Brooke Geery

General

Lunch on Hawthorne

I started a food blog. Up to and including two people have said I should and I finally did it. Funny story though. My first food blog concept was a Portland breakfast blog, and I even went so far as to buy the domain name. Well, sort it. You see, I tried to buy it, but in my haste I accidentally bought pdrbreakfast.com instead of pdxbreakfast.com and by that point the excitement of the idea had worn off and I gave up. But then, in a totally unrelated meal, Jared announced he wanted to eat lunch at every restaurant on Portland's SE Hawthorne Blvd, and a new blog was born.…
Read More

Fort Worth at Night

I end up in some random places. This weekend it's Fort Worth, Texas, a cool, albeit sort of cheesy and manufactured city. I'm here for a wakeskate event, but tonight my schedule was thrown off by the central time zone's TV schedule. My need to watch new episodes of all the Thursday shows left me seeking food after 9 (when apparently all kitchens in Texas close.) I finally found an open cajun joint, and on my way back to the hotel I snapped some pictures with my point and shoot. Traveling alone is strange. Especially in Texas. More pictures after the jump. (more…)
Read More

My Super Awesome Wasabi Coleslaw

Just in time for summer to be over, I've decided to blog my go-to BBQ recipe. I'm not sure at what point in my life the idea of shredded cabbage salad starting sounding good, but since then I love the stuff, and have basically perfected my own recipe, so here goes. This will make a party-sized portion so cut back as necessary. Ingredients One head of green cabbage (grated) 2 Carrots (grated) 1 small Red Onion (finely chopped) 1 Jalapeno (finely copped) 1 red pepper (finely chopped) Handful of fresh parsley (chopped) Dressing 1 Cup Mayonnaise 1/4 cup vinegar (enough to thin, but not overwhelm) 1 Tablespoon sugar 1 Tablespoon…
Read More

All In a Day’s Work

Today I killed it. Here's a list of everything I did. 1.    Get to office 2.    Check email, respond to at least two of them 3.    Sending Firing Squad winner interview questions 4.    Double check that nothing is fucked up on Yobeat 5.    Important Twitter promotion 6.    Ichat Pat to tell him his video isn't working 7.    Outsmart vimeo and figure out how to download it 8.    Start converting the video 9.    Talk to Pat for awhile about video future plans 10.    Ichat with the same people i talk to every day 11.    Write a spot check for Alliance wakeskate, call Clint 3 times to double check things 12.    Find…
Read More

Belated Post-Florida Post

I haven't been traveling as much lately, which honestly, is sort of nice. But last weekend I headed down to the city beautiful, Orlando, FL. Now usually the reaction to me traveling to Orlando is "why would you do that," but this time as Hurricane Bill loomed off the coast creating "the sickest waves ever bro," so at least some people thought it was a good idea to go to Florida. Me? I went no where near the coast. Instead I was there for Surf Expo, which includes no actual surfing. As you can imagine, a trade show in this economic climate was a somewhat depressing place. Few booths and…
Read More

Event Weekend!

I'm trying to figure out how to say this without sounding negative, but I can't really do it. I hate events. Sure, they are a chance to see some of the best riding/skating, easy content, and a gathering of friends, but for me they are work! And not just work, but work that usually falls over a weekend! So instead of getting to work in my garden, go skateboarding, or do any of the other things I would like to do with my free time, I get to hustle for the shot then go home and edit until the wee hours so that I can satisfy my own personal insanity…
Read More

To Embed or Not to Embed

This weekend I completed what I believe to be my greatest cinematic work yet, a documentary of sorts on the Weena Man, Government Camp's premier dodgeball player. The subject is Cory Grove of Cobra Dogs fame, and in one afternoon we filmed everything I need to make this gem. The results, he and I agree, are epic. Even the perpetually salty Jared Souney said it was my best work yet (even if he did follow it up with "usually your videos aren't funny.") So it went live on YoBeat this morning and I highly encourage you to check it out, but it brings up an issue I've been debating for…
Read More

Strapping In

This weekend I found myself covering a wakeboard double up contest in the heart of Portland. A bit out of my comfort zone for sure, but at least I wasn't at the X Games! The Wake Jam PDX was in fact, nothing like the X Games. It was totally mellow, I only needed my media pass to get into the cheaper beer garden and of course, I could drive there in 10 minutes. After reading the barrage of hateful tweets about X, I was pretty glad my only interaction with it this year was the occasional bits I caught on TV. But enough about that... The Wake Jam was quite…
Read More

One Down…

Lately I've been building a bunch of websites for people. I use wordpress exclusively, and am getting better at it with each project. It's a fun (albeit frustrating) new realm of work that is far more time consuming than I realize! It also takes a lot longer from start to finish than I am used to, what with my internet-sized attention span at all. For the past month or so I've been working on a project for my friend Clint Tompkins, a professional wakeskater who's started hand building boards in his garage in Texas. I offered to help make him a site so he'd have somewhere to sell and market…
Read More

Lunch on Hawthorne

I started a food blog. Up to and including two people have said I should and I finally did it. Funny story though. My first food blog concept was a Portland breakfast blog, and I even went so far as to buy the domain name. Well, sort it. You see, I tried to buy it, but in my haste I accidentally bought pdrbreakfast.com instead of pdxbreakfast.com and by that point the excitement of the idea had worn off and I gave up. But then, in a totally unrelated meal, Jared announced he wanted to eat lunch at every restaurant on Portland's SE Hawthorne Blvd, and a new blog was born.…
Read More

Fort Worth at Night

I end up in some random places. This weekend it's Fort Worth, Texas, a cool, albeit sort of cheesy and manufactured city. I'm here for a wakeskate event, but tonight my schedule was thrown off by the central time zone's TV schedule. My need to watch new episodes of all the Thursday shows left me seeking food after 9 (when apparently all kitchens in Texas close.) I finally found an open cajun joint, and on my way back to the hotel I snapped some pictures with my point and shoot. Traveling alone is strange. Especially in Texas. More pictures after the jump. (more…)
Read More

