http://blog.lib.umn.edu/chri1010/portland/ Bliss in the city of roses en-us 2006-08-13T01:02:58-06:00 http://blog.lib.umn.edu/chri1010/portland/050272.html My summer in Portland is about to come to an end. Tomorrow morning, I will arrive at the Portland Airport, with all of my liquids carefully packed in my checked luggage (and all of the books I bought--why did I... chri1010 2006-08-13T01:02:58-06:00 http://blog.lib.umn.edu/chri1010/portland/050270.html Most people who know me know that I'm not much of a coffee drinker, although I've been becoming more of one lately. My dissertation support group meets at a very nice coffee shop every Sunday, and most of the time,... chri1010 2006-08-13T00:54:23-06:00 http://blog.lib.umn.edu/chri1010/portland/050131.html The Summer Institute is over, I've come down with a cold, and I'm spending part of my reentry at my friends' K and C's house. They've got a great place in SE, with a beautiful flowering tree in the back... chri1010 2006-08-09T12:57:54-06:00 http://blog.lib.umn.edu/chri1010/portland/049837.html Question: How many days can you eat chickpeas and spinach for lunch and still be satisfied? Answer: I didn't come here for the food. I'm never sure what I'm coming to the summer institute for intercultural communication for. Some people... chri1010 2006-08-03T01:50:18-06:00 http://blog.lib.umn.edu/chri1010/portland/049383.html Ever noticed that when people talk about the intercultural, the word itself is often used as a noun, in spite of its appearance to be an adjective? Sure, there's intercultural training, intercultural education, and lest we not forget intercultural communication.... chri1010 2006-07-25T00:48:56-06:00 http://blog.lib.umn.edu/chri1010/portland/049286.html It's summer in Portland! And, is it ever! Let's get the superficial stuff out of the way first. It was nearly 100 degrees here yesterday, and an important distinction between Portland and other places that are hot more of the... chri1010 2006-07-22T12:53:22-06:00 http://blog.lib.umn.edu/chri1010/portland/004782.html Well, I have been back for almost a week now. I'm not totally settled in to life in Minneapolis, but I have come to terms with the fact that my summer in Portland has come to an end, at least... chri1010 2004-09-01T16:46:07-06:00 http://blog.lib.umn.edu/chri1010/portland/004781.html 10. Pioneer Square in downtown Portland 9. The weather, and not just because I was there the two months it doesn't rain 8. Powell's City of Books (of course I can still check them out online!) 7. Trader Joe's 6.... chri1010 2004-09-01T16:41:09-06:00 http://blog.lib.umn.edu/chri1010/portland/004647.html Although I've lived in Portland for a long time (on and off), there are some things I've never gotten around to doing. It's just like living in NYC and not seeing the Statue of Liberty. Some things are easier when... chri1010 2004-08-28T21:53:22-06:00 http://blog.lib.umn.edu/chri1010/portland/004646.html Airports really are liminal spaces, I think. In so many ways, they're so much the same. We don't have to learn how to be in an airport every time we go there. The check in, security, the long walk to... chri1010 2004-08-28T21:48:16-06:00 http://blog.lib.umn.edu/chri1010/portland/004544.html I rode the #8 into downtown for the last time this summer. I actually jumped in front of the bus to get it to stop on 15th avenue, where I catch it. The bus sort of ground to a halt... chri1010 2004-08-26T04:18:58-06:00 http://blog.lib.umn.edu/chri1010/portland/004500.html Tonight I went to see this movie, What the Bleep Do We Know? Click on the movie name to be magically transported to the film's website, which, mentions the fact that What the Bleep...will be playing at the Lagoon Theater... chri1010 2004-08-25T02:10:20-06:00 http://blog.lib.umn.edu/chri1010/portland/004452.html Since it hasn't rained in Portland much this summer, I don't think I've written about the fact that the rain is totally different here than in the Twin Cities. The most noticable difference: when it rains here, you don't get... chri1010 2004-08-23T16:28:35-06:00 http://blog.lib.umn.edu/chri1010/portland/004429.html I've started feeling a little homesick, I guess because I finally can. I was in a crabby mood yesterday, and I realized that it's because I miss Chris's kisses, and I want a few hugs from Jurgen too! It's been... chri1010 2004-08-23T02:13:08-06:00 http://blog.lib.umn.edu/chri1010/portland/004346.html These days, I'm riding the #8, the diversity bus. This bus goes to the VA Hospital and to OHSU, where Jurgen had his final surgery a few years ago. Because OHSU is on a hill with lots of twisty curves... chri1010 2004-08-19T10:11:18-06:00