Man, the Rock 'Em Sock 'Em building is SO SWEET.

I've never coveted a building before. It feels so...unnatural.

AJ and I actually got physically ill the first time we went inside that building. The "feng shui" (if there is such a thing) was too much. It's like a stationary rollercoaster.

Eek. That sounds horrific.

I'm sure if I looked into it, I could find many strange structures around Portland. The tiniest park (made for leprechauns, I believe) springs to mind. The latest is the Tram they put in that cost about $57 million dollars. Made basically for the doctors of OHSU.

Minneapolis long-ago assured it’s place at the veritable top of the world’s most ridiculous cities by placing that bronze Mary Tyler Moore statue out on the Nicollet Mall.

In doing so, Minneapolis certified to the world, it’s lack of self-esteem by being so very eager to not be seen as corn-fed bubba-bumpkin flyover-land, that it grasped at a fictional TV character who supposedly lived in Minneapolis.

All the statues erected around the world to honor heroes and statesmen, wept in embarrassment for us.

I almost had that stupid thing erased from my memory. I am adding it to my post.

I never saw the old Guthrie so no point of reference, but I've been to the new one a few times and it's an amazing building, I really love it...