My Super Awesome Wasabi Coleslaw

Just in time for summer to be over, I've decided to blog my go-to BBQ recipe. I'm not sure at what point in my life the idea of shredded cabbage salad starting sounding good, but since then I love the stuff, and have basically perfected my own recipe, so here goes. This will make a party-sized portion so cut back as necessary. Ingredients One head of green cabbage (grated) 2 Carrots (grated) 1 small Red Onion (finely chopped) 1 Jalapeno (finely copped) 1 red pepper (finely chopped) Handful of fresh parsley (chopped) Dressing 1 Cup Mayonnaise 1/4 cup vinegar (enough to thin, but not overwhelm) 1 Tablespoon sugar 1 Tablespoon…
Read More

All In a Day’s Work

Today I killed it. Here's a list of everything I did. 1.    Get to office 2.    Check email, respond to at least two of them 3.    Sending Firing Squad winner interview questions 4.    Double check that nothing is fucked up on Yobeat 5.    Important Twitter promotion 6.    Ichat Pat to tell him his video isn't working 7.    Outsmart vimeo and figure out how to download it 8.    Start converting the video 9.    Talk to Pat for awhile about video future plans 10.    Ichat with the same people i talk to every day 11.    Write a spot check for Alliance wakeskate, call Clint 3 times to double check things 12.    Find…
Read More

Belated Post-Florida Post

I haven't been traveling as much lately, which honestly, is sort of nice. But last weekend I headed down to the city beautiful, Orlando, FL. Now usually the reaction to me traveling to Orlando is "why would you do that," but this time as Hurricane Bill loomed off the coast creating "the sickest waves ever bro," so at least some people thought it was a good idea to go to Florida. Me? I went no where near the coast. Instead I was there for Surf Expo, which includes no actual surfing. As you can imagine, a trade show in this economic climate was a somewhat depressing place. Few booths and…
Read More

Event Weekend!

I'm trying to figure out how to say this without sounding negative, but I can't really do it. I hate events. Sure, they are a chance to see some of the best riding/skating, easy content, and a gathering of friends, but for me they are work! And not just work, but work that usually falls over a weekend! So instead of getting to work in my garden, go skateboarding, or do any of the other things I would like to do with my free time, I get to hustle for the shot then go home and edit until the wee hours so that I can satisfy my own personal insanity…
Read More

To Embed or Not to Embed

This weekend I completed what I believe to be my greatest cinematic work yet, a documentary of sorts on the Weena Man, Government Camp's premier dodgeball player. The subject is Cory Grove of Cobra Dogs fame, and in one afternoon we filmed everything I need to make this gem. The results, he and I agree, are epic. Even the perpetually salty Jared Souney said it was my best work yet (even if he did follow it up with "usually your videos aren't funny.") So it went live on YoBeat this morning and I highly encourage you to check it out, but it brings up an issue I've been debating for…
Read More

Strapping In

This weekend I found myself covering a wakeboard double up contest in the heart of Portland. A bit out of my comfort zone for sure, but at least I wasn't at the X Games! The Wake Jam PDX was in fact, nothing like the X Games. It was totally mellow, I only needed my media pass to get into the cheaper beer garden and of course, I could drive there in 10 minutes. After reading the barrage of hateful tweets about X, I was pretty glad my only interaction with it this year was the occasional bits I caught on TV. But enough about that... The Wake Jam was quite…
Read More

One Down…

Lately I've been building a bunch of websites for people. I use wordpress exclusively, and am getting better at it with each project. It's a fun (albeit frustrating) new realm of work that is far more time consuming than I realize! It also takes a lot longer from start to finish than I am used to, what with my internet-sized attention span at all. For the past month or so I've been working on a project for my friend Clint Tompkins, a professional wakeskater who's started hand building boards in his garage in Texas. I offered to help make him a site so he'd have somewhere to sell and market…
Read More

Lunch on Hawthorne

I started a food blog. Up to and including two people have said I should and I finally did it. Funny story though. My first food blog concept was a Portland breakfast blog, and I even went so far as to buy the domain name. Well, sort it. You see, I tried to buy it, but in my haste I accidentally bought pdrbreakfast.com instead of pdxbreakfast.com and by that point the excitement of the idea had worn off and I gave up. But then, in a totally unrelated meal, Jared announced he wanted to eat lunch at every restaurant on Portland's SE Hawthorne Blvd, and a new blog was born.…
Read More

Fort Worth at Night

I end up in some random places. This weekend it's Fort Worth, Texas, a cool, albeit sort of cheesy and manufactured city. I'm here for a wakeskate event, but tonight my schedule was thrown off by the central time zone's TV schedule. My need to watch new episodes of all the Thursday shows left me seeking food after 9 (when apparently all kitchens in Texas close.) I finally found an open cajun joint, and on my way back to the hotel I snapped some pictures with my point and shoot. Traveling alone is strange. Especially in Texas. More pictures after the jump. (more…)
Read More

My Super Awesome Wasabi Coleslaw

Just in time for summer to be over, I've decided to blog my go-to BBQ recipe. I'm not sure at what point in my life the idea of shredded cabbage salad starting sounding good, but since then I love the stuff, and have basically perfected my own recipe, so here goes. This will make a party-sized portion so cut back as necessary. Ingredients One head of green cabbage (grated) 2 Carrots (grated) 1 small Red Onion (finely chopped) 1 Jalapeno (finely copped) 1 red pepper (finely chopped) Handful of fresh parsley (chopped) Dressing 1 Cup Mayonnaise 1/4 cup vinegar (enough to thin, but not overwhelm) 1 Tablespoon sugar 1 Tablespoon…
Read More

All In a Day’s Work

Today I killed it. Here's a list of everything I did. 1.    Get to office 2.    Check email, respond to at least two of them 3.    Sending Firing Squad winner interview questions 4.    Double check that nothing is fucked up on Yobeat 5.    Important Twitter promotion 6.    Ichat Pat to tell him his video isn't working 7.    Outsmart vimeo and figure out how to download it 8.    Start converting the video 9.    Talk to Pat for awhile about video future plans 10.    Ichat with the same people i talk to every day 11.    Write a spot check for Alliance wakeskate, call Clint 3 times to double check things 12.    Find…
Read More

Belated Post-Florida Post

I haven't been traveling as much lately, which honestly, is sort of nice. But last weekend I headed down to the city beautiful, Orlando, FL. Now usually the reaction to me traveling to Orlando is "why would you do that," but this time as Hurricane Bill loomed off the coast creating "the sickest waves ever bro," so at least some people thought it was a good idea to go to Florida. Me? I went no where near the coast. Instead I was there for Surf Expo, which includes no actual surfing. As you can imagine, a trade show in this economic climate was a somewhat depressing place. Few booths and…
Read More

Event Weekend!

