Music, Guitar, Songwriting, Music Production, Audio Technology, longboarding, hill bombing, snowboarding, surfing, touring, travel, espresso, and specialty coffee...
Music
Stars, William Fitzsimons, The Deadly Syndrome, Lydia, Thrice, Kanye West, Tupac Shakur, Jay-Z, Jimmy Eat World, John Legend, John Lenon, John Mayer, Alicia Keys, Built To Spill, Snoop Dog, Dead Prez, Blackstar, Common, Citizen Cope, Corneille, The Decemberists, Feist, Frou Frou, Imogen Heap, Jamie Cullum, Modest Mouse, The Phoenix Foundation, Ratatat, Sigur Ros, Sufjan Stevens, Underoath, and more...
Movies
The Count of Monte Cristo, Batman Begins, Love Actually, Amelie, A Very Long Engagement, Die Hard, Oceans 11, Gladiator, Cinderella Man, Eagle Vs. Shark, and many more...
Television
Arrested Development, Anthony Bourdain's No Reservations, The Office, Grey's Anatomy, Pushing Daisies...
Books
Uncommon Grounds by Mark Pendergrast, Espresso Coffee by Andrea Illy, Ambitious Brew (The Story of American Beer) by Maureen Ogle, Kitchen Confidential by Anthony Bourdain, and Blue Like Jazz by Donald Miller...
Heroes
Geoff Watts, Duane Sorenson, Jon Lewis, Daniel Johns, John Mayer, Dave Pedde, Will Farrel, Chris Martin, and others.....
About me: Hi. My name is Ryan. I call Portland, OR home. Mainly because no other place feels like home. Right now I live in Los Angeles, California. To be more specific, Los Feliz. I love East LA. It's now what you would ever expect from a place that's very close to Hollywood. As the days go by, it's becoming more and more comfortable. I think I'll stay awhile. I work for an incredible company called Intelligentsia and we recently opened what is becoming one of the best cafes in the world. Making coffee is my career. Not just a job. I enjoy every minute of it, from the beans to the people. When I'm not working, I am typically blogging at GhostCoffee.Net. To even me out and keep me sane, I believe in the idea of balance. That without it life is chaos. I believe in clarity of mind, something that if I don't have, my head is spinning. I believe in God, and I believe that God cares. I also believe in love and that without it life could not exist. Friends and family are the most important aspect of life and we must take care of our own. Beyond that, there's not much else to say. Life is good, I don't have to be at work for another couple hours, and it's 85 and sunny...
For sure! Let me know when you are in the NW, too and we'll see if we can't hang out.
You are soooo right...I love me some adventures and have gotten to see a TON of places I never dreamed I'd get to see, so it's not all that bad. Take care!
I head back to PDX tomorrow. It's been good to see everyone, but I'm ready to be ina city where the night begins at 9PM rather than ends. That's too bad you couldn't make it back for Christmas. Everyone kept saying your mom was pretty bummed.
You inspired Dad and I to pull out the old videotapes from Christmas past. It was CRAZY to look at all of us 20 years ago and realize no matter how much things changed, things are still pretty the same. You were playing any variety of instruments, Justin and Jonathan were playing with giant trucks and machinery, etc..and Grandpa dressed up as Santa. It was funny to watch us continually ask where Grandpa was and the crazy excuses they would make up. Good times..
Life is good, just busy. I'm traveling a lot for work, which is fun but not so condusive to having much of a social life. I'm hoping to transfer into a position with less traveling at some point this year. We shall see how that works?
No, no..she was very impressed. She was talking about you and said she wished she could see you and I told her I could make that happen. She got quite the kick out of it. BC is BC...I'm bored. I hear you got stranded in LA becuase of Snowmageddon. Did you have any luck getting back?
hey you... you popped into my head today as i was reapplying at north central...hope life is amazing out in cali! maybe one day when i come out there again i will have to call you
Break from life, huh? I'm always in the mood for one of those. I've been a traveling maniac this summer, but am thinking about a trip down south to see Jen and Dave in the fall. I'd love to spend some time in sunny LA. I'm thinking the week of Sept. 15th, but I'll keep you posted when I know for sure. Thanks!
I'm doing pretty good. I work for FedEx now, which is about as stable of employment I'm going to find in my field. I just got back from Pickathon out at Pardarvis Farm this weekend. It was AWESOME, but also explains why I am late in saying HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!! Hope you had a good one!
Hey Ryan!!! I just wanted to drop by and see how you are doing? Things are the same here just working and probably going back to minneapolis this fall. Miss you muchly!!!
