VooDoo

I used to think I didn't really like doughnuts except for sour cream krispy kreams....those doughnuts I will love forever. But I have since been overwhelmingly converted to the doughnut by Voodoo Doughnuts.  I remember watching food shows on T.V about the famous, freaky joint in Portland but this one is actually as good as everyone says.  Maybe I'm going overboard but any place that has bacon on the menu will be a favorite of mine!  Please enjoy the photos below....yeah, those doughnuts have bacon, BACON!!, ores and coconut.  

Oh, and let me mention the bricks on the outside of the building have glitter painted on them.  The picture doesn't do it justice. Someday I will have a glitter wall no matter how much Jared protests. Oh and....Bacon.

Notice the awkward eye contact form the creeper in between our heads.  Ha, not to sure if that photo bomb was on purpose or not but funny nonetheless.

5 things...or more

I'm pretty sure the hazing period of moving to Portland is over. Except that the first couple months were sunny and gorgeous and now everything is....cloudy and gorgeous so maybe it decided to mess with us now (and until July 5th according to a customer at Nordstrom)   Really though, even with all the rain it is amazing here, especially with all the leaves turning right now. And so we salute Oregon with the top five things, not in any order, that we think are awesome and/or weird about Portland

#1 The view!! It is amazing and crazy all at the same time that we live in the middle of a city but are surrounded by trees and nature.  They have urban hiking here.  Yeah, you can be in the middle of Portland, start at a trail head and 30ft later feel like you are in the middle of nowhere.  There are a billion squirrels that live at our apt complex too and they are hilarious. They will run across the roof and jump into the tree outside our door.  However, the crows that also live in the trees need to D.I.E.  Harsh, I know, but they are awful creatures of the devil made to torment man into going insane. Anyways....

#2 The people. Most people we meet or come into contact with are really nice and helpful, and super relaxed.  That being said, when these people are being nice and helpful they are usually swearing which is hilarious and not what we are used to coming form Utah.  But I kinda like all the character people have in Portland and how excepting they are of each other, non-judgmental.  Of course that acceptance comes with a whole lot of other political crap but for the most part it's really nice that people here are...nice. And the stories Jared has from riding the bus...classics.  Have you ever wanted to have someone roll a joint next to you on the bus? Or announce an imaginary football game on the bus? Or watch people avoid a giant 50 cent piece spider IN the bus? Move to Portland...

#3 The food carts.  THEY ARE AWESOME. Sure, this isn't just a Portland thing but we will probably always associate delicious food carts with Portland because this great city is where a love affair with cheap, mobile food has begun.  Plus, our food pallets are so different it's nice to eat dinner where we both get exactly what we want. 

#4 Dental school.  This one is more for Jared obviously but he is really happy with the ways things have turned out and I am too.  He always comes home with crazy stories about his professors and the drama of politics that exist among the faculty.  And all the classmates he has are pretty awesome too.   

#5 The city.  Yup, me, the girl from the hicks, is stating that it is actually really nice to live in a big city.  We live about 5-10 min from downtown. But Portland is crazy because we live in the middle of a city and because of all the trees I can't even hear the road 50 ft from our apt.  It makes it feel really secluded and so I think this might be the perfect city for a country lover.

Urban hiking...think about it, it kinda blows the mind.

Japanese Gardens

So these pictures were taken almost two months ago.  Woops....but they are fun and they are making me miss family even more :(.  We went to the Japanese Gardens in Portland and we went for free with a library pass you can check out (which ended up being good because I probably wouldn't have paid to get in...they were cool, in a free kinda way).  

Also sorry I just keep putting up old stuff and just pictures.  I've grown lazy and pictures tell a better picture than I could right now.

Rose Garden

Soooo....Nate and Emily came up to Portland a long time ago, about a month ago.  And it was fantastic.  We had been here only a couple weeks and we were able to see family again which we loved. And we loved the roses too.  My dad has been talking about the roses ever since we found out we were moving here and I never took the time to find them.  Luckily Emily had all the info and they were free, just in a park.  Pretty fan-stinking-tastic.  

The Tram

So OHSU has a giant tram that runs from the riverfront up to the school.  Yeah, the school is at the top of a giant hill.  There are steps up to the school in the trees that I see people walking and I'm amazed.  It's like the stairs at BYU times 7, literally.  Anyways...Jared rides for free and still had a free ticket from when he interviewed so we went and it was awesome. In some of the pics you can see Mt. Hood and Mt. St. Helen.   I was a loooooong time ago when we did this but still, enjoy the pics. 

See that tiny little tan building in the slight bottom center of the picture? That's the dental school.  It's a little old and getto but they are building a new one right now.