I'm trying to figure out how to say this without sounding negative, but I can't really do it. I hate events. Sure, they are a chance to see some of the best riding/skating, easy content, and a gathering of friends, but for me they are work! And not just work, but work that usually falls over a weekend! So instead of getting to work in my garden, go skateboarding, or do any of the other things I would like to do with my free time, I get to hustle for the shot then go home and edit until the wee hours so that I can satisfy my own personal insanity…
Read More

To Embed or Not to Embed

This weekend I completed what I believe to be my greatest cinematic work yet, a documentary of sorts on the Weena Man, Government Camp's premier dodgeball player. The subject is Cory Grove of Cobra Dogs fame, and in one afternoon we filmed everything I need to make this gem. The results, he and I agree, are epic. Even the perpetually salty Jared Souney said it was my best work yet (even if he did follow it up with "usually your videos aren't funny.") So it went live on YoBeat this morning and I highly encourage you to check it out, but it brings up an issue I've been debating for…
Read More

Strapping In

This weekend I found myself covering a wakeboard double up contest in the heart of Portland. A bit out of my comfort zone for sure, but at least I wasn't at the X Games! The Wake Jam PDX was in fact, nothing like the X Games. It was totally mellow, I only needed my media pass to get into the cheaper beer garden and of course, I could drive there in 10 minutes. After reading the barrage of hateful tweets about X, I was pretty glad my only interaction with it this year was the occasional bits I caught on TV. But enough about that... The Wake Jam was quite…
Read More

One Down…

Lately I've been building a bunch of websites for people. I use wordpress exclusively, and am getting better at it with each project. It's a fun (albeit frustrating) new realm of work that is far more time consuming than I realize! It also takes a lot longer from start to finish than I am used to, what with my internet-sized attention span at all. For the past month or so I've been working on a project for my friend Clint Tompkins, a professional wakeskater who's started hand building boards in his garage in Texas. I offered to help make him a site so he'd have somewhere to sell and market…
Read More

Lunch on Hawthorne

I started a food blog. Up to and including two people have said I should and I finally did it. Funny story though. My first food blog concept was a Portland breakfast blog, and I even went so far as to buy the domain name. Well, sort it. You see, I tried to buy it, but in my haste I accidentally bought pdrbreakfast.com instead of pdxbreakfast.com and by that point the excitement of the idea had worn off and I gave up. But then, in a totally unrelated meal, Jared announced he wanted to eat lunch at every restaurant on Portland's SE Hawthorne Blvd, and a new blog was born.…
Read More

Fort Worth at Night

I end up in some random places. This weekend it's Fort Worth, Texas, a cool, albeit sort of cheesy and manufactured city. I'm here for a wakeskate event, but tonight my schedule was thrown off by the central time zone's TV schedule. My need to watch new episodes of all the Thursday shows left me seeking food after 9 (when apparently all kitchens in Texas close.) I finally found an open cajun joint, and on my way back to the hotel I snapped some pictures with my point and shoot. Traveling alone is strange. Especially in Texas. More pictures after the jump. (more…)
Read More

My Super Awesome Wasabi Coleslaw

Just in time for summer to be over, I've decided to blog my go-to BBQ recipe. I'm not sure at what point in my life the idea of shredded cabbage salad starting sounding good, but since then I love the stuff, and have basically perfected my own recipe, so here goes. This will make a party-sized portion so cut back as necessary. Ingredients One head of green cabbage (grated) 2 Carrots (grated) 1 small Red Onion (finely chopped) 1 Jalapeno (finely copped) 1 red pepper (finely chopped) Handful of fresh parsley (chopped) Dressing 1 Cup Mayonnaise 1/4 cup vinegar (enough to thin, but not overwhelm) 1 Tablespoon sugar 1 Tablespoon…
Read More

All In a Day’s Work

Today I killed it. Here's a list of everything I did. 1.    Get to office 2.    Check email, respond to at least two of them 3.    Sending Firing Squad winner interview questions 4.    Double check that nothing is fucked up on Yobeat 5.    Important Twitter promotion 6.    Ichat Pat to tell him his video isn't working 7.    Outsmart vimeo and figure out how to download it 8.    Start converting the video 9.    Talk to Pat for awhile about video future plans 10.    Ichat with the same people i talk to every day 11.    Write a spot check for Alliance wakeskate, call Clint 3 times to double check things 12.    Find…
Read More

Belated Post-Florida Post

I haven't been traveling as much lately, which honestly, is sort of nice. But last weekend I headed down to the city beautiful, Orlando, FL. Now usually the reaction to me traveling to Orlando is "why would you do that," but this time as Hurricane Bill loomed off the coast creating "the sickest waves ever bro," so at least some people thought it was a good idea to go to Florida. Me? I went no where near the coast. Instead I was there for Surf Expo, which includes no actual surfing. As you can imagine, a trade show in this economic climate was a somewhat depressing place. Few booths and…
Read More

Event Weekend!

