We arrived at the airport to find Jon waiting for us with a Sito greeting sign. Megan was with him and we had dinner at the Blind Onion Pizza. We saved some pizza for Ed, he was going to arrive a few hours later. We rode to the airport again in the Little Pony (Megan's car) and had to rush thru corridors to meet Ed. He arrived with his new haircut and his Russian doll Nintendo backpacks. We went to the warehouse where Jon lives. They were expecting fire inspection fascists to arrive on monday, but the good news is that they will arrive only next week, so we won't meet them :) We also visited Gracie's Bird Cage, where Brady lives. Both places were furnited with stuff from the "bins". We soon learned that the "bins" were wonderful places where you can buy anything you want for less than a dollar. That includes clothes, computers, couches, fridges, toasters, name anything and you'll find it at the bins. Of course that's mostly used, old stuff but that's where creativity should be added to transform them into useful masterpieces.

So next day we woke up, filled our stomachs with french toast and potatoes, and headed for the bins to find halloween costumes for the night. Ed got some tire snow protectors, mesh yellow underwear, goggles and other cyborg-like stuff. Ivana and Martin chose cute dresses, and I grabbed brilliant-colored clothes. That would turn me later into a "Crayon Elf", as Ed named it. Ed found a silver fire-resistant outfit to complement his robot character. We added the Sito logo to his jacket, and the "Ed-bot" was born. Martin decided to wear a "my husband beats me" make up, and Jon painted his face in a "Burning Man" fashion. Brady arrived later with his psicho costume. We went to dinner at Mykle's house, where we found wonderful food awaiting us. Megan arrived later dressed as a fortune teller princess. We chatted and drank wine after the dinner. It was a great "Sitoid" gathering!. After dinner we went to a halloween party from the Portland Burning Man list. Plenty of scary creatures were there. It was very funny for two brazilians unnacostumed with halloween. People kept saying that it was their favorite holiday, and I'm forced to agree. It's the funniest for sure! We didn't threatened for chocolate, tough. :(

Next day we went to the Forest Park, it was really nice, it was kind of raining and we hiked in the mud at night. I know this doesn't sound very nice, but it was! :) The forest was quiet, the smell was absolutely wonderful, and we felt like we were inside an x-files episode (unfortunately, we didn't run into any mutant alien forest creature :) The trail ended in the street, so we walked to the grocery store where we were supposed to meet Megan and Ivana to buy food for our dinner at Megan's house. Megan lives in a beatiful house dedicated to art. Many artists live there and they have rooms for band rehearsal, performing arts, painting, photography and such. We all gathered together by the fire after the dinner, it was a great night.

Pictures

At Jon's house

Gracie's Bird Cage

Inside the van, in our way to the bins

Dinner at Mykle

Gazina's creations

Mykle cooking (and Brady peeking behind him)

\ Halloween:

Ed-bot

The pink doll

My husband beats me

The Crayon Elf

Pshico-Brady & the burning Jon

At The halloween party

Guess where the elf and the doll are?

Entering the Forest Park

Testing the camera effects at the dinner at Megan's

Megan, Ivana, Brady, Jon and Martin by the fire