A little rumbling and shaking in Portland
By KATU.com Web Staff
PORTLAND, Ore. - An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 2.8 struck the Portland area Saturday evening. The micro earthquake, which happened at 6 p.m., was centered in the Laurelhurst area. There were no initial reports of injuries or damage.
*Melenie and I definitely felt it though..we were chillin on the couch watching back to the future or something and it felt like it came from the roof or upstairs, like bigtime shaking from up above...pretty cool...it was our 2nd earthquake experience...we felt one the first time we went out to san fran a couple of years back...it was weird, we were chillin on the bed in a hostel and it sounded like people started banging on the door...there was always a lot of activity in the hostel so we thought it was just some people messing with us...
Sunday, January 29, 2006
Saturday, January 28, 2006
salmon, mcmenamins and timberline
hells yeah, the fishing trip is on for this weekend. we leave tonight to head north a couple of hours up to some river in washington for salmon fishing with this guy!
last night went to mcmenamins on broadway for the best burger i've had in a really long time, some incredible locally brewed stout and also some local gin i had with olives... melenie enjoyed the ruby beer and a couple of pomegranete cosmos that she said were the best she's ever had..and thats a damn nice compliment as she's a certified cosmopolitan expert...mcmenamins, by the way, are bars and hotels and movie theatres all owned by these two brothers..they brew their own beer, put movie theatres into cool bars into hotels, etc.. they have about 20 locations, all in oregon, i think.. they turned a whole elementary scool, the kennedy school into this huge fucking bar...one of them is a hotel, golf course, huge pool, movie theatre, and like 10 bars in one place, its supposed to be amazing....good food, good beer, dope atmosphere, what else do you need?!?! once again - mcmenamins.com
my parents and lil sis are coming to visit on wed night until sunday...i think we're going to take them up to timberline lodge at mt. hood one of the days and then out to visit jeannie and chris another, and the third chill downtown, hopefully it'll be nice and we can walk around everywhere...
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last night went to mcmenamins on broadway for the best burger i've had in a really long time, some incredible locally brewed stout and also some local gin i had with olives... melenie enjoyed the ruby beer and a couple of pomegranete cosmos that she said were the best she's ever had..and thats a damn nice compliment as she's a certified cosmopolitan expert...mcmenamins, by the way, are bars and hotels and movie theatres all owned by these two brothers..they brew their own beer, put movie theatres into cool bars into hotels, etc.. they have about 20 locations, all in oregon, i think.. they turned a whole elementary scool, the kennedy school into this huge fucking bar...one of them is a hotel, golf course, huge pool, movie theatre, and like 10 bars in one place, its supposed to be amazing....good food, good beer, dope atmosphere, what else do you need?!?! once again - mcmenamins.com
my parents and lil sis are coming to visit on wed night until sunday...i think we're going to take them up to timberline lodge at mt. hood one of the days and then out to visit jeannie and chris another, and the third chill downtown, hopefully it'll be nice and we can walk around everywhere...
p
Saturday, January 21, 2006
ribs
damn, 2 posts in 1 day...i must be bored, right? yuuuuup..
so lemme tell u bout these ribs i made last weekend...they were amazing...and in the oven! slow cooked like a mofo...
night before: get a bowl and rock like 1/3 cup of brown suger, 3 teaspoons of chili powder (real deal shit, not no corny shit), 3 teaspoons of black pepper, 2 teaspoons of salt, some cumin and a teaspoon of garlic powder...i think that's it...then mix together with your fingers...next, rub the crap out of a rack of ribs with your fingers, massaging the meat with your spice rub..hells yea, get down with that meat..make sweet love to the meat with the rub! put in a big bowl or a large ziplock bag and refridgerate overnight...
next day, preheat oven to 225 degrees...slow cooking, baby...low temp...aiight, put your ribs in a baking pan, or tin foil pan or whatever can hold the ribs and go into an oven and can be covered properly....add in enough of the following liquid mixture to cover the bottom of the pan about 1/2 of an inch: water, apple juice, hot sauce, little bbq sauce...stir mixture together a little bit, brush some over ribs...dont sweat it cause these babies will absorb all that cause we're cooking them for over three hours!!! hells yeah, your meat will be fallin off the bone..it will be amazing! feel free to mix whatever you want in your liquid: some wine, red or white, some beer, some orange juice, whatever...your ribs will be blazing cause you're slow cooking them and you rubbed them properly, so it don't matter! ok, throw your ribs in on top of that mixture...cut the rack in 1/2 if you have to...put the ribs in fatty side up, so fat drips down, then cover them up and let them cook for around 3 hours...check in on them every hour, making sure the liquid doesn't dry up...if it does, which it shouldn't do, just add a little more water, or juice, or beer or wine...
