Tracks, originally uploaded by Tokenhippygirl.
This, also taken on the east side as we walked down to the Esplanade. These tracks are still working tracks. Look both ways.
Walking The East Side, originally uploaded by Tokenhippygirl.
Haven’t talked about last weekend, let alone this weekend. Again, though I know I’ve said this before, I’ll say… I’m lame. I have excuses… believe that. I do. We’ve been trying to get things done to get ready to be gone. Shopping, trimming trees, moving wood piles, laundry. Loads of stuff. So, I’m lame, but I’m righteous.
Last weekend… we strolled the East side with Sandy and Vicki. Checking out the City Liquidators rest room, LOL, after we’d met them for breakfast at Biscuits (recommend this place highly and thanks Josh for first mentioning it to us). It’s a local chain of mostly known for their breakfast places. They make a slammin’ almond crusted french toast, though their other fare is equally tasty.
But, I think I’m out of order. It all started, last weekend anyway, with Friday night and our running in to meet Maggie at Lowe’s to help her transport her new barbecue and patio furniture to her place. We moved the stuff, then ate a nice take out Thai dinner from a place called the Thai Spoon on Hawthorne. Nice curry. Yum. Saturday morning Mom and Don stopped by to take a gander at our newly redone back area of our house. We’re proud of it (pictures were already put up here in an earlier post). They hung out for a while until it was time for us to get ready so we could head in to Henry’s Tavern to meet a couple of my high school friends. One I hadn’t seen in many many moons. It was awesome. SIDE NOTE: So great to see you guys. After we get back from our trip I’ll call or e-mail or whatever and we’ll work it out so the two of you can come on up here for an evening/night at the spa (uh, sorry… that’s what some people call our place. Sort of a nickname.). We had a great time with you two. After Henry’s we ventured over to Sweet Masterpiece for some dessert. Nothing like a piece of chocolate with some chili in it. Tasty.
After seeing my two compadres we then headed to Maggie’s for a second dinner. LOL Yes, loads of socializing in one day. So many people to see… whew… tiring, but fun. Maggie made a great dinner on her new barbecue and we enjoyed that and some fine conversation with Maggie, Pat, and Steve. Really nice to see you guys too.
Saturday was a busy, and very full day.
Sunday… which brings me back to where I started this post. We met Sandy and Vicki at Biscuits, then went to the East side to walk along the Eastbank Esplanade. I, as always, took loads of pictures there and will post a few here. This one was taken after we’d found City Liquidators (if you ever need anything… I repeat… anything… go here. It’s sort of cheap and cheesy, but really cool at the same time) for their rest room. This is peaking up between the Morrison Bridge and what lies beneath it and next to it. We walked, we talked, we took pictures. We worked up an appetite. So, naturally, we drove over to the Pearl and the Deschutes Brewery after our walk for a little sustenance. Also really good. Mary and Martin, we will be taking you there when you visit in September. You’ll like it.
We ended the weekend last weekend by collapsing at home. After all… who wouldn’t collapse after a weekend like that. Full of fun, friends, family, food, and frivolity. That was just plain fantastic to type. And with that… I leave this post to post a few more shots taken during our walk last Sunday.
I was just surfing around, checking my Twitter feed (yeah, I know, but seriously, it’s nice to get ones info all in one locale), and came across a NY Times Travel section article about our lovely little burg. He had nothing but good things to say. I don’t know how I feel about that as I always think, when I see these types of articles, oh no, now everyone will know. Like our secret will be out or something. People will want to come here. But then, the city isn’t for everyone I tell myself… breathe… people won’t want to come. Sure it’s a way cool, hip, mellow, arty, food eaters, espresso and beer drinkers paradise. But, it rains here. A lot. You have to own a lot of fleece. Warm clothes. Rain gear. Am I deturring you? I am? OK, then I’ll leave it at that and not mention how we really get about 6 months in the year with beautiful shorts wearing weather. That it’s temperate, most of the time, both winter and summer. That we have this terrible reputation for bad weather, some of it probably partially rightly deserved, but it’s not as bad as the bad rep professes. And besides, the rain is what makes it so lovely here. But then… I love this town. It’s weird and proud of it, urban and laid back, liberal, very arty, independent, earth friendly, and community oriented. So community oriented in fact that the city has it’s very own living room. No really. It does. We call Pioneer Courthouse Square the living room of Portland. That’s it’s unofficial name. It’s comfortable. In all the good ways. Don’t believe me… check out what Matt Gross at the NY Times had to say by clicking on this link to his article called Frugal Portland. Then, forget everything you read. Forget about our city. Forget I even mentioned this. Remember… you love where you live. Life is good there. You don’t need to move here, you just want to visit. Warning: Visiting could be dangerou… you just might want to stay.
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