boon's spot: October 2008 - family, friends, food, travels, photos, work and other tales...

boon's log 4308.07: Fall pictures from the weekend

October has got to be my favourite month of the year (!!!). It's really colourful and you'd appreciate the cool breeze and somewhat sunny skies, especially when you've endured 100-over degrees of Summer - PLUS it's before the gloomy and cloudy and dull winter kick in. We went out on a fall-image-hunt during the weekend, and here's the results...

Portland Downtown, OR

Portland Downtown, OR

The following few were taken while strolling alont Portland's Farmers' Market. The Portland's Farmers' Market happens every Saturday, from 8:30 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. while in the months of November and December, it happens from 9:30 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. It's situated near the Portland State University, between SW Harrison and Montgomery. It's something like our very own Pasar Tani... :)

Portland's Farmers' Market

Portland's Farmers' Market

These were taken at a little park just behind where stay...

Fall, OR

Fall, OR

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boon's log 4308.06: Friday Lunch at Helvetia Tavern

We've been here before, but it must have been like 5-6 years ago, when our friend, DA, introduced us to this rustic, country-side-like styled tavern. The interior setting gives you the sort of atmosphere you'd expect when you hear the word "tavern" - like something that came out from a country flick - swinging doors, huge heavy log tables and benches, bar top stools, open grill kitchen, flickering neon lights, etc. Haha... well done Hollywood!

Helvetia Tavern, OR

Inside the tavern

The 2 asses outside the tavern

Anyways, they serve a killer-type lunch/hamburger there. The one that they are famous for, called the "Jumbo Burger" and their fresh cut fries. Being back there again does bring back some memories. EYT was talking about how MM used to order Cheeseburger because he thought it was only cheese in it! Ah the good ol' days.

The Menu

The Jumbo

Another view of the Jumbo

The drive there was rather scenic also.

Scenic drive...

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boon's log 4308.01: Brunch at OCAC, Clockwork, Lincoln City and Kungfu Panda Crackers...

KY and EY's in town and KY suggested to go to OCAC for his Birthday brunch... so, there we went. Then we broke of from the group and headed down to Lincoln City for some more Fall shopping, while the rest headed over to Woodburn. EY's got a shopping list from his boss that he needs to complete... :) Photos below...

Outside Hands-On Cafe, OCAC - Oregon College of Art and Craft

Inside Hands-On Cafe; a cozy place, with near-home-cook American-type breakfast...

IL's Pancake delight...

My Lamb / salad dish...

Clockworks at the gallery ...

Clockwork at the gallery (oops... No photos please! :P)

Lincoln City...

Ab's enjoying her "Kungfu" Panda Crackers

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boon's log 4208.07: Moon Shot 002

It was quite a clear night, so I decided to look out for the moon and lo' and behold, there it was... Here's a shot of the moon.

moon_shot_002

Shooting information
Filename: moon_shot_002
Shooting Date: 10/19/2008 12:24:12 AM
Shooting Mode: Manual Exposure
Tv (Shutter Speed): 1/60
Av (Aperture Speed): 8.0
Metering Mode: Evaluative Metering
ISO Speed: 100
Lens: 55-200 mm
Focal Length: 200.0 mm

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Labels: moonshot

boon's log 4208.03: FullMoon

Shooting Information
Filename: Moon_Shot_001
Shooting Date: 10/15/2008 12:08:49 AM
Shooting Mode: Manual Exposure
Tv (Shutter Speed): 1/250
Av (Aperture Speed): 8.0
Metering Mode: Evaluative Metering
ISO Speed: 100
Lens: 55-200 mm
Focal Length: 200.0 mm

boon out...

Labels: moonshot

boon's log 4108.07: Multnomah Falls, Sunday Surprises: The Word and Gas Prices

It was a nice sunny Saturday and we decided to take a drive east on I-84, to the Multnomah Area, along the Columbia River Gorge. (Almost) As usual, we headed downtown to Chen's for brunch first, and then headed east. It was a pleasant scenic drive. It's always nice to take a slow drive along the the historic route - you can almost never get tired of it. I've heard that hiking up the falls' quite a blast, but have yet to do it. Someday... someday...

A spider spinning its web to catch its lunch on Saturday afternoon

Vista House, Columbia River Gorge, OR-side

Scenic historic route along the Columbia River Gorge, OR

View of the Columbia River Gorge from Vista House

Multnomah Falls, OR

Sunday Surprises

Woke up on Sunday morning to a pleasant surprise. Ab was flipping through her bible on the window pane and thought it was nice... She's feeling a little bit under the weather these few days - hopefully that it will not develop into something worse.

Sunday Surprise #1: The Bible

Another pleasant surprise happened at the gas station. We went for a fillup after our drive yesterday and discovered that the gas price has dipped below $3 per gallon - much earlier than what the analysts predicted, i.e. end of the year or early 2009. Well, it is good news indeed. Hopefully, it will also mean that gas prices at home will be reduced accordingly.