Pastry Run

[Guth_imp]

The reality is that I have not been riding much at all lately. But my eyes have been improving so I got a chance to hop on the CB for a short ride to the north side of Portland and the Kenton and St John's neighborhoods. Initially this was going to be all about grabbing a shot of my CB with the Paul Bunyan statue for the Monthly Photo Challenge thread. But then I realized that the PB statue isn't too far away from my favorite donut stop: the [url=http://tulippastryshop.com/]Tulip Pastry Shop. Temps were somewhere in the upper 30's / lower 40's when I made my pastry run. It was a nice ride, with the exception of all of the gravel spewed about the streets (leftover from the winter storm that hit this town not too long ago).

Paul was looking a bit worse for wear than the last time I saw him. There is a group of people working to raise money to help with the cost of paint and other materials needed to get old Paul fixed up again. Their effort is appropriately named: [url=http://paintpaulpdx.org/]"Paint Paul". Despite all the wear and tear, Paul made for a great background item to place my CB in front of for a quick photo.


Paul in all his "rustic glory".

After I said goodbye to Paul I headed over to the Tulip to enjoy my all-time favorite pasty creation: the half 'n half bar. The Tulip Pasty Shop fits right in with the CB1100 vibe — it's a real time warp. The place has been around for well over a half a century now and I doubt that it has changed much at all during that time. The half 'n half bar features one half maple frosting and one half chocolate frosting over a bar filled with butter cream. All made there on premise of course. Good stuff. I wish I had a camera on a lanyard, ferret style, for the ride home when I crossed over the [url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Johns_Bridge]St John's Bridge. It's truly a beautiful bridge.


The true highlight of the morning — the half 'n half bar.

(Okay, so while the half 'n half bar was definitely not shy on substance, I realize that this seat time report is. I really just wanted an excuse to post a photo that involved some awesome less-than-healthy food, much like those shared so often by our esteemed ferret. Can you really blame me?)