New Lost Vegas

The New York, New York hotel in Las Vegas. Both somehow fitting, and a little disconnected at the same time…

The SS Shasta River Queen

The River Queen was moored along the banks of the Willamette river in downtown Portland for decades. She’s now moored on the Columbia, in a ghostly sort of way. More information:

Radio call letters: WH6754
Built: San Francisco, CA, 1922.
Length: 216′ 7″
Beam: 63′ 8″
Draft: 12′
Speed: 13 knots
Horsepower: 1200
Propulsion: Steam
Autos: 55  Passengers: 468  Gross Tonnage: 919
Name Translation: Shasta is taken from the mountain of the same name in northern California.
This is actually four images stitched together; a larger version is available at www.flickr.com/photos/youloveben.

SEMpdx Rooftop Networking Party

The SEMpdx annual Rooftop Party hosted a sweet party yesterday, with a bunch of great minds networking and sharing the latest developments going on in the Internet. Even Portland’s own KGW came out to the Hotel deLuxe to learn more about the sunshinedivision.org charity and SEMPDX rooftop networking party.

I met some really great people and learned quite a bit about where we’re all hoping to go in the world of Internet marketing.

Giant Relic

Like a monument to simpler times, this grain elevator towers over it’s surroundings.

Cathedral Two

I love these old wooden grain elevators. Coupled with the wild cloud formation, it looks downright heroic.

The Road to Town

The roads often seemed to head towards Mt. Hood. I suppose that was the landmark that pointed to “town” aka Portland, OR. The land-surfing house is in the foreground.