March 2000
Heads Up: Nikkei 2000 Coming |
Film: Rajio no jikan (Welcome Back, Mr. McDonald) |
All Aboard the Sushi Train: Sushi Takahashi |
Portland's Hollywood |
Kingdome Come |
Greek Week in Portland
- Greek Week in Portland
March 25 is Greek Independence Day,
where patrons of some Greek restaurants are invited to smash
plates in honor of the end of the Ottoman Turkish rule of Greece.
-
Downtown Deli and Greek Cusina
- huge portions;
heavy on the salt;
tables by the door are drafty.
television in the dining room
(in case you want to ignore your dinner companion)
-
Alexis
In Portland's Old Town; better food; great service; Greek language lessons; Ouzo
215 West Burnside, Portland OR 97209 (503) 224-8577
(25 & 27 Mar 2000)
- Kingdome Come
In a controversial move today, the city of Seattle did away with its
landmark of the last quarter century, the Kingdome sports stadium.
Kingdome Implosion Page
Architect Jack Christiansen's design was sound in terms of engineering
principles, but didn't anticipate the evolution
of professional sports towards big money.
(26 Mar 2000)
- Portland's Hollywood
Located along Portland’s Northeast Sandy Boulevard,
the Hollywood district of Portland:
-
Hollywood Theatre
-
Portland stores of
Trader Joe's, a California-based grocery store chain specializing in
unusual and ethnic foods. This day they had a Canadian display, complete
with maple leaves, the Canadian flag, and a Mountie!
Trader Joe's #144, 4218 NE Sandy Blvd, Portland OR 97213 (503) 284-1694
(25 Mar 2000)
- All Aboard The Sushi Train:
Sushi Takahashi
I had never eaten at a mechanical sushi bar before,
so it was with great interest that I visited downtown Portland's
only kaiten-zushi restaurant tonight. Different places do
this idea in different ways: I have heard about moving belts and
little boats floating down a miniature river. At Sushi Takahashi,
a model freight train wends its way around the sushi bar,
pulling a line of flatbed cars loaded up with little plates of
sushi. The chefs even wear engineer hats! If you see something
you like, simply grab it off the train as it passes by. I was ever-watchful
for their uni (sea urchin roe) coming around the bend.
Better grab it the first time, or that tasty dish will be gone
the next time the train comes around! At the end of the evening,
the number of plates you have collected allows the waitress to
calculate your bill. It tends to be cheaper than what you would
pay at a regular sushi restaurant.
(16 Mar 2000)
-
Rajio no Jikan (Welcome Back, Mr. McDonald)
(Japan 1997; Dir: Koki Mitani)
 1/2
(15 Mar 2000)
- Heads Up: Nikkei 2000 Coming
A brochure came in the mail today*
for the Nikkei 2000 Conference
which will be held in San Francisco CA from 27-30 April 2000.
When this conference (then called
Ties That Bind)
was last held, in 1998 in Los Angeles CA,
I only found out about it months after the fact.
One of the legacies of that meeting is the Ties Talk e-mail list
(see the Archives).
This year's theme is "Empowering Our Community in the 21st Century".
When I first read that, I thought it didn't apply to me. I don't feel
particularly disempowered, in the political or economic sense
(except when the Visa bill arrives each month).
But then I realized there can be cultural disempowerment,
and that the Internet has helped against this.
The conference will have some sessions related to this theme,
such as "Where Is Our Center: J-town in the New Century" and
"Using Technology and Mass Communication as Community Building Tools".
Check out the conference website:
www.nikkei2000.org
* Note for Canadians: There is Saturday mail delivery in the U.S.!
(11 Mar 2000)
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