"Have fun storming the castle!"

Today's adventure involved visiting an 80-year old local castle that was about to be demolished because the lame-assed Jaguar-, Ferrari- and Land Rover- owner who bought the house next to it thought it blocked his view of the city. (Allegedly.)

A lot of PDX police cars, too many hipsters and a local band, playing pretty much on the street, were involved, but my friend and I successfully avoided arrest and/or confrontation by heading up ahead of the pack to quietly view the castle remains, and by taking a side adventure into an invitation to a (just under) $1M open house.

So allegedly, it originally looked like this:


And that was just 10 years ago. Now, it looks like this:


(If you look closely you can see the drawbridge crank.)

This made me sad. Which is not to say that I'm surprised at all. People with money do the strangest things.