Category: Travel

Christina and I took Tyler to the Lindsay Wildlife Museum today. Well actually I think Christina took Tyler and I, not exactly sure who liked it more.

Tyler and I made it to Portland for another Person Family Christmas.  Our flight was delayed a little, but Tyler was really excited to fly in an airplane again and was in an especially good mood.  Yesterday, we went to Best Buy to get a new phone as a belated birthday gift (really nice, huh).  I have been researching new phones for the past few months. As of yesterday I had it narrowed down to the Droid X and the Nexus S. I first decided on the Nexus S but upon going to the local Best Buy here in Oregon, they had already sold out.  We called around to other Best Buy stores in the area, and they either didn’t let you buy the phone without the contract (for $599) or they wouldn’t answer their phone.  The big disadvantage with the Nexus S is it only works well on T-Mobile, and I wanted to move to Verizon.

We had some lunch and I decided to go with my second favorite phone, the Droid X. AT&T, I won’t miss you, and I’ve heard fantastic things about Verizon, so we’ll see how things go.  I’ll have a full review of the Droid X as I have more time to play with it, but so far I’m absolutely loving it.

This morning we went to Breakfast at Gravy, a really funky and awesome breakfast spot in Portland.  I had a Greco Omelet, and it was really good, but my only feedback to them would be there were too many sun-dried tomatoes which overpowered the dish.  It was also a little salty, but man did it photograph well.  Speaking of photographs, check out the quality of the pictures the Droid X takes!  I love the phone, love it.

Mike and I went to the city yesterday for my birthday, and we had lots of fun. When we got into the city via BART we encountered some unanticipated rain showers so we ducked into the Ferry Building for a bathroom break and some Blue Bottle Coffee. By the time we left the Ferry Building, the rain had stopped, and we made our way down to the pier where the Alcatraz tours depart. The boat ride over was mostly uneventful, it rained a little and was cold, but the bay was calm. It was my third trip to Alcatraz, but I really enjoyed seeing it again, and it gave me another chance to get some more pictures, which is always especially fun for me. We stayed on Alcatraz for a few hours and then headed to Scomas for some lunch.

We needed to be back for a party and to pick up Tyler later in the day, so we headed out at 3pm. Mike had a great idea which was to take a petty cab to the BART station, and it was a fun $15 ride. When I picked up Tyler from daycare, he sung happy birthday to me, and it was adorable. Come to think of it, lots of people sang to me, and it is a strange tradition, isn’t it? I still love it, especially when kids sing (my nephew Evan and sister Jennifer’s version was also quite lovely). Mike and I went to Christina’s parent’s house for dinner.  We played some cards and then before I knew it, my birthday was over. Time flies when you are having fun.  Thanks to everyone for making me feel extra special yesterday.