today was the first on our own in Portland and after going to the supermarket, which by the way everybody was very nice!!, we went to a small diner called Stepping Stone. Here contained are some photos taken for enjoyment of others

Unseen here was 3 fantastic pieces of french toast with the REAL 100% maple syrup
and a very large plate of hash browns that I slathered with ketchup.
Afterwards I saw an opportunity to play with the blue pirate sword that Karel got with
her alcoholic beverage (which also made her extra silly) and a photo was taken which is shown here. walk the plank ye swabbies.
oh and also arrrrrrrrrrrrgh!!

Realizing that we didn't meet the $20 quota to use our $10 gift certificate that Karel obtained she decided drugs were the best answer to get that 20 bucks. By that I mean a bloody mary loaded with alcohol. soon after sucking down half of it she made it known to me she was feeling drunk.

apparently eating celery when drunken is more fun than appears. she didn't eat it all because she was too slammed to see it when it got smaller. then she laughed

such a nice picture of us 2 in front of the Stepping Stone. nothing funny about that.

DISCLAIMER: Brian likes to exaggerate. So take everything he says with a large grain of salt. A chunk, one might say. Thanks - Karel.