[Rhodes22-list] Hempfest

[Brad Haslett]

Eric,

I've probably told this story before in these environs but early in my job
with my current employer, I owned an Audi 4000 diesel (circa 1985) that was
a gussied-up Volkswagon with the same parts (only more expensive because of
the 4-rings on the grill).  We have stayed off-and-on at the Benson over the
years and this was one of the ON periods and my second son had just been
born, I was a new hire, and while we weren't "macraoni-and-cheese, Suave
shampoo" broke, we were pretty broke.  Lovely bride at the time bent a wheel
on the Audi and I couldn't find one anywhere in the free world other than
the dealer who had a wheel at $275.  So there I was in Portland, Oregon and
lo-and-behold a local junkyard has an Audi 4000 wheel for $75!  I take the
Squirrel or the Beaver or the Moose bus to the outskirts of town to the
junkyard. I pull off my belt and make a handle out of it to carry the wheel
back to the Benson and the doorman stops me.  "Sir, are your a guest here?"
"Yes".  "May I see your key?".  I put down the wheel and produce the key.
"Sir, is that a wheel?"  "NO, that my f^&*ing key chain, I get tired of
losing all the others!"

The Benson is still nice and has been for over a hundred years. Portland is
a wonderful city.  I don't belong there long term.

Brad


On Sat, Aug 23, 2008 at 1:11 AM, Eric Nelson <errorinspelling at gmail.com>wrote:

> I lived in Portland for almost Ten years. I worked in the commerce building
> on the North side of the Benson Hotel (Where Hamburger Mary's used to be)
> My
> Brother ran a little club there called "The Spot" or "Mary's spot" some
> years back and spoke quite highly of Mary's Club. I Really miss downtown
> Portland and all the food carts and and Bars and The Christmas Boats. The
> Wife and I are talking about taking "What Next" down there and joining the
> parade if I am not deployed this christmas. So yes I have to agree with you
> Portland rates a bit higher on my scale to Seattle but Sailing in the Puget
> Sound has deffinately been an experience.
>
> --Eric
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