lastly, enjoy with some beans, mac n cheese, spinach or greens or kale or whatever...some good bread...some good beer...
enjoy!
so lemme tell u bout these ribs i made last weekend...they were amazing...and in the oven! slow cooked like a mofo...
night before: get a bowl and rock like 1/3 cup of brown suger, 3 teaspoons of chili powder (real deal shit, not no corny shit), 3 teaspoons of black pepper, 2 teaspoons of salt, some cumin and a teaspoon of garlic powder...i think that's it...then mix together with your fingers...next, rub the crap out of a rack of ribs with your fingers, massaging the meat with your spice rub..hells yea, get down with that meat..make sweet love to the meat with the rub! put in a big bowl or a large ziplock bag and refridgerate overnight...
next day, preheat oven to 225 degrees...slow cooking, baby...low temp...aiight, put your ribs in a baking pan, or tin foil pan or whatever can hold the ribs and go into an oven and can be covered properly....add in enough of the following liquid mixture to cover the bottom of the pan about 1/2 of an inch: water, apple juice, hot sauce, little bbq sauce...stir mixture together a little bit, brush some over ribs...dont sweat it cause these babies will absorb all that cause we're cooking them for over three hours!!! hells yeah, your meat will be fallin off the bone..it will be amazing! feel free to mix whatever you want in your liquid: some wine, red or white, some beer, some orange juice, whatever...your ribs will be blazing cause you're slow cooking them and you rubbed them properly, so it don't matter! ok, throw your ribs in on top of that mixture...cut the rack in 1/2 if you have to...put the ribs in fatty side up, so fat drips down, then cover them up and let them cook for around 3 hours...check in on them every hour, making sure the liquid doesn't dry up...if it does, which it shouldn't do, just add a little more water, or juice, or beer or wine...
lastly, enjoy with some beans, mac n cheese, spinach or greens or kale or whatever...some good bread...some good beer...
enjoy!
mustache
so i made a bet with my boss (who by the way is a year younger than I and works out of our NY office) that i would make my first sale by wednesday. i think i'm good for it, but we shall see. if i win the bet, he is going to next-day air me two pastrami sandwiches from my favorite deli in the world, katz's deli on houston st. in the lower east side, the deli where in when harry met sally, sally has the fake orgasm and does that stupid salad routine that most chicks are famous for...
if i lose....i have to grow a mustache for a month...now being that my boss is in nyc, how's he gonna know? well he could ask the other people i work with..or i could just do it, as i'm a man of his honor....so wish me luck!
on another note, my fishing trip was cancelled for this weekend and pushed back till next due to the incessant rain building up the river and causing it to rise so damn high he doesn;t know where the fish are, or something...
food...so i hate to admit it, but we've satisfied our craving over a couple of years t give in and try these two chain restaurants out. red robin and pf changs. red robin was like a huge kids party inside a tgi fridays that served mainly burgers and milkshakes. i had a banana shake and a whiskey bbq bacon burger. the burger was way too well done, i wanted it more juicy..sent it back, it was still well done. oh well, never going there again. pf changs was really good, but it's still glorified americanized sit down chinese, unlike panda express which is awesome fast food chinese, the mcdonalds of chinese food, but way better. still, the lettuce wraps at pf changs were prtetty good (although melenie can easily make better), the chili scallops were just ok...they were fried good, but when i asked for extra spicy they just dumped more chili sauce on it instead of chili oil, semi reuining the taste...melenie's mongolian beef was fantastic though, albeit a bit too salty and some pieces not as thinly sliced as mongolian beef should be...great service though and shehad a great pear mojito or something...
recently, we've been talking about opening a bed and breakfast in the future instead of a restaurant... we shall see....
we're planning a trip to tokyo this summer. anybody want to join us?
