The Breakfast Bulletin
Bacon Goes in — Words Come OutJuly, 2009 |
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| | | Greetings! | Festival Season is upon us here at Bacon and Eggs Press. That means our “sales department,” aka the Stumptown Scribes Booth, is appearing at neighborhood fairs all over town. But the biggest news is the arrival of a new title, Best in Tent Camping: Oregon. And what better to do than get out there, pitch your tent, and jump in a lake when it’s 8 million degrees in crowded old Portland? |
| Looking for a Quiet Place to Pitch Your Tent? |  A car camper, with a tent, looking for a place with no “big RVs, loud stereos, or concrete blocks.” Does that sound like you and your family? Well, this is the book for you: the updated second edition of Best in Tent Camping: Oregon, from Menasha Ridge Press, the same folks who brought you my two hiking guidebooks. A woman named Jeanne Louise Pyle wrote the first edition years ago, and I just updated it. It’s not even at stores yet, but I know Powells placed a big pre-order. Meanwhile, the only place to get it is from Stumptown Scribes, the sales department of my Vast Breakfast Empire. Speaking of which ….. |
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| Stumptown Scribes is on the Road! |
Stumptown Scribes is the name I’ve given my market booth, where I sell all four of my books plus various books by other authors. For more information, check out the booth’s website.Also on that site are links to upcoming shows I’ll be at: Saturday, July 25: Division/Clinton Street Fair
Wednesday, July 29: HandMadeNW Event next to the Wednesday Farmers Market
Saturday, August 1: Fremont Fest
Wednesday, August 12: HandMadeNW Event next to the Wednesday Farmers Market
Saturday, August 15: Multnomah (Village) Days
Sunday, August 16: Hawthorne Day
Saturday, September 12: Belmont Street Fair
Saturday, September 19: Alberta Street Fair Any books you see in the booth can be found on the site, and all of mine — except the camping book, which I am working on — are for sale (signed however you want!) at BaconandEggsPress.com.Note that I am no longer at Skidmore Market downtown every weekend.
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| News from the Breakfast Empire |  I still get out to breakfast here and there, so I do have some news and reviews to share.First, and saddest, is the demise of Roux, on North Killingsworth. The Breakfast Crew had a fine and fun brunch there, and the place will be missed. Also gone is Cafe 401, which never even got a chance to be in the book. Plus, I never talked myself into the lamb (testicle) fries. In other, happier news, there’s a new patio at Podnah’s Pit BBQ, the Crew had a great time at Lucca, the Brunch Box got some video love online (and started a semi-feud between me and a video-host goofball), and somebody finally combined two of the world’s great foods, the donut and the hamburger. And finally, I scratched out a couple of reviews since the last newsletter. I thought Meat Cheese Bread was fine for what it was — a sandwich place — and I think Hash in Sellwood just lacks a little zing.
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Paul Gerald
Lead Writer, Researcher, Breakfast Guy, Salesperson and Janitor
Bacon and Eggs Press |
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