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10-21-2004, 08:49 PM
|  | Holy Ghost filled Bass Player Moderator | | Join Date: Apr 2000 Location: Heber Springs, Arkansas | | | Portland, OR/Vancouver, WA - Things to do this Saturday night
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I will be in Vancouver for business this weekend. Anything to do Saturday night? Any TBers have gigs in the area?
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10-21-2004, 11:35 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Newberg, Oregon | | Hey Jeff,
I will be subbing in a country band, The John Henry Band at Jubitz Truck Stop...
Jubitz
Ponderosa Lounge
10350 N. Vancouver Way
Portland, OR
(503) 345-0300
From I-5
Take exit #307 towards Marine Dr. -- Go 0.7 mi
Turn Left on N. Marine Way -- Go 0.1 mi
Turn Right on N. Vancouver Way -- Go 0.5 mi
Stop on in if you're of a mind to 
-robert |
10-22-2004, 06:15 AM
| | Holy Ghost filled Bass Player Moderator | | Join Date: Apr 2000 Location: Heber Springs, Arkansas | | Quote: |
Originally Posted by SMASH Damn. Wrong Vancouver. | I know! 
Robert, what time are you guys playing?
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10-22-2004, 02:09 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Newberg, Oregon | | It's kind of open-ended... 8:30-ish to 2:00-ish should be a safe enough guess... Time to go learn some of the tunes
-robert |
10-22-2004, 02:14 PM
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10-22-2004, 09:07 PM
| | Holy Ghost filled Bass Player Moderator | | Join Date: Apr 2000 Location: Heber Springs, Arkansas | | Quote: |
Originally Posted by Benjamin Strange Get drunk with The Beard. Take pictures. | 
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10-22-2004, 09:09 PM
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Originally Posted by SMASH Damn. Wrong Vancouver. | Actually, I might consider coming up to Vancouver, BC Saturday night. Never been to Canada, after all. But if I did, I couldn't stay long. Maybe a half hour or so, and head straight back to my hotel in Portland.
I have to be at our Vancouver WA plant at 8:00 am Sunday.
How much of a hassle is it for a US citizen with no passport to get into Canada? And how much of a hassle for me to get back in the US?
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10-22-2004, 09:13 PM
|  | Online | | Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Sunapee, New Hampshire | | | Dude....pit stop in Olympia, exit 111 off I-5, if you can....the guys I jam with are doing a jazzy/bluesy instrumental coffee house gig Saturday night from 5-8.
-Mike |
10-22-2004, 09:27 PM
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Originally Posted by embellisher | Brendan. Brendan is in Portland. Brendan has a rather large beard. Brendan likes beer. |
10-22-2004, 09:32 PM
| | Holy Ghost filled Bass Player Moderator | | Join Date: Apr 2000 Location: Heber Springs, Arkansas | | | I might can meet up with Brendan Sunday night. Although he is conspicously absent from this thread.
I have a plan. You guys tell me if I am insane.
I have a meeting at our Vancouver, WA plant at 2:00 pm.
Leave Vancouver at 3:00, and head up to Seattle. Get to Bass NW around 5:30. Spend 30 minutes there, leave at 6:00, and head up to Vancouver, BC.
Spend 30 minutes or so in Vancouver, just so I can say I've 'been there', and head back to my hotel in Portland. Arrive back in Portland around 2:00 am and crash.
My only fear is the border. How much will they hassle me? How long will it take to get into Canada, and then back into the US?
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10-23-2004, 11:01 AM
|  | I Know Nothing | | Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Columbia River Gorge, WA. | | Quote: |
Originally Posted by embellisher I might can meet up with Brendan Sunday night. Although he is conspicously absent from this thread.
I have a plan. You guys tell me if I am insane.
| The border's pretty unpredictable, and Seattle traffic is very predictable.  If you change your mind and decide to come out to the Gorge, I'm playing 6-9PM tonight at Crawdaddy Jct., a cool Cajun restaurant in Husum WA, about an hour east of Vancouver via SR14. Just a casual blues/jazz duo, you can sit in on my EUB if you're up for it. I'll also be around tomorrow, give me a PM if you want to look at waterfalls or whatever.
