a portland fiasco

after coming home from the screening at Reed College, courtney's car broke down on the highway. we barely managed to pull off on time. luckily some very nice portlanders kept stopping to see if we needed help and someone who looked like alex fountain put some flares on the road.

we called AAA and the towtruck came soon after as we stood in the slushing snowing rain. it is probably the "alternator" but that probably doesn't mean anything to any of you unless you happen to be a mechanic.

we came back to the house and drank some black butte porters and found places to take the car in tomorrow morning.

here are some fun photos of the tow away:





Also, here's a nice picture of my latte from the place by reading frenzy from this morning: