Elvis Ate Here

[saavedra77]

Driving down I-5 to Oregon the Friday before last, the group of us got a little slap-happy trying to find a restaurant late at night in the middle of nowhere. We saw a sign for a "café" at one point, but on further investigation this just turned out to be a snack shack in an R.V. park--and closed. A few miles later, we glimpsed a distant neon promise of sustenance. The only problem was getting there.

Tiffany recorded our confusion for posterity (see vid).

The food actually turned out to be altogether Elvis-worthy.

Also? There was karaoke. But we resisted that temptation ...

Comments

[greyaenigma.livejournal.com]

Sorry I didn't manage to connect with you while you were in town, I'm kind of disconnected these days.

[saavedra77.livejournal.com]

Yeah, too bad! Maybe next time.

We had a great time, though: On Saturday, we had dinner at a Cuban place called "¡Oba!" in Portland's Pearl District, Sunday morning we hit "Voodoo Doughnut", and after the rally we discovered a restaurant (whose name now escapes me) where something like 75% of the menu was turkey (we thought of it as the place where it's Thanksgiving all year round ...).

I liked Oregon, and Portland in particular, very much. So I'll probably be back, before long.

[greyaenigma.livejournal.com]

There's a great Cuban place out on east Glisan, right underneath from where I used to live. I've love to find that turkey restaurant -- I'm all for thanksgiving all year.

I didn't think to recommend ¡Oba! because it's part of the overly fancy and expensive (and crowded) Pearl District.

[saavedra77.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I was thinking I'd be on more of a budget than I actually was, but my stimulus/refund check arrived just before that trip, so it wasn't a concern. :)

[cakeface.livejournal.com]

"How was I in tech support?" :D

Yes, I watched the whole thing. I AM JUST THAT SORT OF PERSON.

[saavedra77.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I was counting on that ... :)

[cakeface.livejournal.com]

In his heart, Tony begins to understand.