Not too get too nerdy here but one of my co-workers also works at
Powell's books here in Portland.
This past weekend the fluttering gossip around the store involved the arrival and customer, Cormac McCarthy. Apparently he was in this past Saturday, the 10th. The giveaway to his true identity finally came after a few hours of speculations when the credit card he was paying for his purchases said,
Cormac McCarthy.
All that nonsense aside, a segment of the adaptation of
The Road is being shot on the Northern Oregon coast. Perhaps his arrival in the area is to visit the production of the film?