http://gregg.berkholtz.net/blog/ Tango, cycling, hearing, technology, and life's quirks. en Serendipity 1.4.1 - http://www.s9y.org/ Sun, 11 Jan 2009 21:28:15 GMT http://gregg.berkholtz.net/blog/templates/default/img/s9y_banner_small.png http://gregg.berkholtz.net/blog/ 100 21 http://gregg.berkholtz.net/blog/archives/28-Why-live-downtown.html Portland http://gregg.berkholtz.net/blog/archives/28-Why-live-downtown.html#comments http://gregg.berkholtz.net/blog/wfwcomment.php?cid=28 1 http://gregg.berkholtz.net/blog/rss.php?version=2.0&type=comments&cid=28 nospam@example.com (Gregg Berkholtz) So, I was asked tonight; "...why do you live downtown..."<br /> <br /> My answers ranged between convenience, simplicity, necessity, and a bit of novelty.<br /> <br /> Upon arriving home tonight, there was a mysterious light illuminating the floor. In that moment, I remembered another reason...beauty:<br /> <!-- s9ymdb:4 --><img class="serendipity_image_left" width="302" height="402" style="border: 0px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;" src="http://gregg.berkholtz.net/blog/uploads/pretty/MoonLight-JAN2009.jpg" alt="" /> <!-- s9ymdb:3 --><img class="serendipity_image_right" width="302" height="402" style="border: 0px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;" src="http://gregg.berkholtz.net/blog/uploads/pretty/2008MoonriseOverPortlandOregon.jpg" alt="" /><br /> <br /> At the height of Portland's snowstorm, I wandered into a quiet calming park:<br /> <!-- s9ymdb:5 --><img class="serendipity_image_left" width="402" height="302" style="float: left; border: 0px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;" src="http://gregg.berkholtz.net/blog/uploads/pretty/PortlandOregonWaterfrontParkDecember2008.jpg" alt="" /><!-- s9ymdb:2 --><img class="serendipity_image_left" width="402" height="302" style="float: left; border: 0px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;" src="http://gregg.berkholtz.net/blog/uploads/pretty/PortlandOregonWaterfrontPark-December2008Snowstorm.jpg" alt="" /><br /> Fri, 09 Jan 2009 19:56:37 +0000 http://gregg.berkholtz.net/blog/archives/28-guid.html http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ http://gregg.berkholtz.net/blog/archives/29-Smarty-in-Portland-Oregon!!!-Whoot!.html Portland Transportation http://gregg.berkholtz.net/blog/archives/29-Smarty-in-Portland-Oregon!!!-Whoot!.html#comments http://gregg.berkholtz.net/blog/wfwcomment.php?cid=29 0 http://gregg.berkholtz.net/blog/rss.php?version=2.0&type=comments&cid=29 nospam@example.com (Gregg Berkholtz) Yep - the car's not even a month old:<a href="http://www.portlandground.com/archives/2006/12/gregg_with_his_smart_car.php"><br /> <!-- s9ymdb:6 --><img class="serendipity_image_left" width="700" height="545" style="float: left; border: 0px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;" src="http://gregg.berkholtz.net/blog/uploads/self/2006-12-12smartcarB08.jpg" alt="" /></a><br /> <br /> Sat, 16 Dec 2006 02:03:00 +0000 http://gregg.berkholtz.net/blog/archives/29-guid.html http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/