Multnomah Village

You can't really tell, but this street is lined with little tiny fun shops.  A couple weeks ago Jared told me he would be studying all day and that he would take a break and I could pick anything I wanted to do.  I chose window shopping.  Will I chose shopping again if this arrangement comes up again? Nope....He said "anything" and he was a good sport but let's be honest, he really didn't care for looking at bead shops and nick knack stores.  However, we did enjoy the novelty toy shop and the overly prices candy store (yeah, that kinda explains our personality, we might still be children at heart).

It was simple and fun.  I love window shopping and just walking around old school parts of towns and I love Jared for sucking it up (especially after a day of studying).

Life is really good right now.  Jared has the swing of things...well, almost.  I woke up this morning to him scaring the bageezies out of me because he missed the bus and I thought I was alone. But other than a bus route and a few boring shopping trips he's content.  And I FINALLY got a job at Nordstrom.  I'm pretty excited and I start tomorrow. Wish me luck, and Jared luck for his final on Friday!!

BONFIRE

Oh my heck!! So....Jared decides to read the last post and informed me that it's a bonfire and not a bomb fire....yeah. MIND BLOWN.  And might I add I'm a little disappointed.  I'm pretty sure my version is better.  And yeah,  Jared laughed, a lot! We both did and then I looked it up just to double check (it's really hard to accept something you believed your whole life is wrong) and this is what I found on Wikipedia.  Yup, a whole page for bonfires and there's actually a lot more to them than I thought.

In many regions of continental Europe, bonfires are made traditionally on January 16,the solemnity of John the Baptist, as well as on Saturday night before Easter. Bonfires are also a feature of Walpurgis Night in central and northern Europe, and the celebrations on the eve of St. John's Day in Spain. In Finland bonfires are tradition on Midsummer Eve and easter, also in midst of may celebrations. bla bla bla

And apparently the name comes from "bone fires".  But after I looked up bonfires I looked up "bomb fires" and this is the definition I found on urban dictionary.

"What stupid people say that don't know it's spelled BONFIRE"

And my favorite quote of this revelation is Jared "how ironic the day after you get your college diploma....." Yup, I finally received my diploma in the mail and then proved that I truly deserved it today. Ha but whatever, I'm smart and awesome and a college grad.  Perhaps we shall celebrate the feat with a "BOMB FIRE"

The beach and a date (please say in the same inflection as the guy from enchanted)

So....a couple weekends ago (yeah, I'm slow) Mr. Imgoingtobeadentist went on a bonding trip to the beach with all his dental classmates. They stayed in a $$$+ resort that was on the beach with a sweet bathroom (his words), had a bomb fire on the beach (not really a bomb fire just a camp fire.  It sad what people call a bomb fire). He ate amazing food and explored Cannon beach.  Oh and did I mention he built a super rad sand castle and won a competition.  Yeah...that's right, #1!!

And what did I do while he was gone? It was suggested I go see a movie (I looooove seeing movies by myself, yet I have not done it for awhile).  However, we are poor so I opted for something else.  This is how it went down:

First...I had a date with H&M at the awesome mall 

(only looks were had...it was a PG date since I can't buy anything, but still worth it) 

Next:

See's candy sample = free

Jr. Roast beef from Arby's = 1$

Hard taco from Taco Bell = 1$

French Fries from McDonald's = 1$

(yeah, I drove to all three and Portland does not have sale tax so a dollar was really a dollar!!)

Next:

From Red Box

We bought a zoo = 1$

The help = free!

The hunger games = free!

BOOM that's right.  I had a date with myself and only spent 4$ (and a little gas) instead of whatever a movie would have cost and watched three great movies (I recommend them all) and did it all in my pajamas (except the mall of course, I actually took time and got all done up for that.  Must always look your best for the clothes).

Now, should I really brag when I could have spent no money since we are dirt poor? Hmm....yeah I just re-read the top about the resort and bla bla bla...I don't feel so bad anymore...we just might be eating more potatoes than normal. 

Portland

 We made it....alive!  I still can't believe we moved and because everything is new but because it doesn't really feel that different (if that makes any sense).  The drive was good.  It mostly looked like this...

And Emily, You have a mountain.

 And we saw a few barges flouting down the river.  It blew my mind a little bit and I finally realized the rest of the world didn't grow up in Nevada and they are actually large bodies of water everywhere.  Obviously I already knew this but it was just amazing to see.

And than about 1 1/2 hours from Portland everything turn into this BAM!!! It was wild and kinda just happened.  So so so many trees.

We arrived.  We un-packed.  Ate delicious food with Jared's parents and aunt and uncle.  Where amazingly blessed with help from Jared parent.  We said goodbye.  And this kid went to his first day of school.  So far so good (yeah...that's outside our apartment.  It's green everywhere).

 One more thing.  It hit 100 degrees today.  And we don't have any stinking air conditioning.  Perfect blog life bubble burst!