My wife did not hesitate: Couch. Nickname: Couchie.
This thread was popping off in r/askportland but got removed and suggested it be posted here instead. Have at it!
Cesar Chavez and Belmont. Cheapest gas in the city. You have to go in and pay via debit pin but it’s worth it.
This coffee plant tattoo is about 10 years old. My dear friend tattooed it but she has since retired from the profession. I would like to get another tattoo on my forearm beneath it, but I want something different/ not looking to just continue it. I want something colorful, but very open to different artistic styles but am worried whatever I get below it will clash too much with this plant tattoo. Any thoughts or anyone do something similar?
EDIT: I’ll also add my other arm is more small pieces “a la carte” arm as I typically refer to it and is mostly black ink. So the artistic and color styles constraint between my two arms.
I see so many posts here asking about where to live - most of them asking about neighborhoods, or some about suburbs outside of Portland, or even…Vancouver. But I would love to hear from folks who received recommendations on here and where they ended up moving to, especially folks from other states who have never been to Portland before or only vaguely knew it. What were your impressions upon arriving here and what drove your decision?
Hey all,
First time posting in this sub. I wanted to share my experience growing up as well as a bit about my adult life. Not sure what I'm looking for. Maybe/not really looking for suggestions, but mainly want to hear if there are others who feel like I feel.
I was born in Taipei and my parents moved us to the Bay Area when I was 4 back in the late 80's. From a really early age I had a desire to feel accepted by my white peers. I really wanted to assimilate (I didn't know that word as a kid, obviously) to American culture. I remember vividly one night when my elementary school had an open-house night and my mom was about to take us home to make her typical Taiwanese dishes, but I threw a tantrum in the courtyard of the school yelling "We live in AMERICA, why can't you make American dishes like macaroni and cheese?!?" My mom was so gentle and accommodating and she really tried to make American dishes after that, which I really am appreciative of reflecting back.
As I grew older through high school and college, I had a good balance of Asian and non-Asian friends. I felt like I've always had very "white people" interests - baseball, hockey, animal rights, cycling. Because of these activities, I felt like my friends group naturally became whiter as the years progressed.
In my adult life, my first long term relationship was with another Taiwanese person. We were together for many years, but ultimately, it didn't work out. After that I dated white women, and fast forward to today, I'm married to a white woman and we have a cute mixed son.
I work remotely and have lived in Portland, Oregon now for 6 years. Prior to this, I lived in Austin, and NYC before that. By now you can probably see where this is going...
Because of my current phase of life (father to a toddler) and work from home, I don't have much of a social life, but the friends I do have are all white. I would say I maybe encounter another Asian person maybe once a week (if we aren't counting my colleagues over Zoom). I really miss being around other Asian people. I miss being able to have that shared connection and things that come with growing up Asian - the guilt/duty to your parents. Stereotypes/ inside jokes/ all the stuff a white people wouldn't necessarily understand.
Bottom line: I've spent so much of my life trying to assimilate to American culture and become more "white", that I now feel like I've lost ties to the Asian community and I miss it. I love my family and love living where we live, but I often also long for community that looks more like me.
Anyone else can relate?
Whenever I would see one of these in the house I would yelp and I’ve seen well over a dozen now. However, today I was summoned by my wife to the kitchen because there was a bug and I calmly placed it outside.
I really feel like I’m making some progress here.
Fellow Portlanders,
Curious if you all have any steel frames stored outside in a shed? We are having our shed rebuilt soon and I’m thinking of upgrading it to make it bigger as to fit a few bikes in there. My only concern is moisture and rust. Any experience with this, do you all run a dehumidifier in there or anything? We currently store some of the bikes in the garage but it’s really tight in there (since we actually park the car in there too (!!!))