Another month, another Early Reviewer book. This time I won Invisible Beasts by Sharona Muir. I was particularly fortunate this month because 752 folks requested this, but only 20 received a book. Lucky me! I’ve found that it is quite difficult for me to write a review for this book. I finished it more than […]
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The Meat I Eat #28
Friday was Stephanie’s last official day workin’ at UW. She’d stayed on as a post-doc for her graduate advisor after gettin’ her PhD last August, but she’s taking the summer off until she starts her new position at NIST in Boulder, CO in October. To celebrate, we went out and got drinks/snacks at Naked City […]
Portland Vacation 2014: Day Three
Today was our last day in Portland. After we woke up and checked out of our hotel, we went and got breakfast at Blue Star Donuts. Stephanie had walked by this place (in the evening, when they were closed) the last time she was in Portland doin’ some job interviews, and she wanted to be […]
Portland Vacation 2014: Day Two
To start our Saturday, we went and got breakfast at Sweetpea Baking Company (a vegan bakery) which is in the Buckman neighborhood of Portland. I got an iced Americano and a delicious almond ring pastry. This place is really good; we always visit whenever we’re in town. Enjoying my coffee while watching some puppies wrestlin’ […]
Portland Vacation 2014: Day One
Earlier this week (on Wednesday), Stephanie and I agreed to go on an impromptu vacation this weekend down to Portland. We’d been thinking about doing this since February, and the weather was forecast to be so nice this weekend (75-78 °F and sunny), so we reserved a hotel room for Friday and Saturday night. We […]