i really want to try this restaurant pok pok here in pland which serves takeout northern thailand fire roasted chicken and my favorite side dish, som tum...
those are my thoughts for now on saturday morning...
oh, lastly, i may have mentioned it before but my 2 favorite new beers are both made by widmer. coincidentally, widmer's brewery is about a 15 minute walk from my house... if you see snowplow or drop top amber at your takeout joint, please pick them up...they're amazing and im gonna walk my ass right over there one night soon and get blitzed on snowplow off the tap....p!
if i lose....i have to grow a mustache for a month...now being that my boss is in nyc, how's he gonna know? well he could ask the other people i work with..or i could just do it, as i'm a man of his honor....so wish me luck!
on another note, my fishing trip was cancelled for this weekend and pushed back till next due to the incessant rain building up the river and causing it to rise so damn high he doesn;t know where the fish are, or something...
food...so i hate to admit it, but we've satisfied our craving over a couple of years t give in and try these two chain restaurants out. red robin and pf changs. red robin was like a huge kids party inside a tgi fridays that served mainly burgers and milkshakes. i had a banana shake and a whiskey bbq bacon burger. the burger was way too well done, i wanted it more juicy..sent it back, it was still well done. oh well, never going there again. pf changs was really good, but it's still glorified americanized sit down chinese, unlike panda express which is awesome fast food chinese, the mcdonalds of chinese food, but way better. still, the lettuce wraps at pf changs were prtetty good (although melenie can easily make better), the chili scallops were just ok...they were fried good, but when i asked for extra spicy they just dumped more chili sauce on it instead of chili oil, semi reuining the taste...melenie's mongolian beef was fantastic though, albeit a bit too salty and some pieces not as thinly sliced as mongolian beef should be...great service though and shehad a great pear mojito or something...
recently, we've been talking about opening a bed and breakfast in the future instead of a restaurant... we shall see....
we're planning a trip to tokyo this summer. anybody want to join us?
i really want to try this restaurant pok pok here in pland which serves takeout northern thailand fire roasted chicken and my favorite side dish, som tum...
those are my thoughts for now on saturday morning...
oh, lastly, i may have mentioned it before but my 2 favorite new beers are both made by widmer. coincidentally, widmer's brewery is about a 15 minute walk from my house... if you see snowplow or drop top amber at your takeout joint, please pick them up...they're amazing and im gonna walk my ass right over there one night soon and get blitzed on snowplow off the tap....p!
Sunday, January 15, 2006
seahawks
oh yeah, i forgot....
GO SEATTLE!! (gotta root for somebody now that my Eagles are done for the year...)
GO SEATTLE!! (gotta root for somebody now that my Eagles are done for the year...)
music / gardening / rain
having officially been done with arrakis records for a year or two now, maybe more, i haven't been too down with any music for awhile...i went on a big indie rock phase, some hip hop, etc..i don't know the point of this except i feel like listing some of the music i've been listening to a lot lately...
athlete's "tourist" album is really good, on the coldplay vibe... you've probably heard the song "half light" before...but check the whole album..
ok go "oh no" is a decent album on an indie rock style...funny ass video for "a million ways" - check it out - http://www.okgo.net/video.asp
take a peep at my boy ryan from ty cobb and mad action's new band, mazarin, they're really dope..here's their myspace page, as they were selected as the myspace featured band last week - http://www.myspace.com/MAZARINBAND
what else...not sure...oh, the joggers, they're a pretty dope indie portland band...
seattle's death cab for cutie and scarlett johansen were on saturday night live last night...they were good and she was hot...
new job is going good, i think i'm going to do really well there and in sales...
bj - get your ass up here next month, we're hitting whistler for the best snowboarding/skiing on the fucking continent...and then hitting the amsterdam-like coffee shops in vancouver!
we've been cooking like crazy. and i've been learning more about growing fruits/veggies/herbs from my aunt jean...i just propogated branches of rosemary, sage and lavender and put them in little starter pots...will transfer them to my litle backyard's garden in a month... also, i have 12 garlic cloves that i stuck in the ground 2 months ago coming up real nice, the chive stalks that are sticking up from the clove are now about a foot high.... i'm sowing peas in about 2 weeks to be planted about a month or so from now... i have some lettuce seedlings that will go outside in march... and i'm going to hit the nursery to cop a strawberry plant and some other shite soon... i can't wait till spring hits, it's going to be freakin gorgeous in p-land, as all the rain we've been having is fattening up the roots of all these plants and i know they're gonna go buck this spring... it's rained 27 days straight...today is the first day without precipitation... it's incredible out and as soon as mel gets ready we're taking a nice long walk to stumptown to drink the best coffee ever, where it's roasted on site..
