there are not many i would stand in line to see... for an hour... in the sun... in 90+ degree weather.  Neil DeGrasse Tyson is one of the few (plus there was that vision of a tall cold McMenamin's beer at the end of the wait!!)).  OMSI  with PBS held a Science Pub at the Bagdad Theater and Dr Tyson was the feature.  The Bagdad is a very old movie theater in SE Portland, renovated by the McMenamin brothers in a pretty ingenious manner... the inside is just as it was, except that every other row of seats has been removed and replaced with tables, so you can have beer and pizza (or whatever) while you watch the feature presentation or movie!  i like it!  and i'm goofy for this astrophysicist and his PBS Nova science NOW show.  he's interesting, intelligent, humorous, personable... and i really really enjoyed the evening.  to add to the perfection, we walked down the street afterward to Ben and Jerry's and indulged in the perfect ice cream cone!

beer, pizza and ice cream... pretty damn perfect!