The Friendly Street neighborhood, is named after Sam Friendly, a 19th-century Mayor of Eugene. It’s a popular neighborhood with home buyers, convenient to local businesses, parks, and downtown. They have a very active neighborhood association and a very informative web site.
The Friendly Street neighborhood is bounded by Amazon Parkway (East), Chambers (West), [...]
Filed under: Friendly Street Neighborhood, Neighborhoods on July 29th, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Portland is a handy two hour drive from Eugene. Tom and I and our daughter Loreen and granddaughter Beatrix took a trip to Portland to visit relatives. On our way home yesterday we stopped off at the southbound Baldock Rest Area just past Wilsonville. Beatrix (age 16 months) really needed a break. [...]
Filed under: Outdoor Activities on July 27th, 2008 | 1 Comment »
A tree caught fire a few booths down from mine, behind the info booth across from the library. The fire went up the trunk and was very impressive. My first instinct was to get the heck out of there, so I made sure every got out of my booth and ran.
Within a minute [...]
Filed under: Outdoor Activities on July 13th, 2008 | No Comments »
I’m at the Oregon Country Fair this weekend! I sell silkscreened greetig cards that I make that are scenes of Oregon. My booth (#398) is at the top of the eight on Abby Rode, next door to Cafe Layfayette Cajun Restaurant. I have four crafts in my booth: Utilikilts, my daughter’s masks, [...]
Filed under: Outdoor Activities on July 12th, 2008 | No Comments »