I know - you smart people will say it's self fulfilling prophecy but just read first and judge later please and thanks ...
had a "real nice" drive along the Columbia River Gorge from Spokane to Portland - arrived 4ish - had my first event 6ish in the famed Pearl District in downtown Portland - after searching for an hour or so found a place that served both fresh oysters and Albarino from Rias Biaxas Spain - life is good thought I
headed to the winery sponsored event in that same district - traffic had been bad for the Oregon sponsors so the only people there were 7 east coast "campers" - now I love you east coasters but 7 of you in a bar out west is a lot to handle - finally our pal Bill from Adelsheim vineyard arrived - love him - life is good thought I
should have read the email more carefully - this was a Portland BAR tour - I had already downed 3 drinks when we started walking - I was thinking food might be in the near future - turns out a club Instead - at like 7 o'clock - no food - I have to drive 40 minutes south to the wine country for my hotel reservation - yep, snuck right outta there - life is good thought I
drove to Newberg, Oregon - I'm sure is cool but on this Friday night not many restaurants were open when I called around at 8:45 - the only one I could find was Pasquale's Italian - open until 9:30 - life is good thought I
Robert Irvine from Restaurant Impossible will be there soon - the decor - absolutely atrocious - the service - actually pretty damn good - the menu straight from the 70's - we're in the middle of Oregon Wine Country and my red wine choices are Woodbridge Merlot, Ménage a Trois, Louis Martini Cab and house Chianti in tiny Libby glasses - I had the meatballs in red sauce and the house Chianti - life had gotten "less good"
my youngest granddaughter Milena always says after she falls down or gets an owie or something bad has happened to her - "it's ok - it will get better" - I'm adopting that attitude - gonna have fun tomorrow!
your pal,
mt
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