apparently on its way, since Dead Man\u00ef\u00bf\u00bds Chest ended in a distinctly un-wrapped-up manner. Even though it was 2-and-a-half hours long.<\/p>\n

\"Made\"Portland<\/p>\n

When we got out of the theater it was just as hot at 10:30 as it had been in late afternoon. Whew!<\/p>\n

This morning we had breakfast at Doug Fir, a very hip establishment that was log-cabin-meets-60\u00ef\u00bf\u00bds-modern. We were across the restaurant from a log wall with a sleek, space-age shaped window cut out of it. It was pretty cool. And the food was yummy! Portland has good food. I like that.<\/p>\n

Postscript, Sunday July 23rd : it got up to 105 today. Hope we get some relief tomorrow!!!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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