Oliver Moss

To start with the bad, despite what their social media said as of two days ago, the Portland Mausoleum is NOT open to the public this weekend. They have a few small tours that booked out weeks ago and no one is allowed in unless they are on one of the tours. Some people had even called just a few days ago to confirm and been told it would be open. The news had covered that in a rare event, the secret room in the mausoleum you can only get into one day a year was going to be open all three days this year.

As much as I want to be righteously indignant about this, since I had transportation costs and despite my life being so busy and stressed I can constantly hear the music of the spheres, my wish to take photos is not important compared to that fact that most who show every year are mourners. It's a big deal with veterans and their families. This is messed up, yo. To make things even worse, they have this kid out front in a ragged hoodie and facial piercings to take the brunt of everything. He said he only started working there yesterday. There is no shot he's actually been hired on, he's a temp there to have a hellish weekend. That place is very formal, there is no way they actually hired him. I am pissed, but more are on behalf of people more messed over than me.

Anyway, I did snap a quick pic from the nearby little park:


This is what it looks like from the other side:


Well, maybe not right now judging by how much ivy there is. Arg, I really want to freshen up my mausoleum galleries, but idk when I can get in there again. They said it will open as usual next year, but, how to trust that when I checked with them just past Thursday?

If you are a new follower and don't know the 8 story mausoleum I adore here are a few pics. Tho, I can make a better gallery out of even what I have to date. I really need to update my photography website...

Anyway, since I was all the way down in Sellwood, I went to try to the dedicated soy free and dairy free brunch place:


Sweet potato and acorn flour waffles with house made granola, strawberry sauce, maple syrup and coconut based whipped cream, with a side of a single piece of fried chicken in a grain-free dredge infused with turmeric. I got a thigh piece, which is why it looks small. It was good! It was also a lot of food. I stayed for about an hour on the patio so I had room for the second half. I need to go back an try their other dishes. Their chicken soup sounds divine, but I had to get waffles for my first trip.

I also walked around, took some pictures, bought some spices from the little spice shop in Sellwood and shook my tiny, angry fists at the sky. I was going to do full manual Lensbaby shots and level up my mausoleum gallery.