Very nice day here in Portland.. a bit cold and rainy.. but warmer than home !   We worked around the house between BETA meetings. We’ve got most of Gabe’s stuff boxed and ready to ship.. which is faster than we thought we’d be. 

Gabe had a workout class last night.. so Diane and I took a walk out for dinner. First stop was the wonderful Asian market HMart.. they had a whole cooler filled with different types of Kimchi !.. and a display of different types of ‘Vermont Curry’ .. wich is famous in japan (see my post from 2013)

We didnt fnd anythign dinner worthy at Hmart.. so we walked on down the street in search of Thai.. we had a nice meal at Mai TTai.. then wandered back. One of th ehloghts was a stop under the amzingly ancient and bright animated sign at the Avalon just down the street. You cna hear rthe realys clacking.. its so cool . 

Saw two noteworthy things on our walk.. first was a subgenious sign with our old freind Bob Dobbs (Bob is our Hope) .. havent seen him in a while

and the 2nd was the first xmas tree of the year.. even pre Thanksgiving!

 

Later this evening we rented and watched the new Frankenstein movie by Guillermo Del  Torro. I’m not a monster movie fan.. but this was excellent. The story line was really rich. the costumes were great.. and you realy got to know this creature.. I Definitely recommend it. 

nite all, nite sam
-me

Diane, Gabe and I worked around Gabe’s house yesterday sorting and packing. By the end of the day we have most of the upstairs and basement packed into suitcases, duffles and shipping boxes. This is going pretty well so far. We’ll make one more trip out here in December to ferry stuff back to BT .. and then gabe will drive with Nova back east. 

we took a break this evening after Gabe’s Mandolin lesson. Gabe picked Biane, me and Seans up and took us to a pub Moon and Sixpence where we got to meet his Mandolin teacher Rene. and Renes friend Jeff. Rene is anaamazing musican.. he can play anything.. his main instrument is guitar…. thoguh hes a great mandolin teacher. With Rene’s help Gabe is gettign so good !
Jeff is a long time (he’s 82) year old guitar maker.. he makes 1-2 guitars at a time, His instruments are sought after all aroudn the world and go for $20k-$40k.. It was an honor meeting both of them

Moon and Sixpence was great too.. really felt like an english pub. We had Fish and Chips and a ploughmans .. and got to hear an amazing fiddler / guitar duo

OK.. more packing tomorrow !

nite all, nite sam
-me

Another full day of workign on gabes house We did get out to the 1000 acre dog park with Nova and maya. 

we came back and started apckign up art and knicknacks.. the place is startign to look more mepty !

Then put to rerally great sushi !

more tomorrow

nite all, nite sam
-me

lots more of the same today.. tons of boxes, sorting a zillion things.. only picture from teh day was Gabe emptying his rock tumbler.. cant beelive Ididnt take more pictures !

 

tomorrow we go to the dup and to good will. it will fwewl good to get rid of so much stuff !
nite all, nite 
–me