Ahhh, if I’d only known what I have been missing, I’d have long ago staked a claim to Oregon’s Washington County.
Month: September 2020
New York Foodie – Old School vs. New School
The fact that you can eat at old school steakhouses and new-school meat emporiums keeps thing interesting, fun, and most definitely, delicious.
Places I’ve Lived #17 – Portland, Oregon
As a child I had to go through Portland a couple of times while taking Greyhound Buses from Myrtle Creek to see my grandfather in Tacoma and then in high school I rode with a friend who used to drive up to Portland from Redding to buy pounds (you know what I’m talking about and…
Places I’ve Lived #20 – Manisa, Turkey
We went to Manisa on our honeymoon and since I’d blogged my way out of a pretty good job in Fez, I turned it into a job interview with a school there. I’d been emailing the director and he had said to come anytime and he would show us around. So we did. The bus…
Places I’ve Lived #21 – Izmir, Turkey
In a way, I feel like I’m cheating when I say I lived in Izmir, Turkey. The main reason is that in the criteria I set out in the beginning of this process of documenting where I lived specified that I needed to be working and paying rent in a place to have it listed…
Places I’ve Lived #24 – Reedsport, Oregon
Since leaving Turkey (and even while I lived there), I’ve watched a beautiful country on the verge of an amazing future start to dismantle itself, create sectarian conflicts, and become something ugly through extremist religion and ideology. What does that have to do with Reedsport, Oregon? During the election of 2016 and the aftermath of…
A Lit-Nerd Road Trip Adventure through the Beautiful Northeast USA
If you are a nerd like me, pack up the car and embark on the great American road trip to discover the great American novel!