Re: New (On Hold) Music Wednesday

2010-07-12 Thread J.J. Merrick
Going to email you directly Judah... wife and I did a lot of research over the weekend about Portland and really think it is right up our alley. You are about to become my new best friend :-) -J.J. On Thu, Jul 8, 2010 at 2:01 PM, Judah McAuley wrote: > > I live in Portland, Oregon and am a man

Re: New (On Hold) Music Wednesday

2010-07-08 Thread Judah McAuley
That describes a pretty perfect Oregon day I think Jerry. I still have this little dream of mine to work downtown, find a nice little house in St. John's and then commute by kayak. Might be a bit gnarly in the winter time but would be perfect in the summer. Hmm...now you've got me pondering anoth

Re: New (On Hold) Music Wednesday

2010-07-08 Thread Jerry Johnson
One of my favorite days in Oregon began early on a Saturday, waking up in a yurt on the beach and sea kayaking in the surf, then mountain biking in the mountains under the big Sitka spruce rain forest, hitting Mt Hood in the afternoon for snowboard lessons, and setting up camp that night amongst t

Re: New (On Hold) Music Wednesday

2010-07-08 Thread Judah McAuley
I live in Portland, Oregon and am a many generation Oregonian. I've got a bunch of friends in Seattle as well and have spent some time there. I know that Jerry Johnson, from this list, used to live in Portland. What do you want to know about the Northwest? Portland and Seattle are definitely "gre

Re: New (On Hold) Music Wednesday

2010-07-08 Thread Cameron Childress
I have visited both Portland and Seattle and both are great cities. I personally prefer Portland though. Great public transportation, good people, kinda a mix of small town / big town feel. This is just my impression from visiting though. I think Judah lives there - maybe he will chime in..

Re: New (On Hold) Music Wednesday

2010-07-08 Thread Larry C. Lyons
Its nice. (I'm from the area - just a bit further north actually). But the Seattle area does not get a lot of sun. Most of the time its overcast, unless you're somewhere like Vancouver Island or the islands nearby. larry On Thu, Jul 8, 2010 at 2:07 PM, J.J. Merrick wrote: > > Since we are on th

Re: New (On Hold) Music Wednesday

2010-07-08 Thread Ian Skinner
On 7/8/2010 11:07 AM, J.J. Merrick wrote: > Since we are on the topic... So how are you getting "Nashville Southern" hospitality in Hawaii? Since that is the only state I am aware of from which Oregon or Washington would be north*east*! As for what most of us call the north*west*, I lived a

Re: New (On Hold) Music Wednesday

2010-07-08 Thread J.J. Merrick
oops I mean Northwest yeah not enough coffee today! On Thu, Jul 8, 2010 at 12:19 PM, J.J. Merrick wrote: > Since we are on the topic... > > Any of you live up in the Northeast? My wife piped up and said the > other day, out of the blue, and said "let's move to Washington or > Oregon"... She

Re: New (On Hold) Music Wednesday

2010-07-08 Thread J.J. Merrick
Since we are on the topic... Any of you live up in the Northeast? My wife piped up and said the other day, out of the blue, and said "let's move to Washington or Oregon"... She was reading in a blog about Seattle and how green it tends to be. We are fairly liberal "organic" people and Nashville S

Re: New (On Hold) Music Wednesday

2010-07-08 Thread Medic
Indeed. 2012 must be true since this clearly indicates the end of days. On Thu, Jul 8, 2010 at 12:02 AM, Robert Munn wrote: > > a nice touch, indeed. a government that's in touch with its citizens, > imagine that. > > On Wed, Jul 7, 2010 at 4:27 PM, Medic wrote: > > > > Wow, that's actually a

Re: New (On Hold) Music Wednesday

2010-07-07 Thread Robert Munn
a nice touch, indeed. a government that's in touch with its citizens, imagine that. On Wed, Jul 7, 2010 at 4:27 PM, Medic wrote: > > Wow, that's actually a really cool idea. And even cooler that a city > government would take it from idea to inception. GG Portland. > > > On Wed, Jul 7, 2010 at 7

Re: New (On Hold) Music Wednesday

2010-07-07 Thread Medic
Wow, that's actually a really cool idea. And even cooler that a city government would take it from idea to inception. GG Portland. On Wed, Jul 7, 2010 at 7:13 PM, Judah McAuley wrote: > > Portland is switching the on hold music for city phones to a rotating > playlist of local bands. Not a hug

New (On Hold) Music Wednesday

2010-07-07 Thread Judah McAuley
Portland is switching the on hold music for city phones to a rotating playlist of local bands. Not a huge change in government or anything, but I think it is a nice touch. http://www.oregonlive.com/music/index.ssf/2010/07/portlands_newest_all_local_mus.html Be sure to view the short video at the