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Our Thompson Elk Fountain jigsaw puzzle is now available. See the elk link in the bio.

Our Thompson Elk Fountain jigsaw puzzle is now available. See the elk link in the bio.

Docton John McLoughlin's view of Mount Hood from Fort Vancouver.

We went to QFC yesterday and, while we were there, we picked up a big box of Diamond "Strike on the Box" matches. Is it a new state or city policy that I.D. is required to do so? I had to show my driver's license to get matches.

To keep this series of businesses that offer free popcorn active, do you have any suggestions of locations we may have missed?

A series of Portland businesses that offer free scoop-it-youself-popcorn. Fourth entry: Hankins Hardware
1720 Se Hawthorne Blvd
Portland, Oregon 97214
Photo contribution from Nicole.

Sadly, it looks like @divisionhardware at 3734 SE Division Street in Portland has given up on their complimentary popcorn.

A series of Portland businesses that offer free scoop-it-youself-popcorn. Second, Les Schwab Tire Center, 4105 SE Powell Blvd.

A series of Portland businesses that offer free scoop-it-youself-popcorn. First, Lippman Party Co. 50 SE Yamhill St, Portland, 97214.

Sign the petition to save Cleveland High School here:
https://c.org/VGCW7jwcjm

My brother and I both have a fond recollection of an event when we were boys.
In 1956 my dad took us both to a Portland Beaver baseball game at Multnomah Stadium (now Providence Park).

Dad owned a blue Indian Brave motorcycle which he referred to as a “small motorcycle” (which it wasn’t). Mom probably thought
it would be more acceptable if it were “small.”

One fine summer day, dad decided that the three of us, Mike 13, me 10 and he should all go to a Beavers baseball game.
We all three hopped on the bike, dad driving, Mike on the back and me sandwiched in between the two, and hit the road.
Up Cully Blvd. and down Sandy Blvd. to NE Broadway Street and across the Broadway Bridge.

Here is where the memory is most vivid for me, we crossed the bridge and travelled up to NW 18th Street via the old Lovejoy Ramp which passed over all the railroad tracks at Union Station and continued over the warehouses which are now the Pearl District before it came back down to street level at NW 14th.
Of course parking was easy for a motorcycle and we entered the stadium and walked through a tunnel to our seats and we were awed by the green of the stadium’s natural grass. Rocky Benevento was busy getting the infield ready for play.

Memories fail to recollect the final score but we both are in synch about what happened after the game. We all hopped back on the bike and rode down to Ankeny Street and Dan and Louis' Oyster Bar.
Dan and Louis' was dad’s favorite restaurant and he always had oyster stews, “one right after the other.”

We celebrated Mike’s birthday last Friday by going back to the Oyster Bar and enjoying dad’s favorite soup.
We were waited on by Kai Wachsmuth, a descendant of the original owners, who treated us like royalty.
The restaurant has not changed, it has the same charming nautical theme. But now it has big windows that look onto Second Avenue and brighten the interior.
We didn’t ride there on an Indian Brave, only my Mazda 3, but we had a delightful time anyway.

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