A walking tour. Trying my best to avoid taking pictures of the things most people usually take pictures of. You’ve already seen Big Ben how many times?
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London Walking Tour
2 things:
- Crossed “see a band on a ‘no more tours’ tour before I die, and make it a good one,” off of the bucket list.
- I believe in aliens now.
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Cathedral Park (St. Johns)
What better way to celebrate the first glimpse of sunshine 2023 has to offer than a trip to Cathedral Park near St. Johns – one of my favorite scenic spots (remaining) in the Portland metro area? It might be the “7th most dangerous neighborhood” in the city, but I love it anyway.
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Capcom Used to Be Pretty Cool
I like the Monster Hunter and Resident Evil remakes as much as the next person, but having finally gotten around to trying Asura’s Wrath today, I can honestly say that Capcom has mostly lost its imagination. There aren’t enough games that take any sort of risks in 2023. It makes me miss the good ol’ days of Dead Rising, Lost Planet, Breath of Fire, and many more.
Then again, I’ve owned Asura’s Wrath for about 8 years and never once did I load it up before today, so who knows what other great games are sitting in my collection, waiting to be “discovered.”
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Mississippi Ave Woes
Ok, so it’s not actually on Mississippi Avenue, but it’s close enough. This will be a shooting gallery soon, if it isn’t one already.
I’m not sure what this apartment complex did to warrant a complete leveling but nonetheless, it’s getting one anyway. What I find so amusing about this is that Portland’s tax-paying renter population has actually declined over the past couple of years. Unless this is eventually going to be some kind of low-income housing, I’m not sure who the intended residents will be.
One of the few Portland restaurants popular enough to enjoy its very own Wikipedia page, La Carreta on Southeast McLoughlin Boulevard in Portland closed at some point during the pandemic. Whether or not you liked La Carreta is up to you; what’s more interesting is how quickly it went from open for business to closed to scene from an as yet unannounced Mad Max film.
My ridiculously talented daughter draws ridiculously cool stuff while we watch ridiculously stupid TV shows – 1883 in this case. I’m not sure where she gets it.
Built way back in 1981, Clackamas Town Center has long been the one Portland-area shopping mall that I expected to survive the Great American Retail Collapse. Alas, it’s starting to appear as though I was wrong.
