Random pics that i like a lot.

the way of the day

I'm making as many crayons as i can as fast as i can.

looking up her gig...it's in Tigard. They hired her for 4 hours, it was 100 people and a pig for a 1 year old!

see ya later hon I love you!

Olive: "Dingo everywhere you go people are drawn to you!"

"They are not Olive Rootbeer!"
"Oh yeah look behind you..."

We went in to inform the adults who we were but they already knew.
I love Portland.

I'm very excited to see the Story Time kids at Sound Grounds! best part of the week.

2 pods one day.

Green Castle food cart pod 20th and Everett.

During the day we went out with coupons for the carts. We brought them to places where people go out to lunch. They were glad to see us.

The lady who hired us runs Mango Tango. Her food is amazing and she even has a real stove in her cart.

Then at night it's all about making balloons outside the pod on 35th and Belmont "Dougy Dawgs"

They set up a huge bowling game that runs through the pod.

Not a bad place to make a livin in Portland. Thats the owner Scott on the left...he is happy as a clam...so are we.

I have been in the Open Mic game a long time. To keep it real I have to occasionally do maintenance to our stuff to keep it working in peak condition.

A good way to make sure the PA brain has enough energy for a open mic I like to dump 20 oz. columbian blend coffee into it's works. They have way better coffee at Sound Grounds cafe but that's a waste when industrial coffee works just as good.

And for a rich sound in my guitars I like to dump in at least a pound of crispy bacon fat every year. I have to perform this duty outside because Rootbeer is not cool with the smell of pork. I had to cook the stuff on the engine block of my neighbor's hot rod. The bacon cost $3 and I used $8 in gas just cooking it. Its worth it for good music.

Have ya ever knocked the payday out of your Girlfriend's hand? I did.

I messed up this painting moments before getting paid for it. Emotions flew but Olive repainted the whole thing in a couple of hours and got her pay after all.

On this pic you can really see the streaks i made.

Our story begins when our main art patron Mr.M commissioned Frankenstein from The Chicken DOers. He had just acquired a large King Kong from me and Olive spent the last two weeks making his Frankenstein happen. I tried to help but ended up creating horrid streaks when my phoney balonie art fixer plooped out in a mess.!

This painting was fantastic to watch come together. I did mine quickly and intensly...Olive takes her time. Only when Olive decided it was done did we make the call telling our patron (who may or may not want his name revealed) that the work was done. He and his Girlfriend began the trip from Washington to come get it.

But right as they were about to load it into the car I get the bright idea to "Seal" the painting with some goo to protect it...well apparently sealant from Goodwill bins isn't as good as the store stuff. I had never had a problem before but this time it streaked awful! CRAP! He looked at it like..."Um that won't do at all". I took a wet rag to it and guess what? It washed all the paint off.

Ruining an expensive painting is good but doing it in front of the patron himself is a glorious screw up. Lucky for us he is kind and patient...he went out on the town for a bit and Olive is re-painting and she somehow forgave me.

It was a long ride for Rootbeer to paint this, she watched the old movies and pondered what is should look like. Then she set out painting her masterpiece.
I feel like a heel! Sorry hon!She got it done! Thanks for being brilliant enough to straighten it all out in a timely manor.She re painted the whole thing in just a few hours and our friend is on his way back to get it. whew!