Recommended Video: Back in Time for the Weekend

Not so long ago I recommended Back in Time for Dinner.  Now the BBC has another series called Back in Time for the Weekend.   The BBC site says:  For one summer the Ashby Hawkins family give up their 21st-century technology and travel back in time to discover the radical transformation of our leisure time since 1950.

 I can't find a decent copy on YouTube but I found this site.

Back in Time for the Weekend


Here is a review.  It was harder to be female in the 50's.

The BBC remodeled the house for each decade:

  "Every era we completely redecorated their house, even putting in extra walls, doors, garden fences and a shed. Our art department repainted, wallpapered, carpeted and re-furnished their house, often in just three days, whilst the family were living in a rented house nearby. The family moved out of their house before filming began for the 50s and before every decade, only saw the changes as they stepped through the door on the first day of filming for each episode."

Great White Whale

The houses being built in Portland keep getting uglier and bigger, towering over their neighbors.  I guess it is pretty cheap to build when there is no trim....  ugh.

 This is their rendering.  Note the fake trees and grass and the missing neighbor houses.

And yes, there are TWO of them, one behind the other.  Once again this is a rendering...

Here is a link from Google maps.  I think there are 8 units with 1800 sq ft each and renting for $2800 per month.  GAG.

RIP

Residential Infill Project = death to our city

Yachats in September

The ocean along the 804 trail.  More of the 804 trail below. 

We stopped at the Beazell Memorial Forest to stretch our legs.

We had lunch in Newport at Local Ocean Seafood.  They were getting their fish delivery.  Note the fish in midair, on it way from the truck to the big bucket.

Walking to town from the house we stayed in.

The ocean from the house in the morning.

On the 804 trail.

The hobbit trail.

Hobbit beach.  We were pretty alone in this expansive space.

Betty Busby art quilts

These are fun to make

Affordable apartment in Portland (so the ad says)

Craigs list ad

This is the whole 165 sq ft apartment, for $1135 per month.  Like a dorm room....

I blogged about it when it was being built. 

And here are all the amenities you get for an apartment smaller than most rooms in my house.

• All Utilities Included! (Power, Electric, Trash, Sewer, Complimentary WIFI, Everything!)


• Studio furnished with a new twin bed


• Kitchenette includes granite counter top, deep stainless steel sink, microwave, cabinets, and mini refrigerator/freezer


• Flexible lease terms: 6-9 months (+$100), or 10-18 months (listed base rent of $1035)


• Pets welcome! $300 Deposit & $25/Month Pet Rent (Limited Breed Restrictions)


• Two Common kitchens on each floor, with weekly cleaning (10 within the whole building)


• Complimentary bike parking


• Secured Entry and Quiet hours


• On-site laundry payable by credit card


• Professional maintenance of common areas and grounds


• Walk Score: 94, Transit Score: 70, Bike Score: 99


• Large ADA bathrooms


• Smoke Free Community

Recommended Video... The Fundamentals of Caring

Reommended Video Series.... Halt & Catch Fire

Cleanup along the Springwater Trail

Source

Recommended video ... Ashby

Life in Portland, the city that does not work

My life of late has been consumed by two Portland problems: the homeless and unbridled growth.  Unbridled growth is destroying us.  Our city is overwhelmed. And our elected officials are doing squat.

In the words of  Tom McCall:  " We must respect another truism - that unlimited and unregulated growth, leads inexorably to a lowered quality of life.”

This is a shit bucket provided to the homeless in the park and emptied for them.  They haven't emptied it yet...  I think it pretty well sums up life in Portland these days.

Today is the day of the big Springwater Trail homeless camp sweep.  It's been in the works for at least six weeks and was postponed once.  The news reports that of the more than 500 people camped there, they have relocated 60, including a dozen they put on the bus to somewhere else.  And now they are going to force them off the trail into the neighborhoods.  They have been told to camp in small groups on public property  but not in parks and some other rules that not even I can follow.   They are angry.  Broken down vehicles that people live out of have become the norm on Portland streets.

I get a daily Google News alert on the topic "Portland Homeless".  Here are some of the links from the past few days.

Open Wapato jail to the homeless, says Commissioner Loretta Smith

Fire breaks out at homeless camp near Hawthorne Bridge

Police: Man tired of homeless campers throws bomb under RV

Lents neighbors wrestle with homelessness issues

Harbor businesses to challenge Terminal 1 homeless shelter

'Lents' year from hell:' Neighbors protest new homeless camp

Homeless on the Springwater Trail prepare to leave