10.  West Coast Cool - Portland gets good bands, has some great local bands (affordable, small venues to boot!) and the occasional movie shoot, and you can wear shorts & flip flops pretty much anywhere, without the So. Cal ego, and most of the time it’s only a 2 hour flight to L.A. for about the same cost [...]

Small towns are the bread and butter of our nation, and there’s nothing like spending 4th of July in a small town to recharge your partriotism.  These are some pictures I took yesterday of Vernonia’s 4th of July celebration.  Enjoy!
Waiting for the show to get on the road:

All the kids in the parade took their [...]