RE: 30 Something Birthday by: HER- Food Fight Friday
I'm not sure if this is a food post with some traveling in it or a traveling post with some food in it, but either way, it works. Happy belated 30-something birthday. Nice to see you managed to keep photos long enough to put then into a post, unlike someone else we know. :)
I think you had the better choice of Thai Food, too. :)
I guess it never really serves to judge someone, even if they run around in a Porsche. I mean, what's the odds of pretty much the one scenario that would redeem the driver in your eyes actually being the one you find?
I got to hand it to you both. Southern California is a spendy place. My wife and I didn't last more than five years down in Orange County. We moved up to Oregon after that, where I'm from. That was 25 years ago this month. Hunh. Just realized that. :)
Thank you @glenalbrethsen! 30 something isn’t so bad, in fact it feels like things are just getting started :)
I actually have a ton more pictures but it of street art mostly so left those out for another post. Poor @dandays deleted all of his proof from the weekend but that’s the learning curve we are on when it comes to technology. Lol. Both of us just kind of fumble our way through.
You are 100 % right, what are the odds of finding the one redeeming instance? Love how things work out to constantly hit you in the face with lessons. We were totally being turds anyway… I love how the universe stands to correct me… “good job universe”. :)
I am actually born and raised in San Francisco area and only moved away from there after graduating college. Before that, I thought it was normal to pay $1800-2000 for a studio and $5-6 for strawberries. In comparison, Southern California is much more affordable. Although, @dandays and I live pretty minimally, the biggest bill is our grocery bill. Of course, this is due to all of the ingredients I need to make some of these scrumptious dishes… but we figure it’s better than spending it on “hookers and booze” or anything else, really :)
I’ve never been to Oregon yet have always heard how beautiful it is… I believe it’s one of Dandays favorite states. Maybe one of these days we’ll get out there.
Thanks for stopping by @glenalbrethsen… it’s always good chatting with you.
It really depends on what you like as far as Oregon goes. We do large metropolitan areas, but Portland and the suburbs are as about as big as it gets. The rest of the state has a couple of cities that are near or over 100,000 people, but those are few. The towns are spread out, there's countryside in between, and depending on what part of the state you're in, it's either farmland, trees, ranchland, mountains, valleys or sea. Some in combination of that. Beaches are not warm sunny places, not most of the year, anyway.
I like the west side (or west of the Cascades) more just because it's green most of the year. Most people live on that side all up and down the state. The rest is higher desert, so more like living in Idaho, or Utah, and for me, not nearly as appealing.
We do get the rain, though. East side gets much more snow.
Rent is higher than it should be, but you can probably find a one bedroom apartment for $800 in most of the state, and if you want newer, probably closer to $1,200. I'm not sure how easy it is to find Vegan restaurants, or even ones with Vegan offerings, but again, larger cities will probably have it. Best places for that would be Portland and Eugene, and possibly Corvallis, since it's a college town.
Awesome! We love country lands but also like city life. $800-1200 doesn’t sound bad at all but then again I’m from the land of ridiculous so wouldn’t know better.
I’d like to visit somewhere along the coast- I’m quite accustomed to putting on a hoody and jeans before heading to the beach. Southern California has made me also appreciate bathing suit beach weather, but the ocean has always been somewhat gloomy, cold, and powerful in my experience.
As of right now visiting the snowy side sounds like a lot of fun. I’m sure it’s much more burdensome to live with it than to play in it. I’m not sure if we will get a chance to see Oregon before we head out but it sure would make for a good time I think. California has just gotten so expensive and everything is taxes upon taxes; taxes are taxed. Haha
We probably average some kind of snowfall once a year here. Last year we didn't have any other times it's snowed a couple of times. More often than not it's an inch or so and lasts two or three days, max, which isn't bad. The other side of the Cascades gets much more.
You probably have to go fairly south into Mexico before you start finding warmer waters. Cancun side, so Caribbean actually, very warm. Hawaii wasn't too bad, either, with water temperatures.
Oregon, not even close, a lot like what I imagine the Bay area is like.
I'm afraid the entire West Coast has managed to come up with new and improved ways to tax the heck out of its residents. Still, what's amazing is, you can live in Washington and not pay income tax, and shop across the border in Oregon and not pay a sales tax. I'm looking for warmer weather, not cooler, or we'd be living in Washington by now.
Haha… have you guys ever been to Tennessee? It’s our favorite state in this country. The people there are so nice, you can’t meet a stranger, and it’s really green. I’ve never seen myself living in a landlocked state but Tennessee has so many pros and I guess a fair amount of lakes, that I would live there in a heart beat.
Although Cancun, with its Caribbean waters, tends to call my soul a little bit more.
Hey, @puravidaville.
If it weren't for a lot of corruption on all levels of government, where people have more of a tendency to look away than do something (probably because it's too easy to end up missing and/or dead), and then the drug cartels, which have pretty much taken over everywhere now down there (where they used to stay away from the tourist areas), along with other logistical issues, Cancun would be great.
Funny thing is, my wife has mentioned Tennessee a couple of times. We know a family who lives there, but they're more friends of friends. Plus, it's a little farther east than I'd like to go. But if you like it, I probably should look into it more. Except for Utah, I've not lived in a landlocked state myself, and while we might make it over to the coast two or three times a year, it's still nice to have the variety.
Along with mountains, lakes, rivers, streams, forests, valleys, etc. If they'd stop taxing the daylights out of things and allow people to use their property more and some other things, we might not leave Oregon, just go somewhere that's a little drier. My wife has sinusitis and allergies and could probably stand a little drier weather and more sunshine.