A very Portland event. I think there were over 1000 santas this year as we took over bars and restaurants in North Portland. We even stopped by the mayor’s house and he came out and got the crowed pumped up with a megaphone. Then they handed out egg nog and we marched away singing Christmas carols.
Mayor Adams in center of photo
We donned our custom santa suits again this year
My additions were names on my jacket and Whiskey's, as well as 502 patches and girl in oregon patches. Note spray on beard.
I have 200 pairs of these sexy socks in stock! What is ON ON you ask? It’s what we shout while running when hashing. What’s hashing? The best drinking group with a running problem EVER. Google it and come on out if you want to blast through the woods, streets and streams in search of beer!
Sock Model: Erin Larson Photo/ Edit: Andy Munson
This is what happens when Andy has 200 pairs of socks laying around Christmas time....
Built for Shiggy!
Contact me via 502global AT gmail DOT com if you want some.
Chair Affair+ 2010 is around the corner! Note the plus sign – this year we get to do chairs OR other furniture. I picked this trunk because it has tons of surface area. There is going to be a glass top so it can be used as a table(i’ll etch the glass). Last year was the wave chair, open to any of your ideas on this one. Perhaps Mt hood+Trees?
Ahh the Portland Marathon. 26.2 miles of torture through Portland’s streets. It was fun to see some of my friends run, as well as hand out beverages at mile 23.
Caitlin, my teammate from HTC and captain of Ragnar is in there somewhere. This was mile 6 at arounf 7:30AM. It was only 3 blocks from my house, so I figured the least I could do was get up and watch them.
On my way to the eastside to watch them at mile 23. Before this, I went home and sat on the couch for an hour while they kept running.
Best refreshments on the route...
Respective champions of different types of running...
Caitlin (in white) going fast!
Only Caitlin would be smiling here!
Happy to be handing out and not running...but they do inspire you to want to go out and do it.
This guy was an animal. Run 23 miles. Do a keg stand. Run 3.2 miles.
Why the big smile? Perhaps because she's done running. But also because she qualified for the BOSTON MARATHON!
After some long thought about long running I’m announcing that I want to run a marathon in 2010. So if your reading this, be sure to bug me to keep running. Lots.
I was invited to participate in this years Chair Affair put on by Community Warehouse. The idea is that a bunch of artists donate their time to raise money for poor people in need.
You pick out a chair at their warehouse down on Interstate Avenue in Portland and then decorate it any way you like.
I decided to go with the Great Wave theme based on Hokusai’s famous painting. If you would like to come and bid on my chair click here.
In a sea of chairs, the little black step stool stood out to me.
Thank you Tate for the help on welding the panels in!
After the first layer my chair was riding on a magic piece of cardboard.
It’s called “Fat Cobra” and it’s on the fringe of the westside industrial area. Right where industrial meets deep, dark forests. I’m not brave enough to go inside. The seedy porn shops in 8mm come to mind.
Stay away from the Fat Cobra
A little googling and I dug up some dirt. There were several articles about the owner. Apparently he gave Sam Adams $500 for his mayoral campaign. Now that is dirty money.
I also found this rave review.
“Fat Cobra gots the fattest glory holes in town, yo. Seriously, you can pass a phone book to your buddy through one. And you better like it–all of the booths (except two) have them. There are 50 channels here (15 gay, three lesbian) and a strict no-smoking policy. Perks include an agreeable staff, one viewing room that holds at least 10, and an old-skool Galaga game.”
From their website
The rest of the review is quite a bit more graphic. Do some googling if you want to read it. It manages to get filthy enough that I won’t post it here.
