2008

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On the ferry from Salem to Boston

Sylvie & Miriam are officially hitched!

Group bonding the night before Sylvie & Miriam’s...

On the Fung Wah bus to Boston. In Chinese Fung Wah translates to Lucky Baby

Pre-birthday drinks with Austin & her chalice

Goodmorning, big city

Drinks with Austin at the Algonquin

Kissing at The Met

Playing tourists

Either two babies are having a yodeling match or there’s a major feline fight going down in...

Tomorrow my fella and I are headed to the east coast to...

It seems like all of my parents’ friends are turning...

Kvas Monastyrskiy, aka a Ukrainian root soda that smells...

Sweetbreads and conversation with old friends at Spring...

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“Apples are the potatoes of the fruit world” - co-worker

I contributed to a small piece on Seattle Citysearch today...

“Go world, it’s your Earth Day.” - Ian, while watching the Olympics

I am now officially starting a little file titled, Remote...

Dinner, Anyone?

I have just watched My Big Foot (about elephantitis/lymphedema) and Help! I’m a Hoarder back...

Happy 60th, mom.

Celebrating my mom’s birthday. The dogs think balloons...

After the day I have had today, I would very much enjoy...

Annual Mariners game with the office.

Two Girls, One GChat

Whit: My head still hurts. Why did I do this to myself? You had a nice relaxing night of sex with your boyfriend and I threw up in my bed!
Alex: Both acts are hot and people would pay equal money for them on the Internet.

Revisiting Shaggy’s “Boombastic” reveals that at one point he either says...

Breaking news: there is a naked toddler covered in dirt...

Not to question your commitment, but did you ever stop to...

I like to start my day getting weepy to This American Life podcasts on the bus

While often described as bike advocates, I’m pretty...

It’s 1975 and this man is about to show you the...

Dear vintage Cloisonné lamp, I have a good home for you....

dzandone: Sun-dried tomatoes are bitter...

For those about to breed, I salute you. A co-worker of mine...

If You Like Pina Coladas

D: So the reason why you get more hungover off of sugary drinks is that alcohol is metabolized into an aldehyde. Sucrose gets broken into two parts as well and one of them is an aldehyde the breakdown of said aldehyde into other parts is the rate limiting step, so, by swamping your body with excess aldehyde, it can't break it down as quickly which then gives you a headache.
Me: Oh, I always thought it was just Jesus punishing you for being a pussy.
D: You would.

Brunch at the Athenian in Pike Place

Taken yesterday at The Dark Knight, amused/disturbed by the...

dzandone: Dancing homess guy sporting...

Outside at Linda’s

dzandone: Some days it feels like there's a...

6 Song Titles Reflecting the Chronology...

“I Wanna Rock n’ Roll All Night (And Sleep In My Parents’ Basement All...

Coffee with Huma at Uptown Espresso

Off to the West Seattle street fair.

The line at the local, family owned deli before I said...

Its translucent color so alluring and taste and aroma so...

Pho for dinner

dzandone: Someone on this bus had gin for...

Are my sponsored Gmail links trying to tell me something?...

The cake baking runs in the family

The best 4th of July breakfast

On days when I find myself in low spirits and desperately in...

Whenever I’m out and about and happen to see someone...

dzandone: Last night I dreamed that I was...

Tofu and Lollypops with Mona and Nathan

In celebration of the long-overdue arrival of warm weather, Mona and Nathan stopped by for lunch...

The Fat of the Land

Lo, drink of this locally-distributed wine, for it will render you intoxicated at 2 in the...

Buried My Troubles in a Paper Bag

I’m not typically one to embrace group ethereality, but the summer solstice this past Friday...

Teddy & Whitney

It's Not So Bad, Sometimes We Get Pizza...

“We weren’t allowed to have carrot cake on our birthday celebrations at the office because someone...

dzandone: Just ran past a Boy Scout troop in...

Dinner at Smith Bar for Whit and Alex’s birthday

Teenage boys seem cooler and edgier than when I was in...

Little Old Ladies Who Lived in Their...

Me: There are too many things in the world for me to buy
Whitney: I know! I could spend $200 on prints right now
Me: I will be 50 and unmarried and living in my current apartment and when people ask me why I do not have children or a house it will be because I spent all of my money on 3 headed porcelain cats on Etsy and tiny Gocco prints
Whitney: Exactly. But we will be surrounded by the cutest shit

The usual commuting crowd is packed in on the bus this...

I Am Fatigued and Wish to Return to My...

I speak for anyone who’s thoughts have ever wandered to the PowerPoint deck they are editing...

Perfect finish to a good night: champagne at Cafe Presse

Anthony Bourdain at the Moore

Art walk at Fremont.

Petting the Cat

It was raining. I skidded down the hill wearing inappropriate shoes, fifteen minutes late. Three...

dzandone: Sitting between two boys on the...

Jonathan’s cabin at hood canal

True story: I got my period during SATC. Nothing like a...

I often peruse The Pioneer Woman Cooks for recipe...

And Now for the Most Horrifying Headline...

Monkeys Control a Robot Arm With Their Thoughts (thanks, Stefan)

AmazonFresh is confused again. This cereal doesn’t...

Burlesque night at The Pink Door

Martinis and Judd Apatow at The Big Picture

dzandone: Just saw a jogger with twine tied...

I read the above headline as “Bill Cosby Wraps it...

Update: two down, one to go. Apparently used lipstick is too...

Every month or so someone leaves used makeup up for grabs in...

dzandone: Ted Leo always sounds like he could...

dzandone: John Waters just called Elvis an...