peace - p
athlete's "tourist" album is really good, on the coldplay vibe... you've probably heard the song "half light" before...but check the whole album..
ok go "oh no" is a decent album on an indie rock style...funny ass video for "a million ways" - check it out - http://www.okgo.net/video.asp
take a peep at my boy ryan from ty cobb and mad action's new band, mazarin, they're really dope..here's their myspace page, as they were selected as the myspace featured band last week - http://www.myspace.com/MAZARINBAND
what else...not sure...oh, the joggers, they're a pretty dope indie portland band...
seattle's death cab for cutie and scarlett johansen were on saturday night live last night...they were good and she was hot...
new job is going good, i think i'm going to do really well there and in sales...
bj - get your ass up here next month, we're hitting whistler for the best snowboarding/skiing on the fucking continent...and then hitting the amsterdam-like coffee shops in vancouver!
we've been cooking like crazy. and i've been learning more about growing fruits/veggies/herbs from my aunt jean...i just propogated branches of rosemary, sage and lavender and put them in little starter pots...will transfer them to my litle backyard's garden in a month... also, i have 12 garlic cloves that i stuck in the ground 2 months ago coming up real nice, the chive stalks that are sticking up from the clove are now about a foot high.... i'm sowing peas in about 2 weeks to be planted about a month or so from now... i have some lettuce seedlings that will go outside in march... and i'm going to hit the nursery to cop a strawberry plant and some other shite soon... i can't wait till spring hits, it's going to be freakin gorgeous in p-land, as all the rain we've been having is fattening up the roots of all these plants and i know they're gonna go buck this spring... it's rained 27 days straight...today is the first day without precipitation... it's incredible out and as soon as mel gets ready we're taking a nice long walk to stumptown to drink the best coffee ever, where it's roasted on site..
peace - p
Saturday, January 07, 2006
lamb vindaloo
made my favorite dish in the world tonight - lamb vindaloo. it's a spicy indian curry with lamb, potatoes and onion. it has an amazing aroma because it's cooked with cloves, ginger, garlic, cinnamon, cumin and lots of special spices...i experiment every time i cook...nothing i ever make is made the same way as before - as I learned at a very young age from my pop mel, who would do interesting things with food like put a touch of mustard powder on my sunny side up eggs on sunday mornings after I slept over the night before...
so back to my lamb vindaloo...it's still simmering downstairs right now along with some basmati rice in the rice cooker that melenie's going to add butter and parsely to, a nice little simple salad, some naan bread (fluffy incredible indian bread) and some homemade raita, which is a yogurt sauce with pureed cucumber, olive oil, salt and pepper, and a hint of mustard that i added in place of mustard seed....its meant to cool your mouth after my fiery vindaloo...
my mouth is watering waiting for melenie to get out of the shower and be ready to eat.....starving!!! please please please do yourself this small favor i ask and try my favorite dish once in your life. you'll be hooked, i promise you this...
its been raining about 20 days straight here.
i have a really cool fishing trip planned with chris and some guys from his work. we're going salmon fishing here at the end of the month.
also im pretty psyched that my parents and erica are coming out to visit in early february!
what else? new job is going pretty well with training thus far...i start selling this wek coming up, so expect an update shortly..
peace from stumptown,
pauly
so back to my lamb vindaloo...it's still simmering downstairs right now along with some basmati rice in the rice cooker that melenie's going to add butter and parsely to, a nice little simple salad, some naan bread (fluffy incredible indian bread) and some homemade raita, which is a yogurt sauce with pureed cucumber, olive oil, salt and pepper, and a hint of mustard that i added in place of mustard seed....its meant to cool your mouth after my fiery vindaloo...
my mouth is watering waiting for melenie to get out of the shower and be ready to eat.....starving!!! please please please do yourself this small favor i ask and try my favorite dish once in your life. you'll be hooked, i promise you this...
