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arguchiktoday i ate brunch in portland with my friend tim, at a place called bijou cafe, located at 132 SW 3rd st. i've eaten there before, and it's just a terrific place. the food is simple, very nicely prepared, and delicious. last time i was there, i got a slice of this stuff they serve called "gibassier." it's an orange/anise bread very much like a brioche, which they toast slightly on a grill before serving it. they get it from the pearl bakery. so anyway, i knew about it...and today i got a slice to go so that i could enjoy it on the train. it was even more yummy than i remembered. i am now gathering recipes for it so that i can try making it myself.
when i was married, my ex-husband and i used to do that a lot. whenever we really liked something, we would find and test recipes for it so that we could make it for ourselves, at home. i kinda miss doing that. since we broke up, i haven't really had the time, the inclination, or the clientele (people to eat at least some of whatever i make, because most recipes make way more food than one person can eat before it spoils). i have more foodie friends now, so maybe it's time to take up the hobby again. if they don't want to eat it, maybe stuff like this will keep OK in the freezer.
yeah, so i'm home, in case anyone wondered. riding the train was fun--it cost about $15 more for a round-trip ticket than greyhound ($62 and ~$45, respectively), and it was totally worth it. more leg room, bathrooms, plus it has a snack car. while in portland i saw many plastic bodies, mostly human but with a couple of camels thrown in for good measure (the purpose of my trip was to go check out the bodyworlds exhibit at the oregon museum of science and industry, so i can include an analysis of it in one of my dissertation chapters). my friend tim and i went to see sicko last night, too--it was interesting. i'll post a fuller review of that sometime soon, perhaps tomorrow if i have time. i have some questions about its portrayal of the health systems in canada, england, and france, and i want to research those questions before i write out my thoughts about the film. anyway, it was also cool just to hang out with tim and catch up--i hadn't seen him for about a year (i think it was around the time of my appendectomy, because i remember showing him my incision scar over hash browns up at beth's cafe up on aurora). tim is one of my three 6th grade friends (along with roger and kelli)...it's weird to think about it, but he and i have known each other since we were squirrelly prepubescents. LOL--sometimes we channel those earlier selves when we hang out together, especially when it's just us (i.e. when there aren't any SO's around to get annoyed with us).
when i was married, my ex-husband and i used to do that a lot. whenever we really liked something, we would find and test recipes for it so that we could make it for ourselves, at home. i kinda miss doing that. since we broke up, i haven't really had the time, the inclination, or the clientele (people to eat at least some of whatever i make, because most recipes make way more food than one person can eat before it spoils). i have more foodie friends now, so maybe it's time to take up the hobby again. if they don't want to eat it, maybe stuff like this will keep OK in the freezer.
yeah, so i'm home, in case anyone wondered. riding the train was fun--it cost about $15 more for a round-trip ticket than greyhound ($62 and ~$45, respectively), and it was totally worth it. more leg room, bathrooms, plus it has a snack car. while in portland i saw many plastic bodies, mostly human but with a couple of camels thrown in for good measure (the purpose of my trip was to go check out the bodyworlds exhibit at the oregon museum of science and industry, so i can include an analysis of it in one of my dissertation chapters). my friend tim and i went to see sicko last night, too--it was interesting. i'll post a fuller review of that sometime soon, perhaps tomorrow if i have time. i have some questions about its portrayal of the health systems in canada, england, and france, and i want to research those questions before i write out my thoughts about the film. anyway, it was also cool just to hang out with tim and catch up--i hadn't seen him for about a year (i think it was around the time of my appendectomy, because i remember showing him my incision scar over hash browns up at beth's cafe up on aurora). tim is one of my three 6th grade friends (along with roger and kelli)...it's weird to think about it, but he and i have known each other since we were squirrelly prepubescents. LOL--sometimes we channel those earlier selves when we hang out together, especially when it's just us (i.e. when there aren't any SO's around to get annoyed with us).
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