I'm trying to figure out how to say this without sounding negative, but I can't really do it. I hate events. Sure, they are a chance to see some of the best riding/skating, easy content, and a gathering of friends, but for me they are work! And not just work, but work that usually falls over a weekend! So instead of getting to work in my garden, go skateboarding, or do any of the other things I would like to do with my free time, I get to hustle for the shot then go home and edit until the wee hours so that I can satisfy my own personal insanity…
Read More

To Embed or Not to Embed

This weekend I completed what I believe to be my greatest cinematic work yet, a documentary of sorts on the Weena Man, Government Camp's premier dodgeball player. The subject is Cory Grove of Cobra Dogs fame, and in one afternoon we filmed everything I need to make this gem. The results, he and I agree, are epic. Even the perpetually salty Jared Souney said it was my best work yet (even if he did follow it up with "usually your videos aren't funny.") So it went live on YoBeat this morning and I highly encourage you to check it out, but it brings up an issue I've been debating for…
Read More

Strapping In

This weekend I found myself covering a wakeboard double up contest in the heart of Portland. A bit out of my comfort zone for sure, but at least I wasn't at the X Games! The Wake Jam PDX was in fact, nothing like the X Games. It was totally mellow, I only needed my media pass to get into the cheaper beer garden and of course, I could drive there in 10 minutes. After reading the barrage of hateful tweets about X, I was pretty glad my only interaction with it this year was the occasional bits I caught on TV. But enough about that... The Wake Jam was quite…
Read More

One Down…

Lately I've been building a bunch of websites for people. I use wordpress exclusively, and am getting better at it with each project. It's a fun (albeit frustrating) new realm of work that is far more time consuming than I realize! It also takes a lot longer from start to finish than I am used to, what with my internet-sized attention span at all. For the past month or so I've been working on a project for my friend Clint Tompkins, a professional wakeskater who's started hand building boards in his garage in Texas. I offered to help make him a site so he'd have somewhere to sell and market…
Read More

Lunch on Hawthorne

I started a food blog. Up to and including two people have said I should and I finally did it. Funny story though. My first food blog concept was a Portland breakfast blog, and I even went so far as to buy the domain name. Well, sort it. You see, I tried to buy it, but in my haste I accidentally bought pdrbreakfast.com instead of pdxbreakfast.com and by that point the excitement of the idea had worn off and I gave up. But then, in a totally unrelated meal, Jared announced he wanted to eat lunch at every restaurant on Portland's SE Hawthorne Blvd, and a new blog was born.…
Read More

Fort Worth at Night

I end up in some random places. This weekend it's Fort Worth, Texas, a cool, albeit sort of cheesy and manufactured city. I'm here for a wakeskate event, but tonight my schedule was thrown off by the central time zone's TV schedule. My need to watch new episodes of all the Thursday shows left me seeking food after 9 (when apparently all kitchens in Texas close.) I finally found an open cajun joint, and on my way back to the hotel I snapped some pictures with my point and shoot. Traveling alone is strange. Especially in Texas. More pictures after the jump. (more…)
Read More

My Super Awesome Wasabi Coleslaw

Just in time for summer to be over, I've decided to blog my go-to BBQ recipe. I'm not sure at what point in my life the idea of shredded cabbage salad starting sounding good, but since then I love the stuff, and have basically perfected my own recipe, so here goes. This will make a party-sized portion so cut back as necessary. Ingredients One head of green cabbage (grated) 2 Carrots (grated) 1 small Red Onion (finely chopped) 1 Jalapeno (finely copped) 1 red pepper (finely chopped) Handful of fresh parsley (chopped) Dressing 1 Cup Mayonnaise 1/4 cup vinegar (enough to thin, but not overwhelm) 1 Tablespoon sugar 1 Tablespoon…
Read More

All In a Day’s Work

Today I killed it. Here's a list of everything I did. 1.    Get to office 2.    Check email, respond to at least two of them 3.    Sending Firing Squad winner interview questions 4.    Double check that nothing is fucked up on Yobeat 5.    Important Twitter promotion 6.    Ichat Pat to tell him his video isn't working 7.    Outsmart vimeo and figure out how to download it 8.    Start converting the video 9.    Talk to Pat for awhile about video future plans 10.    Ichat with the same people i talk to every day 11.    Write a spot check for Alliance wakeskate, call Clint 3 times to double check things 12.    Find…
Read More

Belated Post-Florida Post

I haven't been traveling as much lately, which honestly, is sort of nice. But last weekend I headed down to the city beautiful, Orlando, FL. Now usually the reaction to me traveling to Orlando is "why would you do that," but this time as Hurricane Bill loomed off the coast creating "the sickest waves ever bro," so at least some people thought it was a good idea to go to Florida. Me? I went no where near the coast. Instead I was there for Surf Expo, which includes no actual surfing. As you can imagine, a trade show in this economic climate was a somewhat depressing place. Few booths and…
Read More

Event Weekend!

I'm trying to figure out how to say this without sounding negative, but I can't really do it. I hate events. Sure, they are a chance to see some of the best riding/skating, easy content, and a gathering of friends, but for me they are work! And not just work, but work that usually falls over a weekend! So instead of getting to work in my garden, go skateboarding, or do any of the other things I would like to do with my free time, I get to hustle for the shot then go home and edit until the wee hours so that I can satisfy my own personal insanity…
Read More

To Embed or Not to Embed

This weekend I completed what I believe to be my greatest cinematic work yet, a documentary of sorts on the Weena Man, Government Camp's premier dodgeball player. The subject is Cory Grove of Cobra Dogs fame, and in one afternoon we filmed everything I need to make this gem. The results, he and I agree, are epic. Even the perpetually salty Jared Souney said it was my best work yet (even if he did follow it up with "usually your videos aren't funny.") So it went live on YoBeat this morning and I highly encourage you to check it out, but it brings up an issue I've been debating for…
Read More

Strapping In

This weekend I found myself covering a wakeboard double up contest in the heart of Portland. A bit out of my comfort zone for sure, but at least I wasn't at the X Games! The Wake Jam PDX was in fact, nothing like the X Games. It was totally mellow, I only needed my media pass to get into the cheaper beer garden and of course, I could drive there in 10 minutes. After reading the barrage of hateful tweets about X, I was pretty glad my only interaction with it this year was the occasional bits I caught on TV. But enough about that... The Wake Jam was quite…
Read More

One Down…

Lately I've been building a bunch of websites for people. I use wordpress exclusively, and am getting better at it with each project. It's a fun (albeit frustrating) new realm of work that is far more time consuming than I realize! It also takes a lot longer from start to finish than I am used to, what with my internet-sized attention span at all. For the past month or so I've been working on a project for my friend Clint Tompkins, a professional wakeskater who's started hand building boards in his garage in Texas. I offered to help make him a site so he'd have somewhere to sell and market…
Read More