its been raining about 20 days straight here.
i have a really cool fishing trip planned with chris and some guys from his work. we're going salmon fishing here at the end of the month.
also im pretty psyched that my parents and erica are coming out to visit in early february!
what else? new job is going pretty well with training thus far...i start selling this wek coming up, so expect an update shortly..
peace from stumptown,
pauly
Friday, December 30, 2005
sixers and coast
went to the sixers/blazers game the other night...sixers lost in the last 20 seconds... the game was dope, too, the score was back and forth the whole time...
yesterday we went to the coast and the tilamook creamery... ate amazing ice cream, cheese, fish and chips and saw the breathtaking goonies stones, or whatever you want to call them...
yesterday we went to the coast and the tilamook creamery... ate amazing ice cream, cheese, fish and chips and saw the breathtaking goonies stones, or whatever you want to call them...
Wednesday, December 28, 2005
jobs food holidays
had my interview at the 3rd largest comic company and passed on the offer as the finances just weren't there. i was willing to take a cutback, even by $10-$15 K more than I was looking for, but it was a lot less...entry level money... oh well..
selling email and instant messaging archiving/compliance - here i come! it should be an east sell, as it's required by the SEC for my targets. i was told that right after they check references, that they'll be making me an offer.
for the holidays, melenie's mother is here with us and whenever she visits it means tons of great cooking! we all went to my aunt jean's for xmas and chris made homemade eggs benedict. they were the best i've ever had...we brought the latkes, also a side of home-grown blueberries and it was an amazing breakfast. oh, the best part was the Ramos Fizz's! a couple of sleepy hours later and a huge turkey dinner was served...i received some cool gardening tools and seeds, we gave some cool presents too, made kippy a scratching post which she has yet to use, and there's my jewish christmas.
chipolte is the bomb and two blocks away. mission style burritos. sucks there's none back home for my peoples. 55 and rain on and off here.
i want to take this time to give a shout out to my boy tim tizzle who just got engaged. sorry ladies, he's all taken as of last Friday. tim, it's all downhill from here. welcome to a new life of visiting invitation stores, selecting colors of tablecloths, flowers, tons of family arguments and more. look out for the food tasting, though. that part's pretty fun. another congrats on the house. email me the address, i want to google earth it.
more to come....
selling email and instant messaging archiving/compliance - here i come! it should be an east sell, as it's required by the SEC for my targets. i was told that right after they check references, that they'll be making me an offer.
for the holidays, melenie's mother is here with us and whenever she visits it means tons of great cooking! we all went to my aunt jean's for xmas and chris made homemade eggs benedict. they were the best i've ever had...we brought the latkes, also a side of home-grown blueberries and it was an amazing breakfast. oh, the best part was the Ramos Fizz's! a couple of sleepy hours later and a huge turkey dinner was served...i received some cool gardening tools and seeds, we gave some cool presents too, made kippy a scratching post which she has yet to use, and there's my jewish christmas.
chipolte is the bomb and two blocks away. mission style burritos. sucks there's none back home for my peoples. 55 and rain on and off here.
i want to take this time to give a shout out to my boy tim tizzle who just got engaged. sorry ladies, he's all taken as of last Friday. tim, it's all downhill from here. welcome to a new life of visiting invitation stores, selecting colors of tablecloths, flowers, tons of family arguments and more. look out for the food tasting, though. that part's pretty fun. another congrats on the house. email me the address, i want to google earth it.
more to come....
Sunday, December 25, 2005
merry hannukah
and happy christmas. a delightful kwanzaa. latkes for me over jeannie and chris' house today...we're bringing them. mel's mom is here. i have an interview tomorrow and an interview tuesday and i already have one company who called me yesterday to offer me a job. life is grand.
