Oregon, Day 7
Came back to Portland today. After checking in at the hotel, the first order of business was to go back to Christopher’s Gourmet Grill for the Man Up Cheeseburger. It was two patties, cheese, bacon, a sausage, a fried egg, and fixins.
I killed it.
We walked to and from the restaurant which allowed for some good digestion time. On the way back, we stopped in at a percussion shop, the Nike Factory Store (where Dave bought some stylin’ new sneakers), and a coffee shop. Very relaxed afternoon. Back at the hotel, I dozed off for a couple hours. Somewhat late in the evening, Dave and I took the lightrail downtown to go to a bar and catch some music. Sadly, we were a little too late. 🙁
Oregon, Day 1
Notable events of the past day or so.
Took a photo of Mt. Shasta from the car. 
Had a good 5K training this morning. Two 8-minute periods of jogging interrupted by a 5 minute walk. Sunday will be 20 minutes of non-stop jogging. w00t!
Arrived in Portland, picked up David from the airport. So far, Portland is not as great as I expected. But I’ll give it more time to really form an impression. I expect that I’ll like the suburbs better.
Tonight, Dave and I went to Christopher’s Gourmet Grill for dinner. I had the Louisiana Burger 
and he had the Chicken Burger. 
It was good food and the experience was very entertaining. Game 3 of the NBA Western Division Finals was on and employees and patrons of the place were quite free with their support and encouragement for Dallas. Dallas ended up winning.
Got to see Kate Jackson on an episode of Criminal Minds.
Fyona’s birthday party
Fyona’s birthday is today. Yesterday there was a party for her. The theme was sci-fi/futuristic/genre.
Here are a few photos.
Fyona
Jay
Rob, Master of Meat and Flame!
Ana’s wedding
I attended the wedding of Ana Torres on Saturday. She is the receptionist at St. Stanislaus. I was very honored to have been invited. As might be expected, I took a few photos.
The couple enters the reception.
Vangie and Walt
Amelia
The happy couple
April Hafla
Thalisha has classic silent film era looks.
You can always count on The Dragon Dancer to get things going.
Jodie. So flipping beautiful!
Sierra is so cute!
Photos from the Vigil
Outside during the Service of Light
Inside the candlelit church
Some of the catechumens
Tom and Jackson
Still MORE photos
On Friday, staff from Admissions & Records (well, all of Matriculation really) threw a surprise party for Judy who’s been at the college for 25 years.
Here’s Judy just after entering the room.
And here are all the folks that were there at the beginning of the party.
Finally, here’s a shot of me with Monique. I feel like a fricking giant.
More photos
Here are some photos from the Chrism Mass last night.
The view of the cathedral from my vantage point in the choir loft.
Just prior to the beginning of Mass.
The bishop
During the Eucharistic Prayer
The St. Stanislaus delegation
