Day 38: Proper Eats

Today we started looking at cheap houses in Portland. It was a bit disheartening because so many of them are on corner lots, busy streets, within spitting distance of the interstate, or in creepy neighborhoods. On the plus side, we found one little house within spitting distance of a fantastic city park and walking distance from several cool restaurants. One of those restaurants was "Proper Eats", a cool and funky vegan/vegetarian restaurant. We really liked it.

Their menu had many interesting options... almost all vegan, although some of the meals could be made vegetarian with the addition of cheese, which made me laugh a bit. I had nachos! Blue corn chips, brown rice, black beans, tomato salsa, corn salsa, tempeh, guacamole and cashew cheese. Cashew cheese tastes nothing like cheese, but it looks nothing like cheese either, so that is OK. It looks like runny peanut butter and tastes like cashews. Go figure.  Brian has sesame noodles with peanut sauce with tofu slices. Both meals sound less than exciting in writing, but it was all seriously tasty! So, if we decide to move into that neighborhood, we know there is a good vegan place to eat.

The rest of the afternoon was spent not liking any of the houses we looked at (except for the one near the vegan place). We fully understand that we will not like bunches of these houses, because we're looking at cheap houses now, but we want to see what is out there. The nice thing is that we're finding lots of new places in our chosen home town.

On our way home, we stopped by REI to find some new walking shoes for me. I've walked out two pair of shoes living here. My daily walk is at least 2 1/2 miles, and most days I'm doing a second walk , which brings my total up to 6+ miles on most days. Go me! My shoes were both purchased over a year ago, so it is now time for a new pair, since my soles are all worn out.  It turns out that one pair I've worn for the last year was supposed to be minimalist. That might explain why they were so light.  Who knew!

By the time we got home, I was completely exhausted, and I wasn't even driving.  By the time I remembered to eat, I wasn't up to making anything more demanding than pb&j, so that is what I did. This is it for me today.

Be happy and healthy!