Monday, December 19, 2005
syriana/jobs/snow
did y'all see Syriana?
we peeped it yesterday. pretty good movie...makes the U.S. government look mad shady, too...some parts i was kinda lost and dragged on a bit, but it caught up in the end. all in all a decent movie on a topic normally where much distance is kept...
next up: snow. we got some snow in portland which is kinda nice, but it's getting washed away today with lots of cold rain. we brought a new couch in from goodwill the other night, large and green and nice for $35. borrowed their furniture dolly and rolled it home from 13th st. to 7th st. and two blocks north. see pic to left!
jobs: took the job doing door to door sales and left in a week. not happy with it. too cold. couldn't make a sale. frustrated. interviewing now with a large comic book company for a marketing position, an inside sales position at a high-tech financial software company and two marketing/PR companies. so the future looks bright.
mel's mom is coming on saturday until new year's day. it will definitely be nice to have some company from home. who's next?
we have a dope new webcam and mic so if anybody out there wants to talk, just holla.
drinking lots of coffee and wine and eating better than i have in ages,
paul
we peeped it yesterday. pretty good movie...makes the U.S. government look mad shady, too...some parts i was kinda lost and dragged on a bit, but it caught up in the end. all in all a decent movie on a topic normally where much distance is kept...
next up: snow. we got some snow in portland which is kinda nice, but it's getting washed away today with lots of cold rain. we brought a new couch in from goodwill the other night, large and green and nice for $35. borrowed their furniture dolly and rolled it home from 13th st. to 7th st. and two blocks north. see pic to left!
jobs: took the job doing door to door sales and left in a week. not happy with it. too cold. couldn't make a sale. frustrated. interviewing now with a large comic book company for a marketing position, an inside sales position at a high-tech financial software company and two marketing/PR companies. so the future looks bright.
mel's mom is coming on saturday until new year's day. it will definitely be nice to have some company from home. who's next?
we have a dope new webcam and mic so if anybody out there wants to talk, just holla.
drinking lots of coffee and wine and eating better than i have in ages,
paul
Sunday, December 11, 2005
flying over mt st. helens and mt. hood
today our super cool new uncle chris took us flying. he has his pilot's license and rents a plane every month or so. well today, we were his guests and he took us flying over mt. st. helen's and mt. hood. it was breathtaking..gorgeous...so incredible that i've decided i want to take some flying lessons. i actually got my first today, as chris let me man the wheel for a little bit! below are pics. also, melenie got a job the other day teaching pre-school, so we both now have jobs!!! more in a couple of days about how my sales job is going...
peace from p-land,
paul and mel
Thursday, December 08, 2005
jobs
so i got a job offer yesterday! and i decide to take it, and right as i'm about to call them and tell them i'll take the position, i wake up this morning and have an email in my box from a cool marketing company that would like to interview me tomorrow. and i have a 2nd interview next week... two sales positions and a marketing position... i think i want to get into sales though...the first sales position, i'd be head of this region, by myself, make my own schedule, door to door sales, but with companies, selling internet advertising...a craigslist competitor....decent offer, financially speaking though... not sure about the others though, as they're not on the table yet... i'm about to say yes and test out the waters...you never know, since it's a startup and it could blow up...with me as the first hire...on a side note, i want to give a big ol shout to anybody who provided me with a professional reference!
on another note, westbrooks out for the season and the birds had the worst game ever on monday night. hey, at least it snowed in philly though,right?
on another note, westbrooks out for the season and the birds had the worst game ever on monday night. hey, at least it snowed in philly though,right?
Tuesday, December 06, 2005
gmail
Gmail is down right now and it's pissing me off!!! also, 2nd interview this morning went well, i think, for a sales position at a new website similar to craigslist. melenie and i roasted a chicken with tons of veggies and it came out amazing. p!
Monday, December 05, 2005
Friday, December 02, 2005
pork chops
i like pork chops better than steaks these days... man if you cook up a really good bone-in pork chop, it's like eating a piece of nonkosher heaven. my forefathers would kill me.
