When I was living in San Mateo California I was blessed to have a great downtown within walking distance where I could get all sorts of food. The area also had a lot of diversity so the food options where plentiful and delicious. Well, my favorite place was a tiny Chicago style diner that had … Continue reading Pok Pok Wings
When I first started writing for this blog, one of the foods I wanted to write about was loaded Jojos. They're sort of a Portland reinterpretation of the Canadian classic, Poutine. Except instead of the traditional french fries, big steak fries known as Jojos are the main ingredient. Unlike Poutine, which is topped with gravy … Continue reading The Search for Jojos
Lately, I've been playing a lot of Red Dead Redemption 2. For those of you living under a rock, it's an amazing game that takes place in the Old West. One of the many activities you can participate in is hunting for food to feed your encampment. After doing so the camp cook will make … Continue reading Forager’s Beef Stew
In all of my writing about the various and wonderful places to eat here in Portland, I came to realize that I had never actually written about the place that I eat most often. Near PSU campus is a block full of various good places to grab a bite. One of these places is my … Continue reading Tito’s Burritos
I have a few mainstay recipes that I make frequently and I've mastered. I prefer more Southern food, like Gumbo which I'll write about, and one of my favorites, Chicken pot pie. I forget why I originally chose this recipe to master. But I've been making it for years and it's gotten better every time. … Continue reading Chicken Pot Pie
I've recently begun CrossFit once again, which I will write about later. What I will say in a brief bit is it's a really intense workout that leaves me really hungry afterwards. On such a day, I found myself on the East side near one of my favorite spots. Boke Bowl is a ramen house, … Continue reading Boke Bowl
I've written a lot of stuff about little known spots in Portland that don't get a lot of touristy stuff written about them. I think that's great to have a more local perspective. However, with this being said, I also lived in Santa Barbara for about 14 years without seeing any of the tourist destinations. … Continue reading Powell’s City of Books
There are a few well known spots in Portland. Powell's Books. Deschutes Brewery. Stumptown. Voodoo Donuts. All of these are great places that rightly deserve their reputations. But there's one that is frequently left off this list of venerable institutions in PDX and to me that's a damn shame. I've been going to Guardian Games … Continue reading My Favorite Spots: Guardian Games
I had a major craving for pastrami recently. One of the best places to eat in Santa Barbara was Norton Pastrami. One of the most popular sandwich shops in town, Norton's obviously specialized in that wonderful salty meat. Usually they just served it on a squishy roll after dipping it in au jus. It was … Continue reading Pastrami Zombie
I've been writing a lot lately. But I don't think I've ever written about my cat, Scrabbles, who shows up in a lot of my other posts. So I'm going to fix that today. I picked up Scrabbles at the Oregon Human Society maybe about 8 years ago. He had formerly belonged to a family … Continue reading Scrabbles the Cat
