Things to do in Portland #1

Look I actually did something in Portland. It's nothing new, but I felt I should write a post irregardless.

Rock Bottom Brewery downtown. They're a chain, but it's a pretty cool pub. Also, I guess they are owned by the same company as Old Chicago, which I'm also a fan of. At Rock Bottom, I love their nachos, even though they don't love me back (they give me heartburn, just thought you should all know I'm OLD and I get heartburn). Anyhow, I met up with some of my former Intel finance interns from last summer on Thursday night and we put a hurt on two pitchers of Volksweizn Wheat. Also, I couldn't resist myself and I ordered the nachos. Miraculously, they did not cause me any agony last night. Maybe it's because I shared with four people rather than trying to eat the huge plate all to myself.

One cool thing you can get is this beer sampler thing, where you get about 6 different types of beer to try that they brew themselves. Matt has a funny story about that. If you see him you should definitely ask him about it. They have a pretty nice bar, and pool tables upstairs. I like the atmosphere there. It's pretty laid back.

I have always had pretty good service there, but Matt went with a group of people once and they had a really bad service experience. The waitress cornered them when they didn't leave her a tip because she sucked, and they had to get the manager involved. I also had them accidently charge someone else's (who was in my party but paid with a separate card) dinner to my card and it was a fiasco to get it all ironed out. Despite all this, I would recommend you go, and try the nachos.

And, I would be doing something else Portland worthy tonight, but since I have been sick with a cold all week, I made a last minute decision to bail out. Intel is taking all the Oregon interns to the season opener for the Portland Beavers tonight. In case you don't know, the Beavers (not to be confused with the OSU Beavers) is Portland's minor league baseball team. There's been talk for a long time of getting a major league baseball team in Portland, which would be so awesome, but for now, the minors will suffice. I went to like 5 or 6 games last year and didn't pay once. If you want good seats, Laurie has the hook ups. Her business has good seats, whereas Intel has not bad seats, but there definitely isn't any waiters waiting on you. I was planning on going tonight, because hello it's free! But I just decided about 10 minutes ago that I should spend my Friday night at home lazing on the couch nursing myself back to health with some bon bons. Yeah, that's how I roll.