Browsing archives for 'portland'

where did december go?

portland 18 December 2008 | 2 Comments

In terms of blogging, I have pretty much written off the year 2008. Oddly enough, I am finding it hard to wrap up my professional endeavors, spend time and say goodbye to my close friends, plan a move down the West Coast and find a moment and clear thought to blog.

burrito mystery unveiled

portland 4 December 2008 | 2 Comments

Ok, maybe my burrito lady isn’t an angel after all and I was wrong to threaten to never eat another burrito from another woman. Apparently some of our local burrito cart vendors were buying and selling stolen merchandise from my lunch heaven. What I don’t understand is that despite this very profitable second income, why [...]

burrito lady arrested

portland 3 December 2008 | 0 Comments

A quick and very tragic news update. My favorite burrito truck’s entire staff was arrested today at lunchtime, right as I was trying to make yet another delicious bean and cheese burrito purchase. More on this later, but I won’t eat another burrito (at least not this year) until I know that Maria and crew [...]

where the heck is mario

portland 23 November 2008 | 3 Comments

I have a poor job of keeping this blog updated in the past few weeks. Read on to learn what has been going on, where I am now and what will happen down the road.

please vote for me

portland 31 October 2008 | 1 Comment

Thanks to my German citizenship, I don’t get to vote in America. But I do think that voting is very important and everyone should do it. So in case you weren’t planning to go vote this year, I urge you to re-consider and hit the polls. There are a couple of choices this year, and [...]

how to find a job

portland 28 October 2008 | 4 Comments

As the next “how to,” this is an entry on how to find a job. Read on to learn about eight tips that helped me start and move forward my career.

R2C Group Halloween Party

portland 25 October 2008 | 0 Comments

R2C Group had their annual Halloween party last night at Holocene. Ryan and I went as flashers, which resulted into some highly scandalous pictures. Public office ade.

Halloween 2008

how to live without a cell phone

portland 21 October 2008 | 10 Comments

After years of using cell phones, I have decided to cut the radiation and discontinue regular cell phone service. Here are five reasons why I did it – one of which is saving $55,000 over the next 30 years.

Portland Corepower

portland 20 October 2008 | 0 Comments

For those of you reading my blog for more than a year, know that from time to time I feel the need to regularly practice yoga. Today was that day. Jen and I went to Corepower in Northwest Portland for an hour of free yoga. It was probably the easiest yoga class I have ever [...]

Lower Taxes With Obama

portland 13 October 2008 | 0 Comments

I am not much of a political blogger, but my boss Tim O’Leary just wrote an interesting post about the tax implications of having either John McCain or Barack Obama elected as president, that I wanted to pass along to you. It might seem counterintuiritive, but most people would actually be much better off with [...]