{"id":2499,"date":"2009-03-16T17:26:26","date_gmt":"2009-03-17T01:26:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/angrypirate.com\/wordpress\/?p=2499"},"modified":"2009-03-16T17:26:26","modified_gmt":"2009-03-17T01:26:26","slug":"apple-73-and-what-i-think-of-portland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.alannarisse.com\/blog\/apple-73-and-what-i-think-of-portland\/","title":{"rendered":"apple 73 and what I think of Portland"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I woke up very groggy this morning, stumbled out of bed and started work. I made a joke from bed about how I only had ten minutes to get to work, work being just 15 feet away from our bedroom. I was nearly late. I slumped up to my desk at 8:59am, few! I&#8217;ve had the munchies today and apple 73 was one of my munchie treats. Good thing I made a half sized loaf because I was able to eat a very small sandwich as another munchie treat. The apple tasted a bit like dirt, which made me very afraid of biting into a worm so I elected to core and slice it. No worms and no rotten spots, it was just a very earthy apple.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/angrypirate\/3360854941\/\" title=\"apple 73 by Alanna Risse, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3651\/3360854941_082048ab69.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" alt=\"apple 73\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I haven&#8217;t really spent any time telling you about my experiences here. I figured I&#8217;d make a list and that way I&#8217;ll feel like I&#8217;m covering more bases.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Portland Nursey is a super great place. They have free classes every weekend. I attended one on starting a vegetable garden from seeds. And although the woman who taught it, has a seed company, there was no pressure to buy our stuff, though she was a very good salesperson, showing us all the delicious food she made straight from her garden.<\/li>\n<li>Our neighborhood completely rocks. Everything we need is right here, either a walk or a quick bike ride away. It is lovely, quiet, and fun. We have a pub right by our house that has trivia night every Tuesday.<\/li>\n<li>There is a garden center just a quick bike ride from our house. I ride by the park with all the geese, ducks, and kids, past people flying kites, playing baseball, walking dogs, over a babbling brook, to a sweet, no frills gardening center with a little bit of just about everything you&#8217;d need to maintain your garden.<\/li>\n<li>There are tennis courts about 3 blocks from us. I can&#8217;t wait to try them out.<\/li>\n<li>In my backyard I have birds, cats, and bees. The neighbors have two funny dogs that I intend to make friends with. Two doors over they were playing badminton on a sunny day. Every evening a dad takes his kid on a little tricycle trip down the block.<\/li>\n<li>My side of the bed is by the front window and in the morning I pull back the drapes and watch the world go by. Very little happens. A blond girl walks by every morning in a greenish corduroy jacket, rain or shine. <\/li>\n<li>The bakery down the street from us has excellent bagels. I might even put them on my top ten list.<\/li>\n<li>I love the sound of the train, the geese flying over head, the rain and the hail.<\/li>\n<li>I love our fridge like I never knew I could love an appliciance. It gives me ice whenever I want it, and it tastes good. We have not one but three drawers. Plus a butter tray too. That&#8217;s so many drawers! What do you use them all for? Just to celebrate, I went out and got a big bag of carrots and apples to make juice with.<\/li>\n<li>It takes Tom 25 minutes to get to work on the bus. The buses are clean and nice, and the drivers usually tell you to have a nice day, and I believe they mean it.<\/li>\n<li>We add things to our composter every day. It feels so good to be doing something useful with our scraps. I always hated filling our trash in SF with vegetable scraps<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Anyway, Portland so far is awesome. To be honest, and I&#8217;m sure I&#8217;ll get used to it, but right now, it kid of seems like a fairytale. Sometimes I just can&#8217;t believe how nice it is to be here. In general, strangers are nicer to you here than in SF, and that is a really great thing. I feel like I&#8217;m more capable of finding community and feeling like less of a loner here, even though I&#8217;m working from home. So yay for new beginnings. I&#8217;d like to check out some art classes at OCAC and maybe volunteer at the community garden. I don&#8217;t know, so much to get my hands into here. 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