Portland Timbers vs Independiente

On Tuesday Brady and I went up to watch the Portland Timbers play Independiente in a friendly match.  We arrived in Portland early in order to visit some of the finer breweries of the west side.  Our first stop was at Dechutes.

 

 

Next was Bridgeport Brewing.

 

And then on to Rogue.  After that we met Cassandra and her mom at The Bitter End for a pint before we all piled into the stadium.

 In the stadium we found seats in the second row of Section 107.  Yes, the fabled 107.

 

 Brady and I were both pretty stoked.

 

 Time to get the flag waving started!

 Cassandra joined us in the Timbers Army for the first half of the game.  Her mom held down their seats in Section 99.

 

 Jesi and Brent found seats directly behind us.

 

 

 At some point, Cassandra’s camera ended up in someone else’s purse.  Never quite figured out how that happened.

 Two goals back to back kept Timber Joey busy.

 

It ended up being a 2-0 game.  Timber Joey cut another round for the goal keeper to denote that no one had scored against him that night.

After the game Brady and I relaxed at another bar with Cassandra and company.  Finally, we all headed south down the freeway to our respective homes.  Yet another great time was had with the Timbers Army!

Pho and Gunpowder Tea

 

The other day I worked over Brady’s paper at the Beanery on Monroe.  A cup of gunpowder tea kept me company.

 

 

Lately I’ve been eating a lot of Pho with Jesi at Lemongrass Noodles.  Yum!