Lunch on Hawthorne

I started a food blog. Up to and including two people have said I should and I finally did it. Funny story though. My first food blog concept was a Portland breakfast blog, and I even went so far as to buy the domain name. Well, sort it. You see, I tried to buy it, but in my haste I accidentally bought pdrbreakfast.com instead of pdxbreakfast.com and by that point the excitement of the idea had worn off and I gave up. But then, in a totally unrelated meal, Jared announced he wanted to eat lunch at every restaurant on Portland's SE Hawthorne Blvd, and a new blog was born.…
Read More

Fort Worth at Night

I end up in some random places. This weekend it's Fort Worth, Texas, a cool, albeit sort of cheesy and manufactured city. I'm here for a wakeskate event, but tonight my schedule was thrown off by the central time zone's TV schedule. My need to watch new episodes of all the Thursday shows left me seeking food after 9 (when apparently all kitchens in Texas close.) I finally found an open cajun joint, and on my way back to the hotel I snapped some pictures with my point and shoot. Traveling alone is strange. Especially in Texas. More pictures after the jump. (more…)
Read More

My Super Awesome Wasabi Coleslaw

Just in time for summer to be over, I've decided to blog my go-to BBQ recipe. I'm not sure at what point in my life the idea of shredded cabbage salad starting sounding good, but since then I love the stuff, and have basically perfected my own recipe, so here goes. This will make a party-sized portion so cut back as necessary. Ingredients One head of green cabbage (grated) 2 Carrots (grated) 1 small Red Onion (finely chopped) 1 Jalapeno (finely copped) 1 red pepper (finely chopped) Handful of fresh parsley (chopped) Dressing 1 Cup Mayonnaise 1/4 cup vinegar (enough to thin, but not overwhelm) 1 Tablespoon sugar 1 Tablespoon…
Read More

All In a Day’s Work

Today I killed it. Here's a list of everything I did. 1.    Get to office 2.    Check email, respond to at least two of them 3.    Sending Firing Squad winner interview questions 4.    Double check that nothing is fucked up on Yobeat 5.    Important Twitter promotion 6.    Ichat Pat to tell him his video isn't working 7.    Outsmart vimeo and figure out how to download it 8.    Start converting the video 9.    Talk to Pat for awhile about video future plans 10.    Ichat with the same people i talk to every day 11.    Write a spot check for Alliance wakeskate, call Clint 3 times to double check things 12.    Find…
Read More

Belated Post-Florida Post

I haven't been traveling as much lately, which honestly, is sort of nice. But last weekend I headed down to the city beautiful, Orlando, FL. Now usually the reaction to me traveling to Orlando is "why would you do that," but this time as Hurricane Bill loomed off the coast creating "the sickest waves ever bro," so at least some people thought it was a good idea to go to Florida. Me? I went no where near the coast. Instead I was there for Surf Expo, which includes no actual surfing. As you can imagine, a trade show in this economic climate was a somewhat depressing place. Few booths and…
Read More

Event Weekend!

I'm trying to figure out how to say this without sounding negative, but I can't really do it. I hate events. Sure, they are a chance to see some of the best riding/skating, easy content, and a gathering of friends, but for me they are work! And not just work, but work that usually falls over a weekend! So instead of getting to work in my garden, go skateboarding, or do any of the other things I would like to do with my free time, I get to hustle for the shot then go home and edit until the wee hours so that I can satisfy my own personal insanity…
Read More

To Embed or Not to Embed

This weekend I completed what I believe to be my greatest cinematic work yet, a documentary of sorts on the Weena Man, Government Camp's premier dodgeball player. The subject is Cory Grove of Cobra Dogs fame, and in one afternoon we filmed everything I need to make this gem. The results, he and I agree, are epic. Even the perpetually salty Jared Souney said it was my best work yet (even if he did follow it up with "usually your videos aren't funny.") So it went live on YoBeat this morning and I highly encourage you to check it out, but it brings up an issue I've been debating for…
Read More

Strapping In

This weekend I found myself covering a wakeboard double up contest in the heart of Portland. A bit out of my comfort zone for sure, but at least I wasn't at the X Games! The Wake Jam PDX was in fact, nothing like the X Games. It was totally mellow, I only needed my media pass to get into the cheaper beer garden and of course, I could drive there in 10 minutes. After reading the barrage of hateful tweets about X, I was pretty glad my only interaction with it this year was the occasional bits I caught on TV. But enough about that... The Wake Jam was quite…
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One Down…

Lately I've been building a bunch of websites for people. I use wordpress exclusively, and am getting better at it with each project. It's a fun (albeit frustrating) new realm of work that is far more time consuming than I realize! It also takes a lot longer from start to finish than I am used to, what with my internet-sized attention span at all. For the past month or so I've been working on a project for my friend Clint Tompkins, a professional wakeskater who's started hand building boards in his garage in Texas. I offered to help make him a site so he'd have somewhere to sell and market…
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Lunch on Hawthorne

I started a food blog. Up to and including two people have said I should and I finally did it. Funny story though. My first food blog concept was a Portland breakfast blog, and I even went so far as to buy the domain name. Well, sort it. You see, I tried to buy it, but in my haste I accidentally bought pdrbreakfast.com instead of pdxbreakfast.com and by that point the excitement of the idea had worn off and I gave up. But then, in a totally unrelated meal, Jared announced he wanted to eat lunch at every restaurant on Portland's SE Hawthorne Blvd, and a new blog was born.…
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Fort Worth at Night

I end up in some random places. This weekend it's Fort Worth, Texas, a cool, albeit sort of cheesy and manufactured city. I'm here for a wakeskate event, but tonight my schedule was thrown off by the central time zone's TV schedule. My need to watch new episodes of all the Thursday shows left me seeking food after 9 (when apparently all kitchens in Texas close.) I finally found an open cajun joint, and on my way back to the hotel I snapped some pictures with my point and shoot. Traveling alone is strange. Especially in Texas. More pictures after the jump. (more…)
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My Super Awesome Wasabi Coleslaw