Dinner

Whitney: we will make foie gras corn dogs
Me: yum!
Whitney: which would be like a fried twinkie, not a corn dog
Me: on second thought, foie gras corn dogs sound kind of nauseating
Me: like a water weenie with more texture
Whitney: exactly! Sludge wrapped in batter then fried
Me: sick, sick, sick

Spring Break 1996

When Bush’s acoustic version of Glycerin popped up on my iPod in the wee hours of my morning...

Dark Jedi's Gonna Rock Your Body

Ian: I dreamed I fought Justin Timberlake in a lightsaber battle. He was a dark Jedi.
Me: Did you tell him you were "bringing sexy back"?
Ian: No. I lopped his head off.
Me: Did you tell him to "cry you a river"?
Ian: No. I used the force.
Me: My humor is lost on you.

High tea at the Queen Mary for Mother’s Day.

You Darn Kids and Your [Myspace,...

The old standby, “what has become of the world today?” in reference to a lack of moral...

dzandone: Thought the strapping teen on the...

Special message on the menu board at Specialty’s...

Things to Do Before I Go

After reading Maggie’s list of must-do’s before buying the proverbial farm, I decided to...

North by Northwest

It has officially taken me a week to get over my birthday hangover. Not the one that was incurred as...

Obese Office Chair - www.chairconsultants.com - Up to 750...

dzandone: Got my period during the noon...

dzandone: I want to give Portland a big wet...

Getting a professional beehive for my birthday.

I’m 24 today. At the office with my ceremonial...

dzandone: Guy on the bus is wearing a Nemo...

Harmonious Facebook pairings generate a sense of joy within...

dzandone: It will always be difficult for me...

OBGYN't You Be My Friend?

I have a confession to make: I want to be friends with my new gynecologist. While this fact alone is...

So glad I’m not Wei Wei right now.

Seeing something I worked on in the New York Times makes me...

Beats a Pinata

Mona: He was a baby once! A fat little baby! He's turning 2 next month
Me: Aww! Kegger? Toddler Pimps and Pre-K Hoes?
Mona: 2 Girls 1 Sippy Cup

Hello, Dalai

On Saturday afternoon my mother and I had the privilege of seeing the Dalai Lama at Qwest field....

A sailor’s not a sailor till a sailor’s been...

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Headed home on the 550 to downtown. The middle seats of the...

dzandone: I thought the man at the bus stop...

Google Transit is now telling me how much money I save by...

Off to See His Holiness

Mona: Did you get tickets to the Dalai Lama?
Me: Nope. Did you?
Mona: Yes, but I'm not going. Do you want them?
Me: Yes!
Mona: I think scalping them would be bad karma.
Mona: When I told Mike about the Dalai Lama tickets he started singing "hello Dalai, well hello Dalai"

My dream ticket for 2008 and a seriously bad photoshopping...

Praise Him

Frederick: (Autoreply) still poppin' my collar earnin' more dollars than Allah
Me: But does Allah make many dollas?
Frederick: all that matters is that the number of dollars I earn is strictly greater than his (His)
Me: So humble

Everyone has slipped out of the office early today and...

dalasverdugo: zacharyr: It’s coming! Portland Tumblr...

I won’t lie, dogs are hands down the best pets ever....

dzandone: My right armpit has been itching...

I created this account a long time ago and cannot seem to...

Only Child

Just realized that perhaps I should hang out alone more often simply because years from now I will...

If This Conversation Were a Book it...

Whitney: it's like that fucking Baz Luhrmann song. "You're never as fat as you think you are"
Me: I have certain events that I remember not because of the importance of the event but because my bangs looked really, really good that particular evening
Whitney: I'll have days I remember more because I liked my outfit
Me: on days I find myself in a really good outfit I feel obligated to do something after work, like drink in public. Today is not one of those days

Shark Week at the Gyno's Office

Just figured out that your twenties are a time when, while you may list your significant other as...

House sitting on Vashon for the weekend.

Svelte

Kirida: There's a chance that we'll be going to St. Louis for a family reunion
Kirida: So now I have to be super skinny without the use of meth
Me: Pressure! If not meth, perhaps cocaine?
Kirida: Too expensive. I want the metabolism of an eight-year old boy
Kirida: Or a grassland Savannah cheetah
Me: Oh! Good choice
Kirida: They have almost no body fat! And they are fast!
Me: Good for those potato sack races
Kirida: But not so good for three-legged races. Too competitive

My old rubber hand isn’t nearly as creepy as this...

This photo goes out to Patrick in Boston. Your drunk Amazon...

Update: Voicemail from Mom

“One of my favorite things about these emails is how they’ll be talking about something...

Grub

Whitney: he texted me last night about how the Beard Award nominations are bullshit. Ha!
Me: oh God, if M. does come to dinner on Saturday, I will not feel proud of my 30 Minute Shepherd's Pie ala Rachel Ray.
Me: even if the Beard nominations are bullshit.

Voicemail from Mom

Hi Sweetie Pie - I thought maybe you’d answer your phone but that’s fine maybe you’re busy.I just...

dzandone: Passed a bodega advertising a 'phon...

From time to time I enjoy baking animal-shaped cakes. This...

Stuffed at cafe Presse.

Easter fame is mine! Two of my photos were chosen for...

One in a Million

I was rushing to catch the 55 bus home from downtown yesterday evening when a man walking next to me...

http://www.barackobamastoleyournewbicycle.com In contrast...

Cute/hip dad at the bus stop is trying to hide his Gymboree...

I just uploaded a handful of old family photos to Flickr,...

I no longer put this position on my resume.

Horton hears the call of pediatric type 2 diabetes. (via...

PDX Tumblr Meet Up? Yes, Please

dalasverdugo: Reblog this if you think we should have a Portland Tumblr meetup. I’m wondering how...