Christophe and Alan's visit to Portland

My cousin Alan and his son (my godson) Christophe were in Portland last weekend for a short but fun visit. We kicked off Friday night with a walk around the Pearl District and dinner at Sinju Japanese restaurant. Unfortunately Barbara was not able to join us as she had a gala event at work.. Saturday we watched the British Open for a little while then took off to the Nike Employee store for a little shopping spree. Following that we drove out to Hood River and had lunch at the Full Sail Brewery before we took in some of the Gorge Games. The wind surfing and kite boarding looked really cool, but most of the competition was over before we got there, so we decided to drive back on the Washington side and get some pictures of Mt. Hood. We closed out the day with dinner at Esparza's Tex-Mex.

Sunday was an all golf day. We watched the British Open and they went out and hacked it up ourselves. You can check out the great swing shots at "My Photos" any comments and advise is welcome. We capped the day with some great Indian food at Bombay Cricket Club as Alan taught us the finer points of the game.

On Monday Alan attended an open source conference and Christophe came to work with me. He got to see how we make TV commercials and attend a creative presentation with the Nike Golf client so maybe now he knows what not to do when he grows up. At the very least he got to eat an awesome burger at Fullers Diner for lunch.