Re: The thread where Spring has sprung, and Penske has risen from the law. Word!
 

Obviously, this didn't really touch a nerve for anyone. Try a different combination - maybe you, Atticus and TM.

Re: The thread where Spring has sprung, and Penske has risen from the law. Word!
 

I can already tell you everyone's answer. I get all 3.

TM

Re: The thread where Spring has sprung, and Penske has risen from the law. Word!
 

Portland Hotel Recs- downtown and non-chain. last time i was there I stayed in some boutique place, but now my travel agent is offering hyatt/hilton/whatever.

help.

Re: For RT
 

Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.

Re: The thread where Spring has sprung, and Penske has risen from the law. Word!
 

http://www.hoteldeluxeportland.com/

Conde Nast Traveler rated.

Re: The thread where Spring has sprung, and Penske has risen from the law. Word!
 

Hi! Thanks to Thurgreed and Hank, everyone is ignoring the two of us now. At first I was a little down about it, but now I find it liberating. Anyhoo, unless Hank happens to read the board without being signed in, he is not going to get your recommendation. Just FYI, sts, lol! Peace out!

Re: The thread where Spring has sprung, and Penske has risen from the law. Word!
 

Oh, no, see you don't get me. it matters not that he will actually read my helpful suggestion.......it the peverse satisfaction affirming that I am a better more evolved person. indeed.

Re: The thread where Spring has sprung, and Penske has risen from the law. Word!
 

I see myself as a marry + kill type. Two out of three ain't bad.

Re: The thread where Spring has sprung, and Penske has risen from the law. Word!
 

Because it is just the two of us talking, I'll offer some style tips. First, I think you mean to say that it matters not that "he will NOT actually read" your suggestion. Then, I would skip the annoying run-on ellipses and just start a new sentence. And I don't think you want to say "evolved." Evolution is not really implicated in the point I think you are trying to make here. You're not touting your biological superiority or better adaptability. You could say "more cultured" or something like that. And if you just clean up the grammatical issues, it would make the sentence far more readable. "It is the perverse satisfaction I receive in affirming that I am a better, more cultured person." Something like that.

You're welcome!

Re: The thread where Spring has sprung, and Penske has risen from the law. Word!
 

From personal experience:

The Nines is good (but is a Starwood in a non-W boutiquey way).

Hotel Lucia is good, and is the hotel where AlBore molested the masseuse.

Hotel Vintage Plaza.

Food:

Go to Pok Pok

Maybe the Acropolis for steak and strippers.

VooDoo donuts for the maple bacon thing.

a cena-nice little italian restaurant, drop my nickname (the real one).

If you like hot sweaty dancing with cute latinas, go to Mambo Lounge.

maybe hit the Willamette for some wine tasting.

That's all I got.

No Seattle?

Re: The thread where Spring has sprung, and Penske has risen from the law. Word!
 

FWIW, ftr, FD, FYI, I was ignoring you before Hank [DELETED FOR VIOLATION OF CONFIDENTIALITY PROVISIONS]. No offence. I still love you and read all of your blogs and follow your twitter.

If that helps. No offence. YMMV.

P2.0

Re: The thread where Spring has sprung, and Penske has risen from the law. Word!
 

I'll be there at the end of July. Want to join us for the bachelor party? Portland allows touching.

Re: The thread where Spring has sprung, and Penske has risen from the law. Word!
 

I think you get my kill vote. are you on the ballot? no. huh. oh well

Re: The thread where Spring has sprung, and Penske has risen from the law. Word!
 

You've been sadly misinformed on that point. Naked plus booze, yes. Touching (at least by the dude), a big no. PM me if you need more guidance in this area.

Oh, and a big 2 to Penske on Pok Pok. I want some Vietnamese fish sause wings. Now.

Re: The thread where Spring has sprung, and Penske has risen from the law. Word!
 

How do I get the Flower tweets?

Re: The thread where Spring has sprung, and Penske has risen from the law. Word!
 

WHAT!!! This is an outrage. When you say "at least by the dude", I assume that means that they can touch you. HJ in the champagne room?

Craig Ferguson's Wife
 

http://i42.tinypic.com/16m6mfs.jpg

I think the guy is hilarious, but come on. Really?

TM

Apologies to Ironwuss...er...weed
 

I keep seeing dubliner men (well, young men, boys really) ordering bottled cider and having the barman serve it with ice.

Granted, some if it is strawberry lime flacored cider.

And with that, I'm off for a pre-dinner pint.

Anyone else watching Top Chef?
 

I caught up on the entire season of Top Chef last night (including last night's episode), and I found myself underwhelmed.

I knew, going in, that there was no way that they could replicate the quality of chefs that they had last season. But this season seems to just suck. I think part of it was that there were so many good chefs last time around that the silly dramas took a back seat to the good cooking. The chefs seemed to respect each other and there wasn't much in the way of petty bullshit aside from some isolated bickering.

