Buffalo Wings...mmmm...

Check it out if you are in Portland (http://www.portlandwings.com/).


A co-worker of mine told me about this place. He's a wing lover just like I am. It is located on Interstate just by the Prescott Max Station. It's not a large place and it's kind of a self serve establishment. One great thing about this place are the array of sauces. They offer like 12 different sauces that you can choose from. They had some good music playing in the background and we saw people from all walks of life there. Men in suits, construction workers, a family, a couple, and then me and Stephanie!

We were kind of hungry so I think (I should emphasize the "I" here) we over indulged. I ordered wings with sweet potato fries (my new favorite thing are sweet potato fries). I chose two sauces, the Medium hot sauce and bbq (I won't get the bbq again, stick to the hot sauce). Stephanie got onion rings and the HOT hot sauce..she was living on the edge.

The wings were good. Not too crispy fried and not too fatty. The hot sauce had good flavor and if I didn't have my sweet potato fries, I probably could have stuffed a couple more chickens into my belly!

Writing about our experience is making me want some hot wings now..

Stephanie's visit...

This entry is a long time coming!!! It's been about 3 weeks since Stephanie visited me (she currently lives in San Diego), but I've just been so busy lately and I'm actually behind in blogging that's I'm finally getting around to it. I've got a lot of stories that I want to post, but need to find some quiet time that I can dedicate to this thing.

So let's focus again...So Stephanie had a conference in Seattle and decided to extend her visit and hang out in Portland for a while. She met me at my mom's place (this is the weekend of my momb's b-day) and then we drove down to Portland. Stephanie got to experience the first Im family meal and I'm going to say that she realized how boring and repetitive Korean meals can be. Yes, we like eating leftovers - morning, lunch, and dinner, and then again the next day! LOL!

Once we were in Portland, I took a couple of days off from work and we went shopping. It's been a couple of years since she's been in Portland, so I wanted to show her some of the new things that have popped in the City. It actually turned into a quick drive around town. We went to Fire on the Mountain for lunch (that's another post) and got our grub on some chicken wings.

The highlight of the trip was getting a quick 'makeover' at the MAC counter at Nordstrom's. Stephanie and I went in to get some 'pointers' on how best to do the eyes and we came out of that place looking like something..or rather, I should say "I" came out looking something. It just wasn't that cute at all.

The kids really enjoyed seeing Stephanie. Jae still talks about her when he sees an airplane.

It was so strange, I had to do a double take!

This happened a couple of weeks ago, but I just had to share this bizarre story with you.

We were spending the weekend at my parents to celebrate my mom's birthday, so my brother and his kids were there and my friend Stephanie was there as well. My parents were at work, so they didn't have the opportunity to witness something so bizarre!

It was Sunday morning and everyone (except my parents) were in the living room watching football and hanging out with the kids, when I thought I heard a voice in the other room. At first I thought it was one of my mom's friends just walking through the door like they have done or someone had left the tv on upstairs, so I go to investigate. I open the front door to see if anyone is outside and it's clear, but I still hear the voice. So I turn around and look up the stairs and see a little girl standing at the top of the stairs! I was so shocked that I had to do a double take! At first I thought I was seeing things, but it was a real girl! I called for my brother and asked him if he knew who she was and I believe he was in as much shock as I was.

My first thought was "how the hell did she get in here and who is she?" Were my parents hiding a blond girl in the house and not telling us about it??? This whole time, she's repeating the name Josephine. So I go upstairs and ask her what she's doing here and she still keeps repeating "Josephine". So I ask her what her name is and she said "Allison", so I ask her where her parents are and she starts saying Josephine again. While I'm doing this, Bill and my brother are outside looking for a parent who might be looking for their lost child, but it's a very quiet Sunday and no one is out.

Meanwhile, I finally get her downstairs and outside and my brother and Bill start knocking on doors to see who she belongs to. They end up finding a house that knows her and then points to the house next door. They knock on the door and sure enough, it's her house. She ended up living 4 houses down from my parents.

I'm just surprised that no one was looking for her. She was a special needs child so that proved to be a little difficult in the communication part, but she was not scared at all to be in our house with strangers, or at least she didn't show it.

Lesson here is that you should always keep your front door locked, you never know who may walk through it!

The Last Hurrah before Summer is OVER...

I feel as though I've been neglecting the blog. It's been a crazy couple of weeks for me. I had a couple of proposals due and an interview to prepare for. Thursday is here and now I'm back to my regularly scheduled workweek..my kind of show!

The end of August is here and that means BACK TO SCHOOL! Granted my kids aren't part of the public school system quite yet, but it still makes me think that we should at least have one last hurrah before September is here and it's something else that consumes our lives.

So, because I want to make the most of the three day weekend and tire myself and the family out, we've got several things planned.

Weekend Warriors...(including a little of Friday)
Friday - Bill and I are going to my co-workers wedding at the Chinese Gardens. I'm super excited about it. The kids will be hanging out with the Aunties for the evening.

Saturday - The Grunwalds, Poirier's, and Pollingers are going to the Rainbow Trout Farm (www.rainbowtroutfarm.com) out in Sandy to spend the day catching some fish and having a picnic. I'm excited to see Jae's reaction to actually fishing, instead of the playing with plastic fish.

Sunday - The Grunwald's are heading to the coast for a day of family bonding. This will be Hannah's first trip to the coast and Jae will have ventured out there for the first time this summer! I'm excited to take pictures. I know the weather will be just OK, but at least we'll be together.

Monday - This is the day of dread. Why you ask? Because this just means that Tuesday is a work day and summer is over and back to reality. This is the day that tells me that there is only ONE MORE WEEK until Bowling starts..good lord! This is the day that tells me I'm about to turn one year older...BUT on the Flipside of things, this is the month that Stephanie will be visiting! Knowing that Kelcy will be getting married in less than two months and Bill and I will be heading to Maui! And that my favorite season..Fall, will be here soon.

Here's to September..

Cheers!

PS, don't forget..NO WHITE AFTER LABOR DAY!!! who made up this silly rule?

A Visitor...

I just got word today that Stephanie will be in town in September, well, more like Seattle, but she's going to come and stay with us for a couple of days! I'm/we are so excited! It's been almost a year since I've seen her.

Stephanie..all I can say is 'hot wings'

I heart the Olympics, but...

I love the Olympics. I did not think that I would get into it this year, but after watching the opening ceremonies, I was hooked! Needless to say, the Olympics have been depriving me of my much needed sleep.

I guess I could always just read about the events, but where's the fun in that? I want to watch the emotions on the athletes faces as they complete their events, I want to watch about the come from behind wins, I want to watch about how the athletes overcame adversity to be a part of this elite group of individuals, I want to cry like a baby! Besides, I sit in front of a computer screen all day. I don't want to read from a monitor anymore.

Anywho, it's been more of a challenge to get out of bed these past mornings. Luckily, I've got a 3 y/o who wakes me up and in the most cheerful of ways...from the mouth of Jae.."Mamma, it's wake up time" who can't get out of bed with that greeting? =)

Here's to another groggy morning..

Sick again???

I think I might be getting sick again. My throat is starting to tickle again...Ugh, how awful can that be?