last night i made such an amazing meal. pork chops with braised pears, roasted garlic and chive mashed potatoes and sauteed zucchini. first, take a bulb of garlic and chop the bottom off (the flat side). drizzle open cloves with some olive oil. put the top back on and wrap in tin foil. pop in the oven at 400 degrees. now rub two fat chops with some brown sugar, garlic salt, black pepper and rosemary. let that marinate for awhile. slice up some potatoes and boil for about 20 minutes. crack a beer. pan fry the pork chops in bacon grease (my new thing is cooking anything in bacon grease. i save it in a glass jar in my fridge). after about two minutes on each side on high, add some chicken stock, some beer, sliced pear, a little bit of strawberry jam, and let it simmer. back to the potatoes. drain when fork tender. place in a big bowl. add a couple tablespoons of butter and some milk or cream. chop up some chives. check on your garlic. it usually takes about 30-60 minutes for the garlic to be perfect. i know this is a wide range, but i sometimes up the temp to speed it up. check on it. when it's a light brown color, take it out and just squeeze the cloves into the potatoes. add some salt and pepper and mash them all up! flip the chops. smell that amazing aroma! lastly, drizzle some olive oil, add chopped garlic and sliced onion in a pan. when onion is translucent, throw some sliced zuchinni in and toss around a little bit. i'm digging my veggies just heated up a tiny bit these days. they retain more nutrients like that. so just like a minute or two on each side is good for me. voila! now serve like so: potatoes on one quarter of the plate. pork chop on top of 1/2 of potatoes. sauce with lots of pears on top of chop and taters. zuchinni on other side of plate.
mangia!
ps - another interview today for a sales position with a dot com similar to craigslist.
last night i made such an amazing meal. pork chops with braised pears, roasted garlic and chive mashed potatoes and sauteed zucchini. first, take a bulb of garlic and chop the bottom off (the flat side). drizzle open cloves with some olive oil. put the top back on and wrap in tin foil. pop in the oven at 400 degrees. now rub two fat chops with some brown sugar, garlic salt, black pepper and rosemary. let that marinate for awhile. slice up some potatoes and boil for about 20 minutes. crack a beer. pan fry the pork chops in bacon grease (my new thing is cooking anything in bacon grease. i save it in a glass jar in my fridge). after about two minutes on each side on high, add some chicken stock, some beer, sliced pear, a little bit of strawberry jam, and let it simmer. back to the potatoes. drain when fork tender. place in a big bowl. add a couple tablespoons of butter and some milk or cream. chop up some chives. check on your garlic. it usually takes about 30-60 minutes for the garlic to be perfect. i know this is a wide range, but i sometimes up the temp to speed it up. check on it. when it's a light brown color, take it out and just squeeze the cloves into the potatoes. add some salt and pepper and mash them all up! flip the chops. smell that amazing aroma! lastly, drizzle some olive oil, add chopped garlic and sliced onion in a pan. when onion is translucent, throw some sliced zuchinni in and toss around a little bit. i'm digging my veggies just heated up a tiny bit these days. they retain more nutrients like that. so just like a minute or two on each side is good for me. voila! now serve like so: potatoes on one quarter of the plate. pork chop on top of 1/2 of potatoes. sauce with lots of pears on top of chop and taters. zuchinni on other side of plate.
mangia!
ps - another interview today for a sales position with a dot com similar to craigslist.
Sunday, November 27, 2005
pinot noir wine tasting..
gorgeous sunday afternoon here in portland, oregon. cloudy at times, then sunny at times...on and off.... take a wine tasting trip with jean and chris and dylan and collin and geoff stone and grandma stone... go out to yamhill county... pinot noir wine tasting... a short drive from portland, and a long way from home...
ever been wine tasting in napa valley or sonoma, north of san francisco? same thing, but here the specialty is PINOT NOIR, the BEST WINE EVER!!! if you haven't, you are MISSING OUT!!! picturesque vineyards and rolling hills, blue skies, succulent grapes, tasty blue cheese or maybe tillamook extra sharp chedda cheese! a nice rosemary cracker, some sopresseta! UMM! then let me tell you about these yamhill county pinot noirs... domaine drouhin , rex hill, ponzi, arrow summit... man, those blackberries, bing cherries, peppery, spicy, ummmm!
decent chardonnays too..
go out and get yourself some pinot noir from oregon tonight, get some nice cheese, some chocolate, some apples or something and think of your old pals paul and mel...
peace from p-land...
ever been wine tasting in napa valley or sonoma, north of san francisco? same thing, but here the specialty is PINOT NOIR, the BEST WINE EVER!!! if you haven't, you are MISSING OUT!!! picturesque vineyards and rolling hills, blue skies, succulent grapes, tasty blue cheese or maybe tillamook extra sharp chedda cheese! a nice rosemary cracker, some sopresseta! UMM! then let me tell you about these yamhill county pinot noirs... domaine drouhin , rex hill, ponzi, arrow summit... man, those blackberries, bing cherries, peppery, spicy, ummmm!
decent chardonnays too..
go out and get yourself some pinot noir from oregon tonight, get some nice cheese, some chocolate, some apples or something and think of your old pals paul and mel...
peace from p-land...