I also watched Top Chef Masters, and those guys treated each other with respect AND were awesome cooks.

This season seems to be drama laden, and worse, the chefs don't seem all that strong as a group. I'd heard that the only real complaint from last season was that the chefs might have been too good, too innovative, made food that most of the viewers were pulling dictionaries out and doing google searches on to recognize. Did Bravo dumb this season down, or were my expectations just too high?

Re: The thread where Spring has sprung, and Penske has risen from the law. Word!
 

An outrage, indeed. It's better than it used to be, when "air dances" were the norm. At the right place, your bachelor can at least have a hot naked girl grinding on him. But that's about as far as it goes. And it depends a lot on where you go.

Re: The thread where Spring has sprung, and Penske has risen from the law. Word!
 

I feel like I'm taking a deposition.

And where should we go?

Re: Anyone else watching Top Chef?
 

All I know is that I hate that dark haired guy that I am supposed to hate.

Re: The thread where Spring has sprung, and Penske has risen from the law. Word!
 

3 on Pok Pok. And give yourself 2 hours (or more) for Powell's Books.

Re: The thread where Spring has sprung, and Penske has risen from the law. Word!
 

I am totally interested in that too.

On second thought
 

Are we sure Ironwees (iPhone changed that to urinated originally) isn't in dublin? I just saw someone passed out on the pavement with his prick out.

Re: The thread where Spring has sprung, and Penske has risen from the law. Word!
 

I got voice recognition software and have my dog fart into a microphone. seems to work.

Re: Anyone else watching Top Chef?
 

Yes. I find myself wishing for the return of the creepy Volt brothers, Kevin and Jen. They were just all so good and professional. I totally wanted to eat Kevin's food last season, all season, even though I couldn't smell it or look at it other than how it was presented on TV. This season -- so totally meh. I do not need to know whether someone had crabs either.

Speaking of Top Chef, my boyfriend and I and some friends had a fancy dinner the other day and we were served an amuse-bouche with lentil foam. I thought immediately of Marcel. Needless to say, lentil does not work as a foam. But the meal itself was top-notch. One of the best meals I have had since moving to NYC. The restaurant is "Dovetail" and the decor is late 80's Detroit-area Marriot conference room. But the food rocks.

Re: The thread where Spring has sprung, and Penske has risen from the law. Word!
 

No Jakes?

Re: The thread where Spring has sprung, and Penske has risen from the law. Word!
 

You can do much, much better. Jake's is part of the McCormick's chain. A home-grown chain, but a chain nonetheless. Good happy hour menu, though.

Re: On second thought
 

Drink some cider, take your pants off and stop acting like a goddamn yank tourist. And throw me a few euro the next time you see me on O'Connell Street, you tight bastard.

Re: The thread where Spring has sprung, and Penske has risen from the law. Word!
 

wait, flower tweets? I'm in. I'd follow.

The best amuse bouche in ny i'd say is
L’Atelier de Joël Robuchon in the Four Seasons, NY

Re: On second thought
 

It was Westmoreland street, but it's the extension of O'Connell on the other side of the river, so I can see why you were confused.

Re: The thread where Spring has sprung, and Penske has risen from the law. Word!
 

Where might one see a golfer wearing this attire?

http://a.espncdn.com/photo/2010/0715...ly4_sy_400.jpg

No, not the local 9-hole loop, but St. Andrews. Ugly Americans indeed.

Re: The thread where Spring has sprung, and Penske has risen from the law. Word!
 

The Persians are to blame for paisley!

Re: The thread where Spring has sprung, and Penske has risen from the law. Word!
 

I'll be there for the Sox too. I'll be wearing a PMC Sox hat and a red Pedroia t-shirt. Don't be shy about saying "Hi".

Re: The thread where Spring has sprung, and Penske has risen from the law. Word!
 

I thought Philly would be used to flares in the stands.

I have a ticket in the Celtic section, how many flares should I bring?

Re: Craig Ferguson's Wife
 

And she is going to give birth to his child in early 2011.

Re: The thread where Spring has sprung, and Penske has risen from the law. Word!
 

Flower tweets? Are we sure he is not the @oldspice guy?

Re: The thread where Spring has sprung, and Penske has risen from the law. Word!
 

That's far from the loudest golf clothing Daly wears. He is outfitted by Loudmouth Golf. Here's one that will burn your retinas

http://img.timeinc.net/golf/i/tours/...ch_373x600.jpg

Re: Anyone else watching Top Chef?
 

I'm not loving this season as of yet. It typically takes me several weeks before there is a manageable enough group to learn all their names and such, though.

In former-contestant news, we go pretty regularly to CJ's gastropub in Santa Monica (season 3) and just found out yesterday that Jamie will be taking over the kitchen at a lounge we go to down the street in October (season 5). The winning Volt brother is leaving his current place in Pasadena and I think will be opening somewhere in downtown LA this fall. We have not eaten at his current place.