This weekend is kind of a big one for me as it got started on friday by me chalking up another year of sobriety! It's been 11 years now since that fateful day North of Conrad when my life was changed for ever! Almost every day has brought with it some challenges but thanks to an amazing support team another years worth of those days has come and gone. Any recovering addict will tell you though that this is not a game that is winnable, we all only hope to make it to another day, one at a time! So this day, I am writing this from a tiny little house that Kelli and I rented for the weekend in Portland, OR. We'd never been here befroe and it is only 6 hours from Spokane so we decided to take a little mini vacation to celebrate my 11 years. We got here yesterday and imediately went straight downtown to walk around and shop then try to find one of the restaurants that my cousin Amber recommended, she's lived here for years so she had tons of suggestions for us which was really great, and while we walked around we experienced more in about four hours than I have in the past month! As soon as we parked we walked around the first block we looked up at the first giant building of the evening and it was the Church of Scientology! We're not in Kansas anymore Toto! As we walked past the front door I was hoping to see Tom Cruise inside greeting people but no such luck:) We continued our walk through the chilly night air and headed up the street to try and find a place to eat. Along our walk we came across something that made my day, Georgia's Grocery, conveniently located below Georgia's Hotel!
It's kind of hard to tell from this picture but there it is, mothers name in neon lights:) We headed around the corner and found our place to eat, it wasn't on the options Amber gave us but we just stumbled upon it and had to try it out, Henry's Tavern. Turns out Henry's is pretty dang good! It's a sports bar on one side, restaurant on the other, and pool room upstairs with extra bar seating. We sat upstairs in a booth with basically a coffe table, and we both ordered burgers cause even though there was steaks and other entrees on the menu, they advertised that the burgers were their specialty. They didn't lie, Kelli had the blue cheese burger which she said was amazing and I had the stuffed burger! A thick patty of beef stuffed with gorgonzola cheese, fried onions, and smoked bacon!! It was literally the best burger I've ever had! With full bellies we did some more sight seeing which included a home decor store Kelli has only seen on tv before, West Elm. We made a pass through there and it was totaly worth it as I watched Kellis eyes light up like mine do at Augusta National! We then headed back to the truck and made our way to our little house which is only about 15 minutes away from downtown. We had a great nights sleep here now were getting ready to head back downtown for another fun filled day of exploring Portland!
Remember, some of the best days of your life are the ones that start out with absolutely no schedule:)
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