Tuesday, November 22, 2005
all settled in...
well we're all settled in... got the downstairs all hooked up, it's nice and comfy, lighting a fire almost every night, cable's all hooked up, cable modem, etc... all the beautiful kitchen gadgets are in place, being tested...wedding thank you notes have begun getting the pen placed firmly upon the red paper... still hunting for jobs, but at least the market isn't slowing down..i see great jobs everyday appearing on craigslist... EVERYONE rocks craigslist out here..for everything...
our neighborhood's great too...mexican, ethiopian, japanese, thai, pizza, breweries, coffee joints, a huge mall with an ice skating rink and movie theatre, parks, dollar store, supermarket, everything's just a short walk away!!!
we miss philly though, that's for sure, but this is pretty cool..seems like a great place to live...looking for waiter jobs in the meantime until I nail a PR/marketing job...also looking for some freelance PR gigs...
our cat's chilling. melenie's chilling. thanksgiving's coming up...going to jeanie and chris' brother's house, should be interesting going to a new family's house for turkeyday... we're bringing some satay...hope everyone has fun over jay's or wherever you're going...also have a fun black friday, don't shop too hard.
did anybody see maria carey at the american music awards?!?! damn, she looked fine!!!!
until next time,
pauly
our neighborhood's great too...mexican, ethiopian, japanese, thai, pizza, breweries, coffee joints, a huge mall with an ice skating rink and movie theatre, parks, dollar store, supermarket, everything's just a short walk away!!!
we miss philly though, that's for sure, but this is pretty cool..seems like a great place to live...looking for waiter jobs in the meantime until I nail a PR/marketing job...also looking for some freelance PR gigs...
our cat's chilling. melenie's chilling. thanksgiving's coming up...going to jeanie and chris' brother's house, should be interesting going to a new family's house for turkeyday... we're bringing some satay...hope everyone has fun over jay's or wherever you're going...also have a fun black friday, don't shop too hard.
did anybody see maria carey at the american music awards?!?! damn, she looked fine!!!!
until next time,
pauly
Tuesday, November 08, 2005
Portland
Out in Portland now, actually Newberg, Oregon. Mel and I are staying with the amazingly caring Stone family, cousins of my Aunt Alicia (happy bday aunt lish!). The Stone's are incredible cooks, funny as can be, cool as hell and have like 100 cats. Chris is building a plane in his shed and Jean is busy growing zucchini the size of Philadelphia.
Mel and I found the perfect spot - a gorgeous two bedroom townhouse in the Historic Irvington district of Portland. It has a fireplace, washer and dryer, dishwasher, microwave, huge fridge and a cool little back porch with soil to garden and a little shed. The neighborhood is awesome, we can walk to everything/anything we want right on Broadway. There's neighborhood Japanese, Ethiopian and Thai restaurants, diners, pizza joints, brewerys, coffee joints, supermarket, a huge mall (Llyod Center) and more...Plus, we're 7 blocks from the broadway bridge, so we can walk/bike to downtown any time we want.. Furthermore, since lloyd is so close, we can hop on public transit for free, since it's part of fareless square!
the only thing neither of us has yet is a job! so i'm looking like crazy. please let me know if anybody hears of any open public relations or high end sales positions in Portland.
Peace from Newberg,
Pauly
Mel and I found the perfect spot - a gorgeous two bedroom townhouse in the Historic Irvington district of Portland. It has a fireplace, washer and dryer, dishwasher, microwave, huge fridge and a cool little back porch with soil to garden and a little shed. The neighborhood is awesome, we can walk to everything/anything we want right on Broadway. There's neighborhood Japanese, Ethiopian and Thai restaurants, diners, pizza joints, brewerys, coffee joints, supermarket, a huge mall (Llyod Center) and more...Plus, we're 7 blocks from the broadway bridge, so we can walk/bike to downtown any time we want.. Furthermore, since lloyd is so close, we can hop on public transit for free, since it's part of fareless square!
the only thing neither of us has yet is a job! so i'm looking like crazy. please let me know if anybody hears of any open public relations or high end sales positions in Portland.
Peace from Newberg,
Pauly
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