I stayed up far too late last night and I knew I wouldn’t want to get out of bed. Morning rolled around in any case and we were supposed to go to breakfast with Roberto and Frankie. I was looking forward to it because we were going to Junior’s Cafe. It’s one of my favorite breakfast places in Portland. They have vegan french toast that I love. Since we currently only have one shower it was slow going getting everyone ready this morning so it was nearly 10:00 before we were out the door. This is not the best scenario since it seems everyone loves brunch in Portland. We headed over and there were a few people standing outside. It didn’t look too bad so I put our name on the list and we went out front to wait.
It was another spectacular day. We talked and waited and waited and talked as group after group was seated. We were a group of 5 and Junior’s is small so I know it’s not as easy but sheesh, we waited for an hour with no sign of being seated. Everyone was frustrated and starving so we opted to head downtown and grab an early lunch at the food carts. Since it was Sunday and not quite lunch time, many of the carts were closed but not our favorite, Kargi Gogo! We walked and ate our way up to Stumptown so the guys could get some coffee, wandered over to Dr. Martens where Frankie picked up some new shoes and then made the obligatory Powell’s visit.
It was still pretty crazy downtown because the Portland Marathon was taking place so we figured we would head over to Voodoo Too for some doughnuts and avoid the congestion of the one downtown. When we got there it was SO busy though! I had never seen a line that long there the several times we had been. We decided to skip it. There were a couple of things we needed from Food Fight so we stopped there and I got a vegan Snicker bar. It was delicious! Better than a doughnut for sure.
We came back home and I pretty much did nothing useful for the rest of the afternoon. I caught up on my Twitter feed and that was pretty depressing. A friend of mine is all caught up in #gamergate simply because she said comments should be moderated and wow people are being awful to her. Another friend is stuck between a rock and a hard place because of his loyalty to a person he refers to as “The worst person I know” and it’s true, this person is truly horrible. Humans sure can be disappointing sometimes. The end.
Today I learned that Salem means peaceful.