“Private” Bike Tours of Portland
I overheard this conversation yesterday: Gavin: "Grace, I saw a guy riding his bike in pants and no shirt yesterday." Grace: nothing Gavin: "And, then there was one with no shirt and just underpants." Grace: starts laughing. Gavin: "And then behind him, there were...
Saturday Market
Last Saturday, after our visit to VooDoo Doughnut, Too!, we went to Portland's Saturday Market. It was interesting - artisans, food vendors, and plenty of people watching. The closet thing I can compare it to would be the Columbus Flea Market or Rice's Flea Market...
Doughnuts – Portland Style
I finally made it to VooDoo Doughnut! In fact - I made it to VooDoo Doughnut (original) and VooDoo Doughnut, Too! A few times over. Long story. We accidentally went to VooDoo Doughnut, Too! instead of the Original. Because I wanted to deliver an authentic Portland...
Shots of Oregon: Sacagawea, Lewis & Clark Wire Sculpture
Pictures really don't do this sculpture justice. It's pretty much perfection in real life. (In my opinion, of course. And since I am an astute art scholar - take heed. Ok. I'm not. But this sculpture touched me (not literally) - and that's the point of art, right? To...
Waving is Out
This definitely falls into my top 10 signs I am from Philadelphia: I wave. That's right. I wave. As opposed to flashing a double peace sign or breaking out a shaka (hang ten). Both of which I received when out running two quick errands today. Oh, and they weren't...
Sansu-Francisco
Just back from San Francisco, and I've realized that traveling back to Portland is one of my favorite things now. Besides the obvious mushy stuff like I'm happy to be going home so I get to see Kenny and the kids, there is tremendous people watching. Yesterday, I...