I live near Klickitat, and one day I was walking behind a couple of tween girls and eavesdropping on their conversation, which included “How will we know what house Ramona lives in?” “It’s the blue one with all the plants, of course.” Of course.

Nestle is trying to open a water bottling plant here near Portland, OR in a small town called Cascade Locks that is desperate for jobs and income and so is really excited about the project. Nestle doesn't want the municipal water, it wants the local creek water because it's more "natural". Except that that creek water…

Owls always look mad. This is from our local Audubon, where this one was fixed op and rehabilitated.

I hope it's successful for you. I'm a mental health nurse and I have a patient who started ECT four months ago. He was basically catatonic, I had never seen him out of bed and only heard him speak a handful of times. This week he was playing volleyball in the hospital courtyard, and we had a conversation about NCAA…

Garlic is easy to grow, doesn't need any space or certain grouping to pollinate so you can plant it anywhere with sun, and it is a beneficial companion plant for tomatoes and peppers. I go through what I grow in a couple months, but that's ok. A big reason to grow potatoes, garlic, beans even though they're cheap and…

The Museum of Contemporary Craft is great, IMO. It's in the same area as Powell's Books, which can be a fun place to browse, take something to the coffee shop part and people watch. Also near Powell's is Ringler's Annex bar (NOT Ringler's Bar), which I enjoy sitting at the windows and people watch. It's the only…

That sucks! I live in PDX and grow veggies in my parking strip. I'm always asked if people steal them but I've never noticed it. I had racoons in my corn one year, though. Scared the crap out of me.

Think about what you eat and plant that (try new/unusual things the second year of gardening). There are guides on how much to plant per person out there on the internet- picking and eating is awesome until you have 3 pounds of beans a week coming in. I'd say seedlings are a must for plants like tomatoes, peppers,…

I remember spending a month's worth of babysitting money for OP corduroy shorts and an OP shirt, and getting laughed at in school because then I was the nerd trying to look cool. You couldn't pay me enough money to repeat those years.

I gotta think she wasn't so happy with how the latest evening turned out, either, even if she thinks the kid is perfect. I'd say have a talk with her in a way that makes it seem it's in her own interest to not bring the child, like "It's amazing how fast the kid is growing, especially when I only see him every few…

I read my older brother's "Really Gross Joke Book", which was mostly bad sex jokes, and then proceeded to tell them to people in random situations- class, church, the line at the grocery store. I also remember getting into the car with my parents after some event and announcing "I know where genital herpes comes…

I had a system and order for my stuffed animals in my bed every night that meant a different one could sleep next to me- the place of honor- without one ever getting missed and feeling left out.

I once spent a weekend scraping off 70 years of wallpaper layers from my living room walls, and I kept thinking "at some point in the future someone is probably going to think what this place needs is wallpaper".

Thank you!!!!

There's a newish brewery in Cascade Locks, right on the river/lock (north of the railroad tracks) called Thunder island that's good and Backwoods Brewery in Stevenson is as well. I've tried soooo many times to go to Walking Man and have been thwarted every time.

I'd second what others have said. Restaurants I enjoy: Frank's Noodle House (Asian), Bollywood Theatre (Indian, but not traditional Indian), Mi Mero Mole (Mexican), Natural Selections (fancy Vegetarian), Life of Pie (wood fired pizza), Pacific Pie Co (um, pie). Say NO to Voodoo donuts. The food cart pod on Mississippi…

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I've had many, but it's been some years so the memories aren't fresh. Plus, you're given a sedative that causes amnesia of the whole event so there's not many memories to have. The worst pain I remember is a sore/rough throat, and once I had bloating and gas through the night because "extra air was needed" but it…

My sister had a parathyroid issue that caused all those symptoms and it was easily fixed.

They make really good cakes, so it's a win-win for everyone.