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OPB PEOPLE IN BEAVERTON’S RESER

September 27, 2024 by David Gillaspie

OPB people gathered Thursday night for a radio show at The Reser in Beaverton. Maybe it’s the same crowd for every Live Wire show, but I don’t know. I’ve been to one other on Portland’s Eastside and both had one thing in common: Old people who know how to have a laugh.

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: audience, beaverton, drama, Luke burbank, old, old enough, old people, OPB, opb people, Portland Oregon, reser, the Reser

MAKING TIME TO SHARE TIME

July 7, 2024 by David Gillaspie

Making time for this, for that, but we still run out of time. On the run? From a Beaverton Farmers Market morning to a Waterfront Blues Festival evening, all the different faces turned into a blur. Some faces, not all.

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: Army, beaverton, blues, compression, get married, good vibes, have kids, join the Army, making time, music, Oregon, Portland, portland woodstock, share time, shared time, the blues, time, Waterfront Blues Festival, writers thing

ENGLAND LAKE DISTRICT ‘JOY RIDE’

May 29, 2024 by David Gillaspie

Drive to the Lake District, the tour book says. It will be a fun joy ride. Whenever you hear the term ‘joy ride’ and it’s not about stealing a car, use extra caution. This was the joy ride around the Lake District.

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: beaverton, beer, car crash, cockermouth, Cockfosters, England, England lake district, English roads, eurocar rental, gin, Hawaii, joy ride, Lake District, MARRIAGE, planning, Rick Steves, travel, white knuckle driving, wife

MUNDANE LIFE? CONGRATULATIONS

May 6, 2024 by David Gillaspie

Fear the mundane life, or celebrate the accomplishment? The more the pace of life speeds up, and you don’t, the more your effort shines. Who knew normal and ordinary could feel so good? But there’s a problem. Not everyone gets it.

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: accomplishment, beaverton, cancer industry, cancer related, cancer treatment, celebrate, coaches, criminal kingpin, famous, fear, good life, kids, life goal, memory, mundane life, normal, North Bend, ordinary, ordinary people, practice, remembers for, serious people, sports, the Beatles, Tigard, wife, world stage

DO PORTLAND CHRISTMAS LIKE A THREE YEAR OLD

December 16, 2023 by David Gillaspie

A Portland Christmas goes one of two ways: “I will never set foot in that hell-hole.” Or? Peacock Lane? Let’s go.”

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: baker city, beaverton, better self, bigger markets, blog, blogger, boomerpdx, built portland, Christmas, christmas stress, city Christmas, David Gillaspie, good timing, klamath falls, lake oswego, middle managers, modern portland, Oregon, Portland, portland christmas, portland news, Portland Oregon, portland perspective, safe portland, timing, travel, tualatin, writer, writers, writing

ELECTION GUIDE? VOTE LIKE FAMILY

November 3, 2022 by David Gillaspie

Election guide 2022 sponsored by Phil Knight? Vote like Mr. Knight if you share common values. He’s a businessman, Oregon’s claim to membership in the billionaires club. And he’s competitive in how he sees money spent, so he’s working as an election guide? Unfortunately, his picks come with overweight baggage fees.

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: beaverton, blogger, boomerpdx, buying elections, election, election deniers, election guide, election integrity, elections, family, gen z, largest generation, millennials, native oregon, Nike, Oregon, oregon governor, Phil Knight, Portland, Portland Oregon, the future, uncertain future, vote, zoomers

LEAVING PORTLAND IN 1974

September 8, 2022 by David Gillaspie

Leaving Portland in 1974 was quite memorable. Memorable departures usually have a location in mind. I was headed to Fort Ord, California and the All-Volunteer Army on September 6, 1974. What was I thinking?

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: army induction, beaverton, blogger, boomerpdx, college wrestling, Coos Bay, gresham, multnomah village, NW Portland, Oregon, Oregon Coast, Peters Inn, Portland, portland hilton, Portland Oregon, Tigard

CLOUDY DAYS TAKE A SHORT BREAK

May 20, 2022 by David Gillaspie

Cloudy days in Oregon? How can that be? Where I grew up no one complained about the rain. If they did that would have been all they talked about. There’s more going on than cloudy days, but what do you do when all you see are clouds?

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: beaverton, clouds, Cloudy days, family, kids, life, Oregon, parents, Portland, Portland Oregon, Tigard

DIN TAI FUNG FOODIE NEIGHBORHOOD

January 15, 2019 by David Gillaspie

Din Tai Fung is the foodie choice. What I expected when I first heard of Din Tai Fung: A luxurious restaurant fit for an emperor jammed into a suburban mall near a vacant Sears store. What I experienced going to Din Tai Fung? The company story printed in the menu called their […]

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: beaverton, Chinese restaurant, din tai fung, dinner, dtf, food review, foodie, legend, legendary, Oregon, pilgrimage, Portland, Portland Oregon, reservation, restaurant, restaurant review, shock, taiwan, washington square

Colin Kaepernick Kneels For Nike Like I Kneel For Nike

September 4, 2018 by David Gillaspie

Do I kneel for Nike? I sure do, but it’s more in awe than anything else. Nike is awesome. So is Colin Kaepernick, but I don’t kneel to him. For some reason the Kaepernick Kneel is an irritant instead of a call to action. It is a call to action, right […]

Filed Under: BOOMER YEARS Tagged With: american sports, beaverton, cancer drugs, cancer killer, cancer medication, cancer treatment, chemo-therapy, colin kaepernick, dr. yee, injustice, intervention, john carlos, Knight Cancer Institute, muhammad Ali, Nike, nike campus, Oregon Health & Science University, Phil Knight, police brutality, Portland, right stuff, social cancer, sports, tommy smith