The Cullen House

I'm finally finishing up our Portland posts...nearly ONE YEAR LATER!

Better late than never I say.

On the last day of our spring vacation, we headed over to a quiet neighborhood in the NW quadrant of Portland that borders Forest Park.

(image is a screen shot from the movie, that's not my Volvo! )

Does this look familiar to any, uh Twilight fans out there?

Use Your Illusion

If you stare at this long enough, it will give you a headache!

(image courtesy of wallpoper.com)

At least is does, for me...

I'm a big fan of black and white clothing and when I saw this print a little over a year ago, I took a risk...

Put them in the Iron Maiden....

This is one of my favorite references to Iron Maiden, courtesy of Bill S. Preston, esquire and Ted "Theodore" Logan:

"Bogus...."

Which brings today's sad new for Maiden fans...

Get on your boots...

Even though I don't listen to her music and generally think of her as an annoying airhead celebrity (remember her reality show with her ex Nick Lachey?)...

(photo courtesy of getty images)

I have to say that I like some of the styles of Jessica Simpson's shoe collection, notably the boots...

Brunch at Eclipse Chocolate Bar & Bistro

Yesterday, on my way to brunch, I noticed that there were now painted lines and numbers in the Gala Foods Parking lot.

Compare that to the parking lot one mere month ago when we went to the grand opening of Eclipse (below)....

I was excited to have a brunch meetup with two supercool ladies, one that I would be meeting for the first time...

Starstruck

As promised...

Bite this yo'...

A few weekends ago, TC and I were out doing errands. A quick drive by on Palm Avenue proved what I was hoping to be true...

Yellow Sky

Last weekend, I attended a baby shower for my friend's daughter...
It was quite lovely, with a lavender, black and white color theme wih damask and the Eiffel Tower as the other design elements. There were desserts galore (full post will be forthcoming)...

It was also an excuse to dress up. My friend is one of my workout galpals and we normally don't see each other in clothes other than workout clothes...

Seafood Friday - Week 4: Fish Tacos & Grille City

Just a few pics from today's seafood offerings...

My Israeli couscous with garbanzos and almonds with garlic shrimp:

Along with my very sad fish taco lunch from the school cafeteria. The complete meal was $3.25 and included milk, jello, salad (not shown), beans, shredded lettuce with tartar sauce and two limp fish sticks in two corn tortillas. Ugh, never again.

Things however, did get better later on that evening...

Spiked

My love of hardware has traveled from my boots and jewelry to my clothes...

(image courtesy of dedicatedaudio.com)

Those are actually speaker spikes (whatever those are!). Now, if they would only supply spikes and circular and pyramid studs 'n shit with the Bedazzler!

Then I'd be in BUSINESS!

Seriously, I would be in my room bedazzling every fkg thing I could get my hands on. My leather jackets, my pajamas, my sock hems, and my underwear. Just kidding.

I want to have a rhinestone and pyramid studded pair of Daisy Dukes.   Not.

Return to Restaurant at the Pearl

While TC and her friends were waiting in line for the Matterhorn, the spinning tea cups, and Space Mountain, we  enjoyed our few hours in Little Italy as well as dinner at a restored mid-century Travelodge (or something of that ilk), revamped as the Pearl...

They play old movies and tv shows by the poolside such as old episodes of "I Dream of Jeannie"...featuring a very young Larry Hagman and the babe-a-licious Barbara Eden, who wasn't allowed by the network prudes to show her belly button in her sexy genie outfit...

The plasma tv at the bar was playing the episode (and movie) for the evening and we had fun watching snippets of each during our dinner...

Dessert Part 2 - Adore Cupcakes

[Well hello, Karma strikes - This place no longer exists. It sure didn't last long. Maybe one year or so? Plus, the owner stole one of my photos without asking permission and posted in on her fb. Well now...ain't life a bitch. Anyhow, in its place is Heartsleeves Coffee, which used to be Mad Fix Coffee]

Last November when we ate at Napizza, we saw this tiny pink awninged shop from afar. Hoping to try it out after our lunch,  we were disappointed to see the gates locked and closed. Until today...

where we were happy to see this unassuming pink arrow pointing the way to road to hell dietary destruction...