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September 10, 2007
Sanborns
September 7, 2007
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Location: Southeast, near Bullseye Glass
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Cost to break two fasts: $20-$25
I hadn’t lived in Portland all that long when I headed out to Bullseye on a Sunday, and realized that I was an hour or so early. I figured I’d grab some brunch while waiting, and found Sanborns, on Milwaukee. It was an unexpected delight. After that I made it a point to shop for glass on Sundays, post-Sanborns.
The owners have turned this refurbed old house into a breakfast specialty spot that really surprised me–I had a wonderful omelette, fresh juice and a basket of home-made breads while chatting with very friendly restaurant patrons. I highly recommend the hash (what is it about hash that delights people so? Guests I’ve brought here light up when they see it, and it’s the first thing they order). They do a fresh-from-scratch eggs benedict, no canned hollandaise here and it’s bright with lemon. It’s also incredibly rich and I wasn’t able to finish half of it.
Tip: Order whatever’s on special, especially if the waiter recommends it.
iStung
September 6, 2007
OK. I’m trying hard not to smirk. Or sound smug.
But for once, I’m on the winning side of the bleeding edge: I decided to wait for my iPhone, and in the process, it appears I saved about 200 bucks (in addition to avoiding some wacked-out phone bills from AT&T).
Apple’s announcement of fabulous new iPods and a much lower price for an iPhone was greeted with joy by everyone who didn’t wait hours outside an Apple store to get the first iPhones off the assembly line. As Washington Post columnist Eugene Robinson put it, they were “iRate.”
I don’t guess Jobs helped much when he said “that’s technology.” He’s right, but still…the usual refresh rate is a bit more than 10 weeks. He offered a $100 store credit to anyone who paid full price, basically.
And so I’ve spent the last couple days silently chortling at the chagrin of my iPhone-toting colleagues. For once I tempered my technolust with a dose of reality and decided to wait for rev 2. (Helped along by Verizon, which holds my phone contract until May 2008)
Gee. I hope that doesn’t mean I’m getting old. Probably does mean that I’m growing up.
Drat.
Snow job
September 3, 2007
Oh for goodness’ sake.
There’s an article in TIME Magazine reporting on the latest hot controversy: Should aging, i.e., senior women dye their hair? Apparently senior women should be ashamed of “not being honest” if they don’t let all the grey hang out. Anybody else (I suppose we could call them “junior women”) can color their hair with abandon.
Oh c’maaan. Anyone who believes that dyeing grey hair is a controversy has too much time on their hands.