by Ira | Dec 22, 2016 | Challenge, Journal
Crikey it’s cold out there tonight. Should get a good 5 or 6 below freezing, I think. Gonna be frosty in the AM. Liz and I just watched the trailer for the Amazon show “Z” which is about Zelda Fitzgerald, wife of F. Scott and quite the writer in her...
by Ira | Dec 21, 2016 | Challenge, Journal
It’s already 11:30, so I think I’m going to make this a short one, but today was a great day. I woke up and went to breakfast with Scotty. We went to this place called Pine State (I think?) and they were mad busy and had really, really good biscuits. I got...
by Ira | Dec 20, 2016 | Challenge, Journal
Tonight, I had the Master’s Collection 2016 Brandy-cask bourbon of Woodford Reserve at the Whisky Library in downtown Portland. It was prreeetttyyy damn good. Oh, and for anyone who’s looking, they had Pappy there. It was $230 friggin dollars for a...
by Ira | Dec 19, 2016 | Challenge, Journal
The Pandas are in Portland! Man…today has been a loooonnngggg day. Holy bejesus. So, we woke up at 5am on the dot…and I mean I was swinging these old spindly legs out of bed at 5:02. I fed and took the pups out, and then our lyft driver was ready for us...
by Ira | Dec 17, 2016 | Challenge, Journal
The holidays are officially beginning here at the Ho-Heinichen household. We’re packing right now for our trip up to Portland to see our siblings. Liz’s sister Julianne lives in Portland, as do Scott and Addie. The parents shall be visiting Seth and Lena...