It's a hazy hot day in Chicago and I'm enjoying the melodies of several car alarms that are attached to cars that saw their better days in the early 1990s. We won't have to endure the insanity for much longer however. We are pretty much set to move to our new abode in the first week of October. It's a lovely typical suburban home with a kick butt basement so I think we will have fun realizing that maybe we don't have too much stuff.
We went to Portland OR last weekend and I finally got to see Astoria as well, where they filmed one of my favorite movies of all time... The Goonies. I've been trying to get there for 20 years and last Sunday Martin and I parked our rental at the foot of trheir driveway (as requested) and we climbed the hill to see the house used in the movie. Very fun to see it in person. We also went to Cannon Beach, home of the famous (in my eyes) Haystack Rock used in various films as well, but just really cool to look at too.


Haystack Rock
Goonies Info
American Red Cross