Columbia

The last few days have been fun filled in PDX. On Tuesday, I met up with Drew and his Australian friend Hugh (who he met in Alaska when he was climbing Denali) and we visited the Columbia Employee Store. For those of you who don't know, my sister works for Columbia and they have an employee store where you can purchase retail at cost plus 10%. I know, be jealous. Every time I'm up here, I make a special visit to this special store! :) This time, however, I also got a tour of Columbia. She works in their market research...and she is 50% of the department. I know, crazy. But she loves her job, and she's really good at it!

Here's a picture of me and my sister on the 'tour'. I had to check in with a guard, wear a name tag, be escorted at all times, and sign my life away that I wouldn't steal, replicate (etc, etc, etc) any of their products. It was neat to see the development, testing, and of course...my sisters cubicle.