So here goes: (something rather than nothing I think).
Experiences that I need to complete. For each 4 I will receive a $20 gift card to McMenamins. I already have received two of the $20 gift cards that I may use for my upcoming August trip.
EXPERIENCES TO COMPLETE:
~ Attend a brewfest (ooh, that is a harsh one! :)
~ Relax with a spa treatment (maybe in August)
~ Attend a Specialty Dinner (may be a ways off for me)
~ Play golf at Edgefield or Gearhart (this will be with my husband).
~ Tour the Edgefiled Winery (August)
~ Try a Wine Flight (August)
~ Tour the Distillery at Edgefiled or Cornelius (one of the two, most likely Edgefield in August)
~ Try a Distillery Flight (ooh, may need to wait on this one, wine, beer and hard liquor do not mix well with me).
~ Make Merry at McMenamins on my birthday (March 24th) (Maybe I will train it to Centralia for lunch and a brew, that should count).
~ Buy a Growler Fill (may do that on my birthday or possibly before then)
~ Sample the Beer at a Limited Edition Beer Tasting (Just missed one at Kennedy School!!)
~ Ride a bike to a pub (take selfie wearing my helmet and show my server (Hey, maybe I can rent one of the new Pronto bikes in Seattle and bike over to Queen Ann where there is a pub!)
~ Have a pint with my pup - what if I don't have a pup? Can I borrow someone else's for this? :)
~ Attend a Friends and Family Night
That there does it for the Experiences to be completed. Next up is PUBS & LODGING;
HAWTHORNE BLVD.:
Bagdad Theatre, 3702 SE Hawthorne Blvd., Portland.,
Back Stage Bar, inside Bagdad Theatre, how handy!
Bagdad Pub, also part of Bagdad Theatre, 3 stamps at one location!
Greater Trumps, 1520 SE 37th Ave., Portland
Barley Mill Pub, 1629 SE Hawthorne Blvd, Portland
All of the above are all within fairly close vicinity of each other. I just may be able to incorporate these into my August trip. I just need to check out the public transportation between Alberta District
and Hawthorne District. YAHOO!!! For getting these stamps I will receive a basket of tots or fries.
On this note I must interject a funny story regarding an email exchange between myself and one of the McMenamin brothers. The passport program had not gotten started yet. He was telling me about the various rewards that would be offered. He did not mention anything about all the other wonderful prizes, especially $20 gift cards! So at the time I was under the impression that if I got a Passport book all I would be rewarded with would be tots or fries. I was like, oh, wow, why bother. I guess he was just giving me an example of something you would get and did not realize how paltry the prize sounded :(
NEXT UP: DOWNTOWN PORTLAND/NW PORTLAND:
Market Street Pub, 1526 SW 10th, downtown Portland
Rams Head, 2282 NW Hoyt St., NW Portland
Blue Moon Tavern & Grill, 432 NW 21st, NW Portland
Tavern & Pool, 1716 NW 23rd, NW Portland
Mission Theatre, 1624 NW Glisan, NW Portland
Crystal Hotel & Ballroom, 303 SW 12th, downtown Portland
The good news for all of the above McMenamins is that I can explore each and every one of them when I get off the train in August. I will most likely hit all the NW ones in one shot and maybe have lunch at one of them. Then I will head downtown by foot or possibly streetcar if it goes downtown. I will go to Market Street Pub as well as Crystal Ballroom.
If I take care of those on my first day, I will only have to go to The Chapel Pub around the Alberta area.
I have much more to document here and will do so later. There is lots of territory to cover and I need to pace myself both on paper and on foot.
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| Just like this bunny, I will be hopping along the Cosmic Tripster T Trail! |
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