Just in time for summer to be over, I've decided to blog my go-to BBQ recipe. I'm not sure at what point in my life the idea of shredded cabbage salad starting sounding good, but since then I love the stuff, and have basically perfected my own recipe, so here goes. This will make a party-sized portion so cut back as necessary. Ingredients One head of green cabbage (grated) 2 Carrots (grated) 1 small Red Onion (finely chopped) 1 Jalapeno (finely copped) 1 red pepper (finely chopped) Handful of fresh parsley (chopped) Dressing 1 Cup Mayonnaise 1/4 cup vinegar (enough to thin, but not overwhelm) 1 Tablespoon sugar 1 Tablespoon…
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All In a Day’s Work

Today I killed it. Here's a list of everything I did. 1.    Get to office 2.    Check email, respond to at least two of them 3.    Sending Firing Squad winner interview questions 4.    Double check that nothing is fucked up on Yobeat 5.    Important Twitter promotion 6.    Ichat Pat to tell him his video isn't working 7.    Outsmart vimeo and figure out how to download it 8.    Start converting the video 9.    Talk to Pat for awhile about video future plans 10.    Ichat with the same people i talk to every day 11.    Write a spot check for Alliance wakeskate, call Clint 3 times to double check things 12.    Find…
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Belated Post-Florida Post

I haven't been traveling as much lately, which honestly, is sort of nice. But last weekend I headed down to the city beautiful, Orlando, FL. Now usually the reaction to me traveling to Orlando is "why would you do that," but this time as Hurricane Bill loomed off the coast creating "the sickest waves ever bro," so at least some people thought it was a good idea to go to Florida. Me? I went no where near the coast. Instead I was there for Surf Expo, which includes no actual surfing. As you can imagine, a trade show in this economic climate was a somewhat depressing place. Few booths and…
Read More

Event Weekend!

I'm trying to figure out how to say this without sounding negative, but I can't really do it. I hate events. Sure, they are a chance to see some of the best riding/skating, easy content, and a gathering of friends, but for me they are work! And not just work, but work that usually falls over a weekend! So instead of getting to work in my garden, go skateboarding, or do any of the other things I would like to do with my free time, I get to hustle for the shot then go home and edit until the wee hours so that I can satisfy my own personal insanity…
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To Embed or Not to Embed

This weekend I completed what I believe to be my greatest cinematic work yet, a documentary of sorts on the Weena Man, Government Camp's premier dodgeball player. The subject is Cory Grove of Cobra Dogs fame, and in one afternoon we filmed everything I need to make this gem. The results, he and I agree, are epic. Even the perpetually salty Jared Souney said it was my best work yet (even if he did follow it up with "usually your videos aren't funny.") So it went live on YoBeat this morning and I highly encourage you to check it out, but it brings up an issue I've been debating for…
Read More

Strapping In

This weekend I found myself covering a wakeboard double up contest in the heart of Portland. A bit out of my comfort zone for sure, but at least I wasn't at the X Games! The Wake Jam PDX was in fact, nothing like the X Games. It was totally mellow, I only needed my media pass to get into the cheaper beer garden and of course, I could drive there in 10 minutes. After reading the barrage of hateful tweets about X, I was pretty glad my only interaction with it this year was the occasional bits I caught on TV. But enough about that... The Wake Jam was quite…
Read More

One Down…

Lately I've been building a bunch of websites for people. I use wordpress exclusively, and am getting better at it with each project. It's a fun (albeit frustrating) new realm of work that is far more time consuming than I realize! It also takes a lot longer from start to finish than I am used to, what with my internet-sized attention span at all. For the past month or so I've been working on a project for my friend Clint Tompkins, a professional wakeskater who's started hand building boards in his garage in Texas. I offered to help make him a site so he'd have somewhere to sell and market…
Read More

Lunch on Hawthorne

I started a food blog. Up to and including two people have said I should and I finally did it. Funny story though. My first food blog concept was a Portland breakfast blog, and I even went so far as to buy the domain name. Well, sort it. You see, I tried to buy it, but in my haste I accidentally bought pdrbreakfast.com instead of pdxbreakfast.com and by that point the excitement of the idea had worn off and I gave up. But then, in a totally unrelated meal, Jared announced he wanted to eat lunch at every restaurant on Portland's SE Hawthorne Blvd, and a new blog was born.…
Read More

Fort Worth at Night

I end up in some random places. This weekend it's Fort Worth, Texas, a cool, albeit sort of cheesy and manufactured city. I'm here for a wakeskate event, but tonight my schedule was thrown off by the central time zone's TV schedule. My need to watch new episodes of all the Thursday shows left me seeking food after 9 (when apparently all kitchens in Texas close.) I finally found an open cajun joint, and on my way back to the hotel I snapped some pictures with my point and shoot. Traveling alone is strange. Especially in Texas. More pictures after the jump. (more…)
Read More

My Super Awesome Wasabi Coleslaw

Just in time for summer to be over, I've decided to blog my go-to BBQ recipe. I'm not sure at what point in my life the idea of shredded cabbage salad starting sounding good, but since then I love the stuff, and have basically perfected my own recipe, so here goes. This will make a party-sized portion so cut back as necessary. Ingredients One head of green cabbage (grated) 2 Carrots (grated) 1 small Red Onion (finely chopped) 1 Jalapeno (finely copped) 1 red pepper (finely chopped) Handful of fresh parsley (chopped) Dressing 1 Cup Mayonnaise 1/4 cup vinegar (enough to thin, but not overwhelm) 1 Tablespoon sugar 1 Tablespoon…
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All In a Day’s Work

Today I killed it. Here's a list of everything I did. 1.    Get to office 2.    Check email, respond to at least two of them 3.    Sending Firing Squad winner interview questions 4.    Double check that nothing is fucked up on Yobeat 5.    Important Twitter promotion 6.    Ichat Pat to tell him his video isn't working 7.    Outsmart vimeo and figure out how to download it 8.    Start converting the video 9.    Talk to Pat for awhile about video future plans 10.    Ichat with the same people i talk to every day 11.    Write a spot check for Alliance wakeskate, call Clint 3 times to double check things 12.    Find…
Read More

Belated Post-Florida Post

I haven't been traveling as much lately, which honestly, is sort of nice. But last weekend I headed down to the city beautiful, Orlando, FL. Now usually the reaction to me traveling to Orlando is "why would you do that," but this time as Hurricane Bill loomed off the coast creating "the sickest waves ever bro," so at least some people thought it was a good idea to go to Florida. Me? I went no where near the coast. Instead I was there for Surf Expo, which includes no actual surfing. As you can imagine, a trade show in this economic climate was a somewhat depressing place. Few booths and…
Read More

Event Weekend!