Sorry to jump in so late, hope you have some fun whatever you do. |
10-24-2004, 11:33 PM
| | Online | | Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Sunapee, New Hampshire | | | dude.....your plan was nuts....i hope you didn't try it.
so....did any of us Washington/Oregon/Canada guys get blessed with a visit from the mighty embellisher?
I did not.
-Mike |
10-24-2004, 11:38 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Newberg, Oregon | | Quote: |
Originally Posted by MJ5150 dude.....your plan was nuts....i hope you didn't try it.
so....did any of us Washington/Oregon/Canada guys get blessed with a visit from the mighty embellisher?
I did not.
-Mike | Nor did I... Had a gig right in the middle of his 'hot zone' too... I feel so... I dunno... slighted
-robert |
11-01-2004, 08:48 PM
| | Holy Ghost filled Bass Player Moderator | | Join Date: Apr 2000 Location: Heber Springs, Arkansas | | | I did it! Smash, I saw a guy downtown that looked just like you, but was too far away to hear me yell 'SMASH!'. Were you walking around with a pretty asian girl?
I got to BassNW at 5:30, and was thoroughly unimpressed. I expected a lot more brands that I hadn't played or seen in person. Somehow it seems that there is more inventory on their website than they have in the store.
I got to Vancouver BC around 8:45, and drove around for an hour or so. Got out and walked a little bit downtown, and then headed back south.
It was a breeze getting into Canada, but I was majorly hassled getting back into the US. A guy who could barely speak english grilled me for 30 minutes, wanting to know why I was in Canada, did I do any illegal substances while in Vancouver, where was I born, etc. Raked me over the coals for not having my birth certificate or passport with me. I had no idea that I would need either. Obviously a lot has changed since 9/11.
Got back to my hotel in Portland at 2:30 am, and had to be at our plant for the server room move at 8:00 am. Sunday was a tough day.
On the plus side, somewhere between Portland and Beaverton, I had the pleasure of the best sushi roll I have ever found.
Sorry I didn't get to meet any of you guys. I was so busy sightseeing, I forgot everything else, until I got to BC. And on the way back, I didn't want to stop, because I knew that if I got less than 3 1/2 hours sleep, I would be worthless Sunday.
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11-03-2004, 12:14 AM
| | Online | | Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Sunapee, New Hampshire | | Quote: |
Originally Posted by embellisher I got to BassNW at 5:30, and was thoroughly unimpressed. I expected a lot more brands that I hadn't played or seen in person. |
truth be told...i feel the same way when i go in there. the store rocks, and the dudes that work there are great, but it just doesn't live up to the claim of being "the largest bass only store in the world". maybe i had too high of expectations? i expected to walk in and see gear for miles from every brand in the world.
glad you had a good time driving around our state for a few hours. come back anytime.
-Mike
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11-03-2004, 05:34 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Hick Town in Oregon, USA | | Quote: |
Originally Posted by embellisher I will be in Vancouver for business this weekend. Anything to do Saturday night? Any TBers have gigs in the area? | Well, this saturday i have a pretty big benefit gig for the cancer society that my group is opening for. But, your probably wont be able to make it seeing how its not in Portland.... its in Salem, OR.
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11-05-2004, 10:56 PM
| | Holy Ghost filled Bass Player Moderator | | Join Date: Apr 2000 Location: Heber Springs, Arkansas | | Quote: |
Originally Posted by SMASH Usually, yes, I would be downtown walking around with a pretty Asian girl on a Saturday night at that hour. Weird. Where abouts were you exactly?
Most impressive bit of driving you did. Definitely had the wind at your back eh? At least you got to see things for yourself. Any sightseeing in Seattle? What'd you see here? | Smash, if I could tell you the name of the street, I would, but I haven't a clue.
Were you wearing a knit cap? I swear it was you. Does your girlfriend have colored hair?
I saw most of downtown Seattle. By the time I got into Vancouver BC, it was dark, so I saw what downtown Vancouver looks like at night.
I was amazed that there were so many asian places all over Vancouver. Vietnamese, Korean, and of course Chinese and Japanese. Everywhere!
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