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Trying Something Different

We've been having problems with this blog and the new Blogger, so we've decided to try out Wordpress and see if we like it better. You can find the new (and possibly improved) Barkdust at http://barkdust.wordpress.com/

posted by Deb @ 2/05/2007 10:40:00 PM 0 comments

The River Dry

"Leave the fish in the rivers and truck the grain," http://www.wildsalmon.org/

posted by nathan @ 1/25/2007 08:59:00 PM 0 comments

Restaurant Review: Savoy Tavern and Bistro

Those of us Portlanders who live on the "East Side" (said in your best gangsta attitude) are always on the lookout for a great restaurant on our side of the river. Many of our fair city's restaurants are clumped downtown and in the Pearl district. However, there's a little clump of new and fabulous restaurants springing up around the Division/Clinton Street neighborhoods. There's Vindalho and Nuestra Cocina and Lauro. And most recently, we've discovered the Savoy Tavern and Bistro. It's simple midwestern food cooked with care and great fresh ingrediants. Somewhere I read the food described as "Wisconsin Modern". We've eaten there twice and have thoroughly enjoyed everything we've ordered. I especially recommend the mac'n'cheese and the meatloaf. And I'm not the type of person who would normally recommend ordering meatloaf in a restaurant. You can read more about it here. P.S. I heart Willamette Week.

posted by Deb @ 1/23/2007 11:02:00 PM 0 comments

Snow Day in Portland

posted by nathan @ 1/18/2007 05:16:00 PM 1 comments

Snow Day, Part 2 (and 3)

Yes, I have officially had THREE days off from school due to snow. Yesterday it was a bit strange that I couldn't make the 25-minute commute to school but Nate could still go on a business trip to California. The snow packed down into a slick surface that was nearly undriveable. Nate tried to get a cab to take him to the airport but no cabs were running. Trains and planes were on-time though so we put chains on the front tires of the Jetta and drove to the nearest Max station. Nate took the train to the airport and flew to San Jose. I stayed at home most of the day except for taking the dogs on a walk to the hardware store. When I went to pick up Nate at the Max station in the evening, the roads were pretty clear and we took the tire chains off. Today our streets are completely fine--a little slushy but not slick in any way. The snow is about half way gone. Apparently conditions are still tough in Lake Oswego where it is much hillier. The houses with the spendy views on the hillsides have treacherous driving conditions. Plus, I don't think the town or the school district actually owns a snow plow. I'm sure that we'll be back in school again tomorrow. It will probably be a bit of a wash, educationally. I'm not sure we'll be able to get kids to focus on school just for one day of school this week. --Deb (whenever I blog from Flick'r, it shows that I am signed in as Nathan, but it's not Nathan unless Nathan is female and dark haired and talkative and a teacher, and since he's not ANY of these, it must be Deb)

posted by nathan @ 1/18/2007 05:08:00 PM 0 comments

Snow Day

Believe it or not, it snowed for 5 hours straight this morning. In Portland! We have about 3 inches of snow. They cancelled school for the day and a lot of businesses are shut down. You Mid-Westerners may now all laugh uproariously at the silly Oregonians who can't drive in snow. I know I did.

Except that it really is ice/snow on the roads and the roads here do not go straight and level. You can be fine drive along a street here in town when suddenly you will need to climb a hill or turn a corner and you have NO TRACTION. So, I will stay home and be crafty and take the dogs for a walk. They rarely see snow so they don't quite know what to think about it. Abe and Keegan spent about 10 minutes inhaling the stuff this morning trying to figure out what it was. Then they just went back to their normal activities (hunting for squirrels, hunting for cats, hunting for cat poo, barking at the mailman).

posted by nathan @ 1/16/2007 01:47:00 PM 3 comments

Blog Entries You Missed

Yay! Barkdust is back up and running. Here's what we COULD have blogged about but didn't: 1) How to unclog the kitchen sink 2) Fun at Christmas without Children 3) Life with Two Dogs, the Poop Factory 4) Deb & Amy Try to See Stranger than Fiction, part I 5) Cadavers without Skin, Bodies: The Exhibition 6) It's Cold and Rainy 7) It's Still Cold and Rainy 8) Now It's Just Cold 9) Deb & Amy Try to See Stranger than Fiction, part II (you can read about it here) 10) The Merits of Picking Up Rained-On Dog Poop vs. Frozen Dog Poop Aren't you glad we weren't blogging?

posted by Deb @ 1/15/2007 03:29:00 PM 3 comments

no reservations

for those of you out there who have the Travel Channel... be sure to watch No Reservations this monday nite when they visit the Pacific NW . the best pizza place in Portland, Apizza Scholls, will be one of the featured restaurants... we've eaten there only once because its usually too difficult to get in.... it really was the best pie we ever had....

posted by nathan @ 1/13/2007 04:06:00 PM 0 comments