I'm trying to figure out how to say this without sounding negative, but I can't really do it. I hate events. Sure, they are a chance to see some of the best riding/skating, easy content, and a gathering of friends, but for me they are work! And not just work, but work that usually falls over a weekend! So instead of getting to work in my garden, go skateboarding, or do any of the other things I would like to do with my free time, I get to hustle for the shot then go home and edit until the wee hours so that I can satisfy my own personal insanity…
Read More

To Embed or Not to Embed

This weekend I completed what I believe to be my greatest cinematic work yet, a documentary of sorts on the Weena Man, Government Camp's premier dodgeball player. The subject is Cory Grove of Cobra Dogs fame, and in one afternoon we filmed everything I need to make this gem. The results, he and I agree, are epic. Even the perpetually salty Jared Souney said it was my best work yet (even if he did follow it up with "usually your videos aren't funny.") So it went live on YoBeat this morning and I highly encourage you to check it out, but it brings up an issue I've been debating for…
Read More

Strapping In

This weekend I found myself covering a wakeboard double up contest in the heart of Portland. A bit out of my comfort zone for sure, but at least I wasn't at the X Games! The Wake Jam PDX was in fact, nothing like the X Games. It was totally mellow, I only needed my media pass to get into the cheaper beer garden and of course, I could drive there in 10 minutes. After reading the barrage of hateful tweets about X, I was pretty glad my only interaction with it this year was the occasional bits I caught on TV. But enough about that... The Wake Jam was quite…
Read More

One Down…

Lately I've been building a bunch of websites for people. I use wordpress exclusively, and am getting better at it with each project. It's a fun (albeit frustrating) new realm of work that is far more time consuming than I realize! It also takes a lot longer from start to finish than I am used to, what with my internet-sized attention span at all. For the past month or so I've been working on a project for my friend Clint Tompkins, a professional wakeskater who's started hand building boards in his garage in Texas. I offered to help make him a site so he'd have somewhere to sell and market…
Read More

Lunch on Hawthorne

I started a food blog. Up to and including two people have said I should and I finally did it. Funny story though. My first food blog concept was a Portland breakfast blog, and I even went so far as to buy the domain name. Well, sort it. You see, I tried to buy it, but in my haste I accidentally bought pdrbreakfast.com instead of pdxbreakfast.com and by that point the excitement of the idea had worn off and I gave up. But then, in a totally unrelated meal, Jared announced he wanted to eat lunch at every restaurant on Portland's SE Hawthorne Blvd, and a new blog was born.…
Read More

Fort Worth at Night

I end up in some random places. This weekend it's Fort Worth, Texas, a cool, albeit sort of cheesy and manufactured city. I'm here for a wakeskate event, but tonight my schedule was thrown off by the central time zone's TV schedule. My need to watch new episodes of all the Thursday shows left me seeking food after 9 (when apparently all kitchens in Texas close.) I finally found an open cajun joint, and on my way back to the hotel I snapped some pictures with my point and shoot. Traveling alone is strange. Especially in Texas. More pictures after the jump. (more…)
Read More

My Super Awesome Wasabi Coleslaw

Just in time for summer to be over, I've decided to blog my go-to BBQ recipe. I'm not sure at what point in my life the idea of shredded cabbage salad starting sounding good, but since then I love the stuff, and have basically perfected my own recipe, so here goes. This will make a party-sized portion so cut back as necessary. Ingredients One head of green cabbage (grated) 2 Carrots (grated) 1 small Red Onion (finely chopped) 1 Jalapeno (finely copped) 1 red pepper (finely chopped) Handful of fresh parsley (chopped) Dressing 1 Cup Mayonnaise 1/4 cup vinegar (enough to thin, but not overwhelm) 1 Tablespoon sugar 1 Tablespoon…
Read More

All In a Day’s Work

Today I killed it. Here's a list of everything I did. 1.    Get to office 2.    Check email, respond to at least two of them 3.    Sending Firing Squad winner interview questions 4.    Double check that nothing is fucked up on Yobeat 5.    Important Twitter promotion 6.    Ichat Pat to tell him his video isn't working 7.    Outsmart vimeo and figure out how to download it 8.    Start converting the video 9.    Talk to Pat for awhile about video future plans 10.    Ichat with the same people i talk to every day 11.    Write a spot check for Alliance wakeskate, call Clint 3 times to double check things 12.    Find…
Read More

Belated Post-Florida Post

I haven't been traveling as much lately, which honestly, is sort of nice. But last weekend I headed down to the city beautiful, Orlando, FL. Now usually the reaction to me traveling to Orlando is "why would you do that," but this time as Hurricane Bill loomed off the coast creating "the sickest waves ever bro," so at least some people thought it was a good idea to go to Florida. Me? I went no where near the coast. Instead I was there for Surf Expo, which includes no actual surfing. As you can imagine, a trade show in this economic climate was a somewhat depressing place. Few booths and…
Read More

Event Weekend!

