Dragons Love Tacos

Sometimes I feel like The Bigs do not appreciate my sense of style:

I am particularly pleased with one of my more recent clothing purchases – army pants. Watch out GI Joe:

In other news, ninja training continues.

It was good preparation for a weekend in the big city. Where I swam:

walked (and walked and walked – to awesome places like Powell’s Books, where I managed to leave with $100 worth of books. It’s pretty easy to manipulate The Bigs when it comes to books):

went to see a play based on Dragons Love Tacos:

rode the train (public transportation makes me giddy):

went to the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry (OMSI):

and ate a lot of amazing food.

On the first night, I had a great piece of pepperoni pizza:

and some strawberry coconut ice cream.

The Bigs had Bibimbap bowls from Kim Jong Smokehouse – scorched rice and noodles, sesame sprouts, daikon kim chee, napa kim chee, pickled apple, fried egg, sesame seeds, and meat.

The second day we had a great lunch – with braised beet salad and a jambalaya soup:

and an amazing Moroccan dinner of majadra – brown lentils and rice simmered with sauteed onions in secret spices

and Moroccan chicken – slow-cooked and oven-baked chicken, served over a Moroccan sauce.

I LOVED every minute of the trip and begged The Bigs to move in to the Embassy Suites. It was the greatest. A pool, free breakfast, really nice wallpaper, and they even had extra Puppies, just like mine.

I was very sad to go. The good news is that the Oregon Children’s Theater has a play about “The Very Hungry Caterpillar” and “The Last Stop on Market Street” planned for later in the season.