Posts with category: Life in Portland
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From moving over a thousand books to holding an Executive-level position at Kumoricon, 2023 was a busy year.
While the blog never accomplished what I originally set out to do, it has done far better than I would have imagined.
A new role at Kroger, a new fuzzy roommate, and a pandemic as the blog moves towards its last year in the single-digits of operation.
While HOP's first year was better than other systems, it is a system that still has room for improvement.
32% of Streetcar riders make less than $30k a year. If it weren't for overtime, I'd be close to being one of them.
Overall, Amazon Books feels very much like a concept store in its current form. It’s a store worth seeing at least once, but there’s room for improvement, perhaps in a larger location.
While it may seem like there isn't much to a streetcar, the view is very different once you get above or below one of the trains. Each train has several hundred, if not thousand parts to maintain.
While it doesn't feel like this second year in Portland went by quickly, 2017 definitely feels like it went by quickly.