I'm trying to figure out how to say this without sounding negative, but I can't really do it. I hate events. Sure, they are a chance to see some of the best riding/skating, easy content, and a gathering of friends, but for me they are work! And not just work, but work that usually falls over a weekend! So instead of getting to work in my garden, go skateboarding, or do any of the other things I would like to do with my free time, I get to hustle for the shot then go home and edit until the wee hours so that I can satisfy my own personal insanity…
Read More

To Embed or Not to Embed

This weekend I completed what I believe to be my greatest cinematic work yet, a documentary of sorts on the Weena Man, Government Camp's premier dodgeball player. The subject is Cory Grove of Cobra Dogs fame, and in one afternoon we filmed everything I need to make this gem. The results, he and I agree, are epic. Even the perpetually salty Jared Souney said it was my best work yet (even if he did follow it up with "usually your videos aren't funny.") So it went live on YoBeat this morning and I highly encourage you to check it out, but it brings up an issue I've been debating for…
Read More

Strapping In

This weekend I found myself covering a wakeboard double up contest in the heart of Portland. A bit out of my comfort zone for sure, but at least I wasn't at the X Games! The Wake Jam PDX was in fact, nothing like the X Games. It was totally mellow, I only needed my media pass to get into the cheaper beer garden and of course, I could drive there in 10 minutes. After reading the barrage of hateful tweets about X, I was pretty glad my only interaction with it this year was the occasional bits I caught on TV. But enough about that... The Wake Jam was quite…
Read More

One Down…

Lately I've been building a bunch of websites for people. I use wordpress exclusively, and am getting better at it with each project. It's a fun (albeit frustrating) new realm of work that is far more time consuming than I realize! It also takes a lot longer from start to finish than I am used to, what with my internet-sized attention span at all. For the past month or so I've been working on a project for my friend Clint Tompkins, a professional wakeskater who's started hand building boards in his garage in Texas. I offered to help make him a site so he'd have somewhere to sell and market…
Read More

Lunch on Hawthorne

I started a food blog. Up to and including two people have said I should and I finally did it. Funny story though. My first food blog concept was a Portland breakfast blog, and I even went so far as to buy the domain name. Well, sort it. You see, I tried to buy it, but in my haste I accidentally bought pdrbreakfast.com instead of pdxbreakfast.com and by that point the excitement of the idea had worn off and I gave up. But then, in a totally unrelated meal, Jared announced he wanted to eat lunch at every restaurant on Portland's SE Hawthorne Blvd, and a new blog was born.…
Read More

Fort Worth at Night

I end up in some random places. This weekend it's Fort Worth, Texas, a cool, albeit sort of cheesy and manufactured city. I'm here for a wakeskate event, but tonight my schedule was thrown off by the central time zone's TV schedule. My need to watch new episodes of all the Thursday shows left me seeking food after 9 (when apparently all kitchens in Texas close.) I finally found an open cajun joint, and on my way back to the hotel I snapped some pictures with my point and shoot. Traveling alone is strange. Especially in Texas. More pictures after the jump. (more…)
Read More

My Super Awesome Wasabi Coleslaw

Just in time for summer to be over, I've decided to blog my go-to BBQ recipe. I'm not sure at what point in my life the idea of shredded cabbage salad starting sounding good, but since then I love the stuff, and have basically perfected my own recipe, so here goes. This will make a party-sized portion so cut back as necessary. Ingredients One head of green cabbage (grated) 2 Carrots (grated) 1 small Red Onion (finely chopped) 1 Jalapeno (finely copped) 1 red pepper (finely chopped) Handful of fresh parsley (chopped) Dressing 1 Cup Mayonnaise 1/4 cup vinegar (enough to thin, but not overwhelm) 1 Tablespoon sugar 1 Tablespoon…
Read More

All In a Day’s Work

Today I killed it. Here's a list of everything I did. 1.    Get to office 2.    Check email, respond to at least two of them 3.    Sending Firing Squad winner interview questions 4.    Double check that nothing is fucked up on Yobeat 5.    Important Twitter promotion 6.    Ichat Pat to tell him his video isn't working 7.    Outsmart vimeo and figure out how to download it 8.    Start converting the video 9.    Talk to Pat for awhile about video future plans 10.    Ichat with the same people i talk to every day 11.    Write a spot check for Alliance wakeskate, call Clint 3 times to double check things 12.    Find…
Read More

Belated Post-Florida Post

I haven't been traveling as much lately, which honestly, is sort of nice. But last weekend I headed down to the city beautiful, Orlando, FL. Now usually the reaction to me traveling to Orlando is "why would you do that," but this time as Hurricane Bill loomed off the coast creating "the sickest waves ever bro," so at least some people thought it was a good idea to go to Florida. Me? I went no where near the coast. Instead I was there for Surf Expo, which includes no actual surfing. As you can imagine, a trade show in this economic climate was a somewhat depressing place. Few booths and…
Read More

Event Weekend!

I'm trying to figure out how to say this without sounding negative, but I can't really do it. I hate events. Sure, they are a chance to see some of the best riding/skating, easy content, and a gathering of friends, but for me they are work! And not just work, but work that usually falls over a weekend! So instead of getting to work in my garden, go skateboarding, or do any of the other things I would like to do with my free time, I get to hustle for the shot then go home and edit until the wee hours so that I can satisfy my own personal insanity…
Read More

To Embed or Not to Embed

This weekend I completed what I believe to be my greatest cinematic work yet, a documentary of sorts on the Weena Man, Government Camp's premier dodgeball player. The subject is Cory Grove of Cobra Dogs fame, and in one afternoon we filmed everything I need to make this gem. The results, he and I agree, are epic. Even the perpetually salty Jared Souney said it was my best work yet (even if he did follow it up with "usually your videos aren't funny.") So it went live on YoBeat this morning and I highly encourage you to check it out, but it brings up an issue I've been debating for…
Read More

Strapping In

This weekend I found myself covering a wakeboard double up contest in the heart of Portland. A bit out of my comfort zone for sure, but at least I wasn't at the X Games! The Wake Jam PDX was in fact, nothing like the X Games. It was totally mellow, I only needed my media pass to get into the cheaper beer garden and of course, I could drive there in 10 minutes. After reading the barrage of hateful tweets about X, I was pretty glad my only interaction with it this year was the occasional bits I caught on TV. But enough about that... The Wake Jam was quite…
Read More

One Down…

Lately I've been building a bunch of websites for people. I use wordpress exclusively, and am getting better at it with each project. It's a fun (albeit frustrating) new realm of work that is far more time consuming than I realize! It also takes a lot longer from start to finish than I am used to, what with my internet-sized attention span at all. For the past month or so I've been working on a project for my friend Clint Tompkins, a professional wakeskater who's started hand building boards in his garage in Texas. I offered to help make him a site so he'd have somewhere to sell and market…
Read More