Sometimes Jasmine and I can’t resist free pie night on Wednesdays.

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Once a decade it becomes necessary to have a bloomin’ onion. Jeff and I were over due and decided to introduce Jasmine to the faux Australian experience that is The Outback.

The biggest surprise was not the ridiculous size of the fried appetizer, but that Jasmine ordered something other than chicken strips. She had a rack of baby back ribs and may never be the same again.

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Between helpings of dessert, Jasmine managed to fit in a salad.

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“Elves, wizards, orcs and all others are invited to join in this all-day celebration of J.R.R. Tolkien, one of the 20th Century’s most influential authors. We’ll have live music, The Lord of the Rings trilogy in the theater (for a suggested donation of 2 cans of food for the Oregon Food Bank), Hobbit-themed food and drink specials and more!”
– McMenamins Kennedy School

We got there around 10am to get seats – the theater was already quite full. We ordered some ‘hobbit’ snacks and got ready to enjoy the first movie at 11am. Afterwords we’ll headed over to the Gymnasium to watch the Hobbit Live Radio show. At 4pm we were tired out and ready to go home.

Some day we plan to stay and watch all three movies. Still it was a very good day.

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