Well last Thursday night we took Mother and Lisa to a musical at the Cabaret called "Smokey Joe's Cafe". It was all the great music of Leiber and Stoller, great tunes mostly written for the Coasters. We heard "Poison Ivy", "Love Potion # 9", Elvis tunes "Hound Dog" and "Treat me Nice" and many other classics.
On Friday we drove back north to Portland (Lisa joined us). We stayed with Ron and Amy. Rick and May are in Nicaragua vacationing. Lisa's friend, Amberly, from USD is now living and working in Portland. After a barbecue at the house Lisa and Amberly left and we visited on the deck.
On Saturday we looked at Lexus SUV's because I would love one. We'll see. Amy was craving chili and asked if I would mind making some. Of course I didn't and we had a chili dinner. Ronnie also showed us movies in his wonderful home theater.
Sunday we had to take Mother to the airport early in the morning for her return to L. A. After church Ron and I looked at houses for the millionth time in Camas, Washington across the Columbia River about a ten minute drive from the kids' homes. We do this nearly every time we are in the area. I am so uncertain about moving. I do love Ashland so. In the afternoon we returned to meet Lisa, Amberly, Ron and Amy at the Portland Grill again. This fabulous restaurant and bar is atop a 30 story building and it is my favorite place to dine in Portland. We were there with Patty and Scott a few weeks back and it is still great. Don't miss Ronnie's favorite dessert.
We returned home on Monday to our simple life. Luckily Lisa is still with us. She heads back to Italy August 18th. So life is still good.
2 comments:
My girlfriend was in our local version of Smokey Joe's Cafe..it was great! We loved it! The chili sounds great and everyone looks beautiful as always!
I've been eagerly awaiting a blog from you to hear more about Lisa's visit! Sounds like things are going well! I hope everyone is doing great! I think about you so much! Any new homes there in Camas! Portland grill was so cool!
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