{"id":33311,"date":"2012-08-16T08:20:12","date_gmt":"2012-08-16T15:20:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/?p=33311"},"modified":"2012-08-13T09:37:20","modified_gmt":"2012-08-13T16:37:20","slug":"alberta-sandwich","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/?p=33311","title":{"rendered":"Summer and Sunshine"},"content":{"rendered":"

Has it been insanely hot in your neck of the woods? Here in Portland it has fluctuated between a nice 75 and 90 degrees. I love it. Warmer weather, sunshine, lots of activities outside–that’s what summer is about. This last weekend, Michael and I met up with some friends at the Alberta Street Fair. I had never been and after having a good time at the Mississippi Street Fair<\/a>, I thought it would be worth a try.<\/p>\n

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I started my Saturday with a trip to the gym. Since most of my workouts are on the bike now, I haven’t really been doing much strength training. It’s just hard to fit\u00a0everything\u00a0<\/em>in. \u00a0I was having such a good time lifting weights after a break that I lost track of time!<\/p>\n

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Alberta Street is in NE Portland and there’s a a monthly event “Last Thursday<\/a>” for the artists that live over there.<\/p>\n

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The Alberta Street Fair wasn’t as crowded as Mississippi where you could barely walk. I think it was because of two reasons: 1) it was the same weekend as The Bite and 2) Alberta is longer and more spread out. It was much more pleasant not being as crowded.<\/p>\n

Michael and I got there and were in search of lunch immediately. We’d both worked out hard (Michael did kettle bells) and wanted to devour our lunch. We ended up at Cascade Burger<\/a>, a food cart. This was Michael’s burger:<\/p>\n

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He liked his. I got the one without bacon or cheese and it had chipotle BBQ sauce on it. I liked that they were really small. But my burger was a disappointment. It was overdone and really dry. We met up with our friends and started walking around. There was a bunch of music there and they were all really good.<\/p>\n

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See the above photo? The band was kids! And they were really, really good. They were singing Queen songs and were incredibly talented.<\/p>\n

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There was a fair amount of art booths and I liked a few of the things, but it wasn’t as good as the Mississippi Street Fair art. This one was geared more toward kids with kid activities and craft booths.<\/p>\n

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It was a really hot day without any shade. We all walked around together and then stopped in the beer garden for a break. I got a drink of the Deschutes Chainbreaker White IPA<\/a>. I didn’t like it very much but it was nice on such a hot day (90 degrees).<\/p>\n

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The four of us had walked around for a few hours and headed back toward the direction of where we parked. We stopped at a donut booth for a treat. They were mini donuts and they were making them right there on the spot. It was cool to watch:<\/p>\n

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I bought a half dozen of the mini donuts–2 powdered sugar and 4 cinnamon and sugar. Michael had the one with chocolate syrup on it.<\/p>\n

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Freshly made, warm donuts are amazing! I loved that they were small, too. I shared them with our friends and then we called it a day. Michael and I happily went home to our air-conditioned house to watch TV and relax. Walking all day made me tired.<\/p>\n

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Michael created an epic sandwich for dinner that night. It was so good but definitely something that we won’t eat on a regular basis. He grilled up a thin, boneless chicken breast and then added some bacon, sliced\u00a0avocado, mayo and mustard. Deeelicious!<\/p>\n

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Every bite was heaven. It was very rich. I had some pickles and cherry tomatoes on the side. Sunday I went for a luxurious swim to stretch out my sore muscles and then Michael and I saw “Total Recall”–it was just okay.<\/p>\n

QUESTION: What was your weekend highlight? Any good workouts to share?<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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