I’ve been having problems with my monitor these past few days. The colors are out of whack so I can’t process any photos. I’m hoping a new video card will do the trick. The first one I purchased was a “low profile” graphics card. I didn’t know that low profile means it doesn’t fit my standard desktop. So today I sent it back, and it may be another week before the correct size comes in.

Until then I’ll dip into the archives. Today’s photo isn’t from that long ago, this past Sunday to be exact, just before my colors went bad. Someone had finished their Easter mimosa (except the strawberry) and the light was coming through the window at brunch just right.

Posted on April 29th, 2011 under only in ashland. Tags: food, spring. Comments: 1

Today’s entry would have been far more timely had I done it several days ago when Oregon Ducks’ fever was at an all-time high. Alas, I forgot about the photo I had of the Oregon Ducks’ Voodoo donut. After the loss to Auburn, everyone’s Duck gear seems to have disappeared.

You can see the green and yellow Ducks donut in the above photo in the back on the right. I took this photo in Eugene on the day after Thanksgiving. The Ducks were hosting Arizona that night. Since the holidays were approaching, you can see they were working on some Christmas-themed donuts. To make things look non-biased from a religious perspective, they also tossed in a Jewish one it seems.

ESPN has done some “special” game day Voodoo doughnuts made for them when they were in town.

Posted on January 12th, 2011 under outside of ashland. Tags: eugene, food, video. Comments: 1

Voodoo Doughnut wasn’t open when we arrived at 11 a.m. so we decided to come back after lunch. For lunch we went to Toshi’s Ramen, a more-or-less authentic Japanese Ramen shop in Eugene. Someday, shops like these may be everywhere. Currently, they are limited to just a handful, most in big cities like New York or Los Angeles. We felt fortunate to find one in Eugene.

Toshi’s was packed well before noon on the morning after Thanksgiving. Is it always like this? I don’t know.

Pictured above is my bowl of Miso Corn Nin-niku Ramen. It was my first time having real Japanese Ramen with corn or green beans. The pork was different than any I experienced in Japan, but it was still a good bowl. Here is the full ramen menu.

Posted on December 5th, 2010 under outside of ashland. Tags: food. Comments: 1

Another photo from our visit to the fairly new Voodoo Doughnut in Eugene…

The line was long (about 30 people), but there is plenty to look at while you wait, just like the Portland stores. We drove by later in the day, on our way to a friend’s house, while the Duck’s were playing football against Arizona nearby. I looked in and only two people were in line. So if you want to avoid the line, go in during a Duck’s game. 😉

Posted on November 28th, 2010 under outside of ashland, places. Tags: food. Comments Off on Good things come in pink boxes

I have been in Eugene, Oregon the past couple days for the Thanksgiving holiday. Voodoo Doughnut, of Portland, Oregon, now has a shop in Eugene too. We headed there for breakfast the day after Thanksgiving only to find them closed until noon. So we came back after lunch for dessert.

Posted on November 27th, 2010 under outside of ashland. Tags: food, portland, weird. Comments: 1

Following up on yesterday’s entry, I had the very berry (strawberry, blackberry, and a few others) pie.

Ryan had the peanut butter pie. Actually we each ate half of each other’s.

Posted on September 7th, 2010 under outside of ashland. Tags: food. Comments: 1

I meant to include the ending of our Crater Lake day in Crater Lake week a couple week’s back. With all of our troubles going around the lake and having our bikes stolen, we ended up leaving Crater Lake later than planned which meant we were far hungrier. We were hoping for a quick bite to eat at Beckie’s Cafe.

When we arrived at Beckie’s (by Union Creek in Prospect) we were told there would be a 20 minute wait. 45 minutes later we were seated and another 45 minutes later they finally brought our food. We weren’t very happy by then. It was our first time ordering anything other than pie at Beckie’s. That was a mistake. My blue cheese burger didn’t have any blue cheese on it and was only average, at best.

Beckie’s Cafe does do a great pie though. Today’s photo is of the pie menu. Which would you order?

I’ll show you ours tomorrow.

Posted on September 6th, 2010 under places. Tags: food, signs. Comments: 2

I have lived in Ashland now for almost 10 years, but for some reason The Peerless never made it on my radar screen. Strange since the place was built 110 years ago and is on the National Register of Historic Places. We had dinner at the restaurant last week. The food was good, although not spectacular. I’ll show you a photo of the outside of The Peerless Hotel tomorrow.

Posted on September 4th, 2010 under people, places. Tags: food, national register of historic places. Comments: 1

Across the street from Taylor’s Refresher lie part of the tracks for the Napa Wine Train. The wine train takes customers from downtown Napa to St. Helena and back. While on board patrons are treated to a fine meal and wine while enjoying the view of the vineyards.

We road the wine train for Thanksgiving dinner several years ago.

Once upon a time I was a tour guide in Napa so I’ve been on the route from Napa to St. Helena countless times. The beauty of the place never gets old or boring though.

Posted on October 7th, 2009 under places. Tags: california, food, napa, trains. Comments Off on Napa Wine Train (Napa Trip — Part 3 of 3)