Thursday, 25-April-2024


All my bags are packed, I’m ready to go…

But I’m not quite gone yet. One last evening in Wilsonville, staying in my now-empty apartment with a few piles of last-step belongings to take away, my travelling gear, and my mattress. The mattress was the last step – too big to throw out in the dumpster, and too old for me to reasonably donate… The disposal folks would be coming on Friday to pick it up and give it the proper burial that a 9 year-old mattress deserves.

My kitchen was bare, the fridge empty… that meant one last meal out in town!

Originally I was going to go to Juan Colorado, a nice Mexican spot nearby that serves fried ice cream… but I arrived a few minutes too late, finding the door locked and the restaurant closing up.

Instead, I went for what may well have been the first restaurant that I hit up when I first moved to Wilsonville – Wanker’s Tavern, an Australian-style bar that’s open late and serves staggeringly amazing nachos and has deliciously strong drinks.

Nachos and a Moscow Mule, not a bad ending to my culinary experiences in Wilsonville.

And at home, a final glass of whiskey. I’d been saving it for this specific occasion – a final dram of the distillers edition whiskey from Jameson, only available at the distillery in Ireland. From one home, to another!