Leaves of Change

Here's a great song I just stumbled across that I hadn't heard in years. I loved Blind Melon.

"Change" by Blind Melon (RIP)

"I don’t feel the sun's comin’ out today its staying in, its gonna find another way. As I sit here in this misery, I don’t think I’ll ever see the sun from here. And oh as I fade away, they’ll all look at me and say, and they’ll say, Hey look at him, I’ll never live that way, But that’s ok they're just afraid to change. When you feel your life ain’t worth living, you‘ve got to stand up and take a look around you then a look way up to the sky. And when your deepest thoughts are broken, keep on dreaming boy cause when you stop dreamin’ it’s time to die. And as we all play parts of tomorrow, some ways will work and other ways we’ll play But I know we all can’t stay here forever, so I want to write my words on the face of today and then they’ll paint it. And oh as I fade away, they’ll all look at me and say, hey look at him and where he is these days When life is hard you have to change."

CHANGE is on the horizon. More information to come, check back, I'll keep you posted.

Come eat at OCI!

The school I am attending- Oregon Culinary Institute- is now serving lunch. Four courses: Appetizer, Soup/Salad, Entree and Dessert, Price: $9.00. You can't beat that anywhere. I can scan the menu if anyone is interested. I will be in the restaurant portion of the class in a week. Should be fun!

Most Monday-Thursdays, seating at 12 noon. To make reservations call 503-961-6200. Visit www.oregonculinaryinstitute.com for more information.

Happy Hours

My wife and I love to go to happy hour whenever we get a chance. We aren't big alcohol consumers, but we love checking out restaurants at an affordable price. Here's a list of some we've been to recently.

Oba!- This is a great restaurant in the Pearl District. We had been here for dinner before and figured we'd check out happy hour. While the drinks were great ($3.75 margaritas), I have to say we were a little disappointed with the happy hour food. Queso Fundido dip was more oil than anything else. The grilled salmon quesadilla was okay, but not spectacular. It may have been an off night in the kitchen, because when we went for dinner the food was all spot on fantastic. We'll try this one again. Prices $3.50-$6

Blue Hour- Another Pearl District hot spot. This one is very upscale and I would probably never eat here if it wasn't happy hour. The fried olives were interesting, they tasted burnt- but I don't really know what fried olives are supposed to taste like. The butcher's board plate was great, with fantastic housemade mozzarella. We also had the bruschetta and pizza. While the bruschetta was slightly burnt it was still not unpleasant, and the pizza was very good. I might go here again, but Bluehour is a little more swanky then I prefer. Prices were $1-$7.

Olea- Ever had a lobster corn dog with tarragon mustard chased with a shot of beer? For five bucks during happy hour at Olea you can have this unique experience. This was just one of many interesting selections on the happy hour menu. I also highly recommend the Grilled Dates (parma ham, vanilla-black pepper oil), the hummus plate and the pizzas. Not a bad thing on the menu. Everything we ate was between $2-$5

More to come...

Hills-blow-ro

I'm so tired of Hillsboro. It is turning into the same big box, fast food, strip mall that has come up from California to overtake us all. The old downtown area is run down despite attempts to revive it with new buildings and water fountains. The Farmer's Market is okay, probably the one redeeming quality. I know I grew up here and have lived here most of my life, but I don't like the direction this place is going. It might be time to get out.