Links for 2007-09-05: Football, wineries, beer, and—oh yeah—a couple of unrelated straggler items
First, a stack of links related to my trip with Julie Anne to Corvallis, OR, over the Labor Day weekend to attend the Oregon State/Utah football game and to do some winery touring and pub-crawling. The links are in the rough order we encountered each place:
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Across the street from Reser Stadium, our base of operations for the OSU/Utah football game Thu 08/30
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Julie Anne’s alma mater in Corvallis, OR
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Center of student life on the Oregon State campus; we went there for the bookstore
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Orange never ends....
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The team I favored. Even though I didn’t attend school there, I grew up a couple miles from their stadium. Hometown team, etc.
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Breakfast on Fri 08/31 in Corvallis. Good hangover cure
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Coffee shop on the northeast corner of the Oregon State campus
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First tasting stop on Sat 09/01. Apparently they also have a kick-ass Sunday brunch
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Stumbled over this winery on our way north from Rickreall, OR along Hwy 99W
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Lovely range of Pinot Noir at this off-the-beaten-path winery in the Eola Hills region of the Willamette Valley
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Two delicious Rieslings and some fine Pinot Noir in the North Willamette Valley
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Happy hour Sat 09/01 afternoon in Lincoln City, OR
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Corvallis pizza joint for dinner Sat 09/01. Total throwback to college life for Julie Anne: The back room, Suds & Suds, offers beer and laundromat
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Good spot in Oregon’s wine country for touring, drinking, dining, etc. We had lunch at the Rooftop Bar Sun 09/02 before we drove back to Seattle
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Spectacular views of the Willamette Valley atop the tallest commercial building in McMinnville. Favorite beers and pub grub too
Second, a couple of random items of interest:
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$4800 chair. All of the furniture I have in my apartment now barely adds up to that amount
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I have one: How about ignoring the 72-item “simplify your life” lists? I mean, *72* ways to SIMPLIFY? Hello, contradiction...?
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