Josh and I ended up in Portland again this weekend. We mostly hung out in the Hawthorne and Belmont districts of town, eating, window shopping, and hanging out with friends and family. I received birthday presents from both siblings, ate Chinese food at the Fujin, noshed on Mochi at the Tao of Tea, and ate hotdogs at midnight at Zach’s Shack.
Josh found a magnificent wig at the Metro and was tempted to purchase it despite its forty dollar price tag. Josh’s wig collection has narrowed down to a select, expensive, few that he has stashed away for that special karoke night or halloween party. Needless to say, this lovely gem was not added to the collection:

Of course, we found ourselves at the Avalon, pestering Gina for nickles. Here I am assisting Sammy with honking the horn while he played Eighteen Wheeler!:

The Avalon is truly a weird and creepy place. Josh and Sam ended up plugging way too many nickles into this stupid gumball dispenser that never dispensed any gumballs. We goofed around for a while, and I snapped these disturbing figures:

We were able to talk Gina into taking her break outside. We sat on the curb in front of the arcade and Gina gave me my birthday present (it was a really terrific zine called I Just Want Everything To Be Okay):