What a weekend at the Oregon Coast!  We filmed a segment for one of our Seaside shows yesterday with Seaside Helicopters.  Gary, the owner, took us up for an extra long flight and the weather was near perfect!  I hope Mike got some good scenic shots because you could see for miles.  If you haven't taken a Seaside Helicopter ride yet and you're heading to the Oregon Coast, it's a must do.  It's very affordable and Gary and his staff are all great guys!  

From there, we headed up the coast a few miles to our home away from Portland - Astoria!  Our buddies Chris and Jen Holen who own Baked Alaska Restaurant, put on a brew festival, the Pacific NW Brew Cup.  Sean, Mike and I offered to help them out and that's exactly what we did.  We poured beer for them from 7pm to 10pm and let me tell you, it was fun being on the other side of the table for this event.  I'm usually enjoying some beers at these events, but we couldn't sample our pours (OLCC rules), so we were completely sober, watching others loosen up, to put it mildly.  It was a great, local Astoria event and we all had a fantastic time.  That's what it's all about, right?  Having fun!

Things are settling in nicely with KGW.  We've had our "technical snafus" but that is to be expected.  We had a good meeting with their sales directors this week and got our ratings for last week.  We didn't expect ratings this soon, but we were very pleased to see that 1 in 20 households in the KGW viewing area is tuning in to PDXposed on Saturday nights at 7pm.  This was a pleasant surprise, especially considering that we've only been on three weeks.  Thanks to all of YOU for watching.  Keep watching please, because our shows will get better and better, promise!

Enough of my little break from my NFL Sunday.  Time to hit the gym and catch the first half of the Sunday Night Game on KGW.  In case you care, and I know you don't, my fantasy football team is having an average day today and I will fall to 1-3 in my league.  Very disappointing, yes, I know!  Enjoy the photo of the Astoria-Megler Bridge, taken from my I-Phone.  Can you believe the great quality.......from a phone?!  

Have a great week and as always, please make good memories!

Jon

Happy Sunday to all.  I should be in Seattle at the Seahawks first win, but my buddy Greg hurt his back so I didn't feel like doing it solo.  I met some cool people last night at a birthday party and gave them my tickets.  This party was a blast and it went very late into the morning.  I think I got to bed around 5am?  Yeah, I'm a little tired today but it was fun to see a bunch of old friends and to meet some new ones.  

Mike and I finished up our South Dakota Tourism project this week, at least the filming part.  The past three months have been hell for me as I've only been home about three weeks combined.  I'm very stoked to be back in Portland and to not have to travel so much.  I feel like my life might actually slow down to a manageable roar now, but we'll see about that.  We did have a fantastic time in the Black Hills.  I'm amazed at the serene beauty of the Black Hills.  I was raised there and my family is still there, but to go back and film all the wonderful things to do there, as a tourist, was a special opportunity for me.  Mike was pleasantly surprised at how cool it is there too!  Now it's time to get editing the project, which is another topic, a rather daunting one!

We had the best crowd we've ever had Friday night for our big band performance, at least that's my take.  If you've not been to Tony Starlight's Supper Club & Lounge yet, I highly recommend it.  It's such a fun club and the music there is great, not just our big band, all the music that happens there.  I've not had it yet but I hear they have a great hamburger too.  It won some award?  It's on NE Sandy Blvd., at the corner of 37th (where the Banfield crosses at Sandy).  We play there again on 10/25 but I'll not be at that gig, going to Hawaii to see Mary and be her date for a costume party -- Rockstars and Groupies.  Any ideas of which rockstar I should be?  I'd love some input.  I want it to be fun!  Email me at jon@pdxposed.com if you have some thoughts.  Thanks!

Well, Seattle just won its first game.  They started strong but they really don't look good.  Oh well, it's just a game right?  Screw that.  I hate when my teams lose, always have.  In college at the Un. of Nebraska, when the Huskers lost a football game, it would get me down for several days.  I'm not that bad now but I don't like it.  Time to motivate myself to hit the gym, just felt the need to blog a bit.  Cool pic of Mike and me, eh?  Crazy Horse is a pretty cool thing to see!

Thanks for reading and do have a good week.  I'm expecting good things this week and I hope you are too.  Cheers!

Make good memories!

Jon

Well, it's finally here!  We debuted successfully on KGW last night.  It has been a long time coming and tons of hard work but we did it!  THANKS to all of you who support me and the show.  We all appreciate it.  We watched the show at the new Old Town Pizza at MLK and Alberta.  What a cool place!!  It feels like it could be in Bend, OR and I highly recommend it to each of you!

Afterwards, Mike, Josh and I went to Tony Starlight's to see some live music.  I ran into my buddy Don Barnes, who had to leave our big band due to his wife's cancer - very sad.  What's not sad is that she was there last night, looking great!!!  It's been very hard for them and it was so good to see them out.  They were with our bass player, Steve Morelli and his lovely wife Delores - very fun peeps!!  It was great to see them all and I mention it because that's what life is all about, spending time with close friends and enjoying yourself.  The show is simply "the show."

We shot in Seaside this weekend and had a blast.  Oregon Beach Vacations put us up in this killer pad just off the beach in Cannon Beach.  Heather Borgens, my former Co-host, came and guest hosted with us which was great.  She is now married with two kids and is super busy but we love having her when we can get her!  We filmed a car show which normally wouldn't jazz me too much but his was super cool, so look forward to that on our show.

Well, time to get cleaned up.  I leave you with a glimpse of my day with Mary (from Hawaii), who was here this week.  We hiked Multnomah Falls on Tuesday and we were both amazed at the beauty of it.  If you've not been there in awhile, go now!  It's so gorgeous!!!

Make good memories!!

Jon