Brooke Geery

Mulligan’s

3518 SE Hawthorne Blvd Date of Visit: March 11, 2010 Cost for 2 (with tip): $21 Since it's getting close to St. Patrick's day, it seems fitting we'd finally make it to Mulligan's, although, the impending holiday actually has nothing to do with why we went there. A combination of attempting to be less fat and attempting not to spend so much money has slowed the lunch blogging, but there are a few places still to cross off. Mulligan's was one of them. We showed up promptly at noon and were officially the only customers in there. The bar is big, with a couple pool tables, and apparently on Thursday…
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State #13: New Jersey

Circa 1998 (please note, we were there for snowboarding) Oh dirty jerz. I once went to a Stimilon big air contest at Mountain Creek and we stayed at a hotel that was in some way connected to Hugh Heffner and Playboy. I do remember an awesome 70s theme that really made me feel like I was in New Jersey. I also made two separate trips to different parts of Jerz with various ex boyfriends, but my MC experience will always be tops on the Jersey list
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State #14: California

Circa 1999. Laguna Beach When I arrived in California at age 18 for my internship at Snowboarder, it was the first time I’d seen a palm tree in real life. “It’s like 90210,” I told my friend who picked me up. Since then I’ve spent plenty of time in California, lived in Dana Point and Huntington Beach for a summer, driven almost the entire length of the 101, and considered moving to both So Cal and SF. I don’t mind an occasional visit, and I’ll eat the shit out of some In and Out, but man, I am glad I never officially settled there. [gallery=35]
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Having Fun at Tline

Every since I moved to Portland, I've had a basic understanding of the snowboard scene. You ride Meadows in the winter and Timerberline in the summer. As it turns out, I was grossly misinformed, as if you want to ride sweet jib lines, Tline is the spot. Thankfully, my new friend Jeff cleared it up for me. Jeff, Mike, Brad, Nate and Charlie do Timerberline.
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State # 15: Nevada

Circa 1999 (Photo circa 2008) I once decided Reno was my curse. I think it was around the 4th trip in a row I took there for some dumb event that I realized I might never get to travel anywhere else. The good news is, I would WAY rather be in Reno than Vegas -- a place I’ve also been a few too many times. [gallery=34]
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A Monumental Hump Day with Dave Tran

Dave takes a hands on approach. He's actually whittling a snowboard out of that snow bank. Amidst a sea of giant ski brands and influx of corporate culture, there are still plenty of small snowboard brands, run by snowboarders. Monument may be out of Washington DC, not exactly a snowboard epicenter, and Dave Tran may be Oriental Asian, which is only relevant as I like to make fun of him about it, but MNMNT is about as true to snowboarding as you can get. Run out of Dave's DC apartment, the brand is one of the few to stay true to the East Coast, and not deserting the ice for…
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State # 16: Florida

Circa 1999 (This picture taken in the late 2000's but the face I make about going to Florida is the same) The first time I ever made it to Florida was freshman year of college, and I’ve since been back more times than I can count. I know the best Thai, Indian and Vietnamese restaurants in Orlando, have spent at least one night in every major city, and am a regular at the Panera Bread in Clermont. However, I have still never been to Disneyworld. [gallery=33]
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Top Chef Part 3

After losing the soup off, and the Totino's Party Pizza challenge, I figured it was time to let some other people do the cooking. I brushed up on my hosting skills by studying Padma for weeks (not really) before we headed to Seattle for this latest Top Chef installment. This time it was legendary pro snowboarder Peter Line competing against my former challenger, Party Time Nate, and the theme was hot dogs! Peter was kind enough to host in his insane Seattle pent house that sort of made me feel bad about my own home. Maybe I shouldn't have given up on being a pro snowboarder after all... It was…
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The Party Time and Peter Line Cookoff

Two titans of snowboarding's culinary community met, but only one could emerge victorious. Party Time Nate and Peter Line set out once and for all to determine who was the superior chef by cooking what else, but hot dogs! Appetizers Peter Line's Hot Dog and Pork Rillette Full Recipe Party Time Nate's Deconstructed Hot Dog Full Recipe Entrees Peter Line's Beef Hot Dog and Pork Bolognese on Parppadelle Full Recipe Party Time Nate's Hot Dog Risotto Full Recipe Desserts Peter Line's Cream Cheese Hot Dog ice cream with sriracha caramel sauce Full Recipe Party Time Nate's Hot Dog Foster Full Recipe Check out the gallery of what went down behind…
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Methods and Michaelchucks: The 7th Annual Holy Oly

Super rep Dustin Anderson gave the east coast kids a run for their money Given the recent outrage over snowboarders enjoying themselves while representing their country at the Olympics, it’s pretty clear everyone else in the world hates fun. No one, however, seems to hate fun more than Mother Nature, who has now tried twice, unsuccessfully to stop the Holy Oly Revival, basically the most fun contest one could do. Last year a mudslide sent the usual venue careening down the hill, and this year, it really hasn’t snowed, at all. Krush Kuleza and the crew at Sno Boy Productions weren’t going to let a little thing like lack of…
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