So much to blog about

I should make a list of things I want to write about, because I walk around thinking about little blog posts all day, but then never feel it when I sit down at the computer.  Then I forget all about them.  Sad day.  Anyway, here is a quickie to show what I've done today (which isn't much, as usual!).  Oh, and to document the super fun progressive dinner Katie and I had this weekend.

Here is my wall.  It isn't perfect, and there are a few I want to adjust a couple of inches, but I gave up on it being perfect because there are more important things in the world to do than make sure the picture frames in your living room look perfectly scattered and not at all like you spent hours arranging them to look un-arranged.  I'll just add more some day.  Here you have it:

I suppose you want to see photos of the rest of the apartment.  I never did post those, did I?  What can I say?  It's rough being unemployed without Internet access.  DID I MENTION I HAD INTERNET INSTALLED TODAY?  Because I did, and do I ever love it!

The mess the morning after unloading the truck.

The after shot of the living room.

[I'm trying to ignore the fact that I must have been smoking crack when I took these images because why the heck is the towel all crooked, and the bathroom isn't looking so hot, either.  Please don't look too closely!]  The kitchen is too small to really stand in it and take a photo, so you'll just have to trust me that to the left of the doorway there is a tiny little counter & sink, and to the right there is a tiny fridge with my microwave sitting on top.  There is only one electrical outlet in the whole kitchen!

Yeah, so pretty much same deal with the bathroom.  Too small to really show it to you, so why don't you just come visit and see it for yourself!  Hope you won't mind scooting under the sink to sit on the toilet.  There is a claw foot tub to the right.  It's cute, but not that fun to shower in.

The bedroom isn't anything exciting and it's too hard to get a picture of the closet you could appreciate.  It's surprisingly big, which is a good thing since everything else is super small and I need a place to put my spoons and toilet paper.

Are y'all on twitter yet?  What are you waiting for?  Just do it.  It only takes a minute, go ahead, you can come back.  If you're cool, then you already saw my tweets and know that Katie June was in town visiting me this weekend!  Sunday we spent the day eating.  Well, actually, we did take a couple hours out to go to church, but other than that I'd say it's a fair assessment to say we did nothing else but eat good food.

Started out at the Waffle Window for breakfast.  Before we go any further it just needs to be said that if you ever come to Portland and don't get a waffle here you have completely wasted your trip.  Katie had the huckleberry and Meyer lemon curd waffle and I had the Oregon strawberry waffle.  We split a biscuits and gravy (which were okay, but I've had better, and seriously? who needs anything besides a waffle here?).

Sorry the photo quality isn't that great, but it was a fantastic waffle!  Did I mention they charge a crazy $3.50 - 4.00 for these bad boys?  So. Good.

I mean how cute is the Waffle Window?  You know you're dying to check it out!  And I know what you're thinking... was this really last weekend or last winter?  Yes, my friends, its that cold here right now, you need to wear a sweater.  When I said I wanted seasons it was still supposed to include summer.  I have no idea what this is all about in June.

After church we wandered around a bit and I've been dying to show her City Market since I discovered it, so we tried their brie sandwiches (perfect, by the way) and sat at a sidewalk table and enjoyed the afternoon.

They had Mexican coke, too!  That was a treat.  

Afterwards we walked back to the apartment and chilled for a bit.  Thought about doing something with the day, but then decided against that.  We made a plan to do a "progressive dinner" and worked hard searching through magazines and sifting through menus to find where our palettes would take us.

The first stop was Serrato's, or the Snail Restaurant, as I like to call it.  We made it just in time for happy hour, so we each had a cocktail, and split a caesar salad and calamari.  Which was probably the best of both I've ever had.  I'll be going back often!  We walked all over Nob Hill and I showed her Zupan's before we decided on a dinner spot.  We chose Bartini since they have an all day Sunday happy hour and that's always a good thing!  We had smoked cheese fondue that was really good, and since it was happy hour was only $5.00!  So, we had martinis, too!

We had to go back to the apartment and change into elastic pants our shoes.  And I regret to tell you that I left my purse because we were just going to dessert, and well, forgot my camera.  So you're missing out on the most beautiful part of our progressive dinner!  We had decided to go to Papa Haydn's for dessert long before we thought up the dinner plan.  Their dessert menu is longer than the restaurant's, so we knew it had to be a good sign, and we were right.  It was a tough decision, but I went with the chocolate truffle cake and Katie had the lemon chiffon cake.  Oh good heavens!  It was just perfect, I don't know what else to tell you, except go there right now.  It was a lovely setting (we ate outdoors all evening), amazing dessert with great presentation and the server was super nice and very attentive even though we only had dessert.  Just go.

Our leisure progressive dinner lasted four hours, and Katie and I decided we could travel Europe together since we both love eating so much.  And at the Snail Restaurant when she suggested I make a notebook of places I've tried & what's good/what's not so I could recommend places when people come to visit, I immediately pulled a Moleskin out of my purse and started writing down hours, cross streets and notes on the food, because although she may have been joking, we both knew it was a great idea!  And she let me take pictures of our food.  These are important qualities in a friend.