This post is probably more aptly titled “the day I met Nickel Creek…and other awkward stories.” Let’s start from the beginning. Nickel Creek is a straight up awesome bluegrass band that has been together for 25 years (minus that recent 6 year hiatus: the dark years). They started performing together as 8 and 12-year-olds, which…
a day trip to portland.
People around here love Portland. I’ve never had a super awesome Portland experience, as it generally rains the entire time we’re there, but we keep giving it another chance to impress. Most of our Portland trips have brought us downtown, which isn’t exactly the most pleasant part of Portland (although it is home to Powell’s…