Well. Here goes nothing?
The drive to Portland was pretty rough, I left at 4:45 am from San Jose and reached Portland around 6 pm. I stopped twice, once at some random gas station in CA to take a nap, and the second time in Eugene, OR to have lunch with Jeanne Perry. It was a good two hours of chatting to get me back into the spirits of driving.
I reached Portland around 6 p.m. and unpacked. The house I'll be living in is amazing! 3 stories, bottom story is a garage, second is the living room, dining room, and kitchen, and the top floor has the 3 bedrooms AND a launderer and dryer. Finally, no more quarter collecting - though I've been told that dollar coins are becoming popular (just like all those foreign countries... I'm glad Portland is progressive).
For dinner we went to Chinatown and 3 people ate for 16.58 plus a two dollar tip. NO TAX!!!
Went to Powell's bookstore, apparently the largest bookstore in the world. It was pretty damn amazing. I would love to spend the next 4 years of my life in there, unfortunately they will be spent in a hospital. I suppose I'll learn more in the hospital.
And now the kicker... Voodoo's doughnuts. Possibly the weirdest store I have been to. It's a punk-doughnut shop, with the strangest doughnuts. I got a raised doughnut with chocolate, peanut butter, and rice krispies - appropriately called the dirty doughnut because it looks pretty unappetizing. The strangest thing was the bacon doughnut. Now I can't imagine what this would taste like - they had run out before we got there and I do not eat bacon. It could be real bacon, or gummi bacon, it hasn't been clarified for me. I understand if it's sweet, but holy crap if it isn't.
{EDIT} It is real bacon that they put on it... all the fatty and crispy goodness.
Walked around downtown and saw strange people... Looks like I'll be getting a pretty diverse clientèle as a health worker in Portland.
3 comments:
Hey Anuj, do you remember Chad Potter? Last I heard, he was living Portland Oregon. Good to heard that you had a safe trip. Maybe, I should go up there. I have a couple of white folks that I need to say hi too.
Powell's great huh? I could lose myself in that place. I'm really glad you're liking Portland :)
omg. anuj. I didn't know you were going to OHSU!!!!!!!!!!! I just saw your link from Dennis's page and I realized it was you! and reading your post made me sooo homesick! =( voo doo doughnuts is pretty bomb. I think i had the ginormous bear claw...anyway, good luck there! we should play when i'm back in the 503.
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