WALUGA PARK – LAKE OSWEGO

Posted on July 31, 2004

Codi and I were invited to a birthday party at Waluga Park today. I’d never heard of Waluga Park, even though I’d driven by it dozens of times while living in Lake O. It’s one of those hidden, off-the-road parks that seems to get little use, which is a good thing for us. It was very nice, perfectly maintained and noticeably un-crowded. I took some photos of the park and surrounding areas just outside the boundaries of the park.

THE MOHAWK THAT DIDN"T MAKE IT

Posted on July 31, 2004

It was time for me to give myself another haircut this evening, so I thought it would be funny to buzz down to a conservative mohawk. The mohawk was recognizable, but unfortunately it looked more like an odd bump on my head than a far-out hair-do. Maybe next time.

MOVING DAYS

Posted on July 26, 2004

Codi and I just moved from one apt complex to another one in Lake O. With help from my sister, Laura, we got the entire move done in 2 days. Our new apartment is really nice and very comfortable, although the shape of the living room makes for a terribly off furniture layout. Hopefully we can sell our TV (Sony 57″ Widescreen HDTV) and get something more appropriate like a projector or a smaller TV.

Overall, we’re very, very happy with the move. =)

NEW BREW – TASTY PEACH PILSNER

Posted on July 23, 2004

With the rave reviews of my PlanetX Pilsner, I decided to make another experimental beer. After considering chocolate beer, pineapple beer and a number of other flavors (lime, too), I decided on Georgia Peach.

Not to be outdone, I chose not to use ‘flavoring’, and went with fresh, whole Georgia peaches, simmered in hot water to loosen up the pulp and make the skins bleed their gorgeous red color into the water. With the main ingredient done, I proceeded with the standard Pilsner process.

As anyone in Portland knows today, this is a frikin HOT summer (102 today!), and I must have seen it coming 6 weeks ago when I started the peach pilsner fermentation. I nearly doubled the yeast count in light of the extra peach sugars, and this jacked the final alcohol level way up past the 7% mark. An ice-cold brew like this could sell for $10 on the streets today – I’m sure of it!!

Here’s the label I made for the 16oz bottles. =) I wish you could taste it. It’s sooo good.

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