How Is Julie

Robert and I decided to have dinner at Chef Mike Downing’s Quimby’s Restaurant in Newport a few Saturday’s ago. The place was packed with patrons of the nearby Newport Performing Arts Center. There were many people waiting for a table. Diners were eating prior to the last symphony in the series.  I saw Mike working [...]

I have wanted to go to Velveteria: Museum of Velvet Painting at 2448 E. Burnside, Portland for some time. It is written up on lists of offbeat places to go. Anthony Bourdain of No Reservations visited and so did the Bill Geist of CBS’s Sunday Morning. The place is kitschy, but I like that. I [...]