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A friend of mine linked me to this article, because she said the girl in the picture on the first page looks kinda like me, except "I don't think you'd wear those shoes."

So: I have a reputation now for striped knee socks and super-girly skirts. That is so awesome. Kinda like how when I talk to people on the Pretty Dress Ride last week, they said they were disappointed I wasn't there.

Hee!

BUT, the article: Dear NYT, STFU about Portland. Seriously. I know you guys have a hard-on for us, but it's getting irritating. Also, to 95% of the population, spending $25 on one person's meal is not frugal. Spending less than $7.50, or even better, $5, sure.

My plans for the day:

Take a shower and get dressed
Bunjee an old blanket onto my bike rack
Ride to Food Fight! and buy edibles
Ride to Powells' on Hawthorne and buy a novel. Don't know which one yet. But no non-fiction, no magazines--a proper novel.
Ride to Piccolo Park (SE 28th between Division and Clinton) and lay around, nibbling and reading.

If anyone would like to join me, they can text me, but I'm not looking to be too terribly social.

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Actually we have incredibly cheap good food here-- travelers in most major cities consider $25 per person frugal for anything above fast food. In LA, that's cheap, even in a Deli.
That is the reason your visiting older relatives may gravitate toward Denneys, and Carl's has a whole promotions about a six dollar burger, and Olive garden and other chains advertise meal "bargains" for $14. To average Joe outside Portland, Olive Garden is Posh! We have fabulous gourmet food, made with fresh local ingredients, the owner is in the kitchen and comes out to ask you how everything is, and they will do do something special without batting an eye, at the same price as chains, and that is amazing. You'd have to pay $60 for that in New Yawk.

I guess so. But there's so much awesome food for less than ten dollars! Like the Belgian Fries Cart at 12th and Hawthorne, they have all sorts of yummy stuff, although I must admit I get vegan poutine every time.

I do think Sweetpea's brunch is a freaking bargain--$10 for all you can eat and coffee, and a dollar (one dollar!) for a huge glass of OJ.

But, I dunno, $25? Yikes!!

$25 isn't so bad if you're including a booze drink and an appetizer, at a real restaurant... tommy and i dropped $100 (not ours) at the Farm!!

That's a lot like my reputation! But this picture has the bike as well, so it must be you, not me. :)

Haha!!