By alienman on March 13, 2010
The food cart scene seems to have exploded, spawned and spread like spore in the four years that I’d been away. They are now clustered in groups in a frequent distribution throughout the city; you’re never far from blocks of street-side food vendors who are ready to serve some great dishes for dirt cheap. Yelp! [...]
Posted in Food, Photos of Oregon | Tagged food cart, portland
By alienman on December 26, 2009
Hell, yea. Bacon! The most Christmas-relevant thing to talk about! Ok, no. No, it’s not.
… Hell, yea. Bacon!
I used to think of bacon as a guilty pleasure. I always considered it one of those poor quality junk foods that satisfy cravings but have little else to offer. Like Spam.
This past year, the boyfriend [...]
Posted in Food | Tagged bacon, butcher, Food, free range, pasture raised
By alienman on May 28, 2009
But first, I’d like to address a couple of questions that were asked of me.
1. How does a cat scold you?
That is a good question. I never thought I’d find myself talking about being scolded by a cat.
When we got done unloading the car, we headed toward the front doorstep where Bella sat waiting on [...]
Posted in anecdotes, Bella, Food, Photos of Oregon
By alienman on March 4, 2009
Who’s ready for a teeny tiny tea party?
Holy crappp. I nearly lost my mind trying to make a tea set that was sized for the two animals. I now know that making something so small means dealing with dropping a teacup every 5 seconds and going crazy trying to find the mouse dropping-sized piece in [...]
Posted in Art, Food, Miniatures | Tagged biscotti, clay, miniature, polymer, sculpey, tea party, tea set
By alienman on February 18, 2009
Firstly, though, I was wondering if other Ebates members have received their February 15th payment on time. It’s already the 18th and this is the first time I have not been paid on time. I sent them an e-mail early yesterday but I’ve not heard back from them. I’ll be pissed if they make an [...]
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