tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7189482.post7597629695852981608..comments2024-03-26T21:46:56.291-07:00Comments on The ZehnKatzen Times: [bike_diary] Ron Tonkin and The MIlestones Of Stark StreetSamuel John Kleinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00514541030057763303noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7189482.post-4068526225045205432008-06-27T20:19:00.000-07:002008-06-27T20:19:00.000-07:00Judy:Apparently they just exist along SE Stark Str...Judy:<BR/><BR/>Apparently they just exist along SE Stark Street. I presume that it has something to do with it being on the Willamette Base Line and a long, straight road of some importance.<BR/><BR/>I love the east side. No matter how much it changes, it stays the same in some ineffable way. The east side rocks that way.Samuel John Kleinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00514541030057763303noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7189482.post-39142232814892355172008-06-27T20:12:00.000-07:002008-06-27T20:12:00.000-07:00The milestone is very cool! I had no idea they sti...The milestone is very cool! I had no idea they still existed. Were they only set on the east side?<BR/><BR/>I've always been a west-side gal myself, except for a few years when I first moved to Portland in the '70s and lived in far North Portland - and that was way before it was trendy. I don't get out to the east side much. But I do get to Ron Tonkin's every now and then because that's where I bought my car.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7189482.post-51360031032720447712008-06-27T19:57:00.000-07:002008-06-27T19:57:00.000-07:00I've even had the Very East Portland experience of...<I>I've even had the Very East Portland experience of having a car stereo stolen out of a car parked on that lot. </I><BR/><BR/>Ironically, the only place in more than twenty years of living in Portland that I've had something stolen out of a car was when I got my stereo stolen from the corner of NE 10th and Mason.<BR/><BR/>Some would hold that that is Very North Portland, but that's a relative thing I suppose.<BR/><BR/>I'm finding that, from what comments I'm getting on this photo series, they really resonate with some people. I can relate. I've lived in almost every section of the city, but I have never (and still never) felt more at home than in the flatlands just east of I-205. <BR/><BR/>And Ventura Park is a great little neighborhood park. I was thrilled when I found that milestone there. I have actually been missing those.<BR/><BR/><I>What's wrong with Soobies? Of course I ask that never having actually gone in.</I><BR/><BR/>Fair question. The patrons and the staff there are amongst the stupidest people who patronize strip clubs. I don't patronize Soobies ... as a matter of fact, I've been in a strip club exactly once in my life. I have to deal with Soobies every so often as part of a job I have (which has nothing to do with any naked people at all) over the phone. I'll leave it at that for now.Samuel John Kleinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00514541030057763303noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7189482.post-60776021968222641522008-06-27T14:41:00.000-07:002008-06-27T14:41:00.000-07:00It should go without saying (... well, I guess it ...It should go without saying (... well, I guess it should. Should it?) that these sights are all very familiar to me as well, as I am a far-east-sider myself. I tend to ride the MAX from Gateway these days, but I've used the 122nd park-und-ride a few zillion times -- I've even had the Very East Portland experience of having a car stereo stolen out of a car parked on that lot. <BR/><BR/>And the cops were a) useless and b) kinda assholeish about it. But I digress.<BR/><BR/>I took my son to Ventura park to play many times when he was smaller.<BR/><BR/>What's wrong with Soobies? Of course I ask that never having actually gone in. I've always made certain assumptions about what it would look like (and smell like and sound like etc.) on the inside. I see no reason to confirm or disconfirm those -- some things are best left assumed. ;-)Dalehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10523307255698594696noreply@blogger.com