Snow!

It snowed on Christmas morning here in Portland! It didn’t stick around for very long. But it was still nice to have a white Christmas after days of rain.

The song is Tsarsko Momche Kon Sedlae (Bulgaria) by Kitka from the album Wintersongs.

Alberta, foodie street?

The February issue of Bon Appetit features 3 Portland restaurants, 2 of which are around the corner from my house, Siam Society and Alberta Street Oyster Bar & Grill. When I first moved in the neighborhood 7 years ago there were only a locally well-known taqueria, another one just changing hands, a coffee shop, a punk rock diner, and a veggie-hippie diner. That was it for eateries, just cheap slacker food. Now this neighborhood has restaurants written up in national mags.