Last updated on April 10th, 2024
Portland itinerary
Day 1: Getting reacquainted with downtown Portland
A Quick Trip to Paris for Lunch
Usually I’m not a big fan of eating alone in a restaurant, but I’m hungry after a long, tedious, and slightly uncomfortable journey here, so a lovely lunch somewhere seems delightful.
I end up at Carafe Parisian Bistro, which is just about perfect. . . even after a large class of French students on their senior outing fill up the other half of the room. Actually, it’s nice to see that they begin raising foodies here from a young age! No wonder this is such a great food town.
Ira Keller Forecourt Fountain
Day 2: Meetings with a lunch break
Lunch Carts!
Day 3
Hotel Modera
Day 4: May 28, 2010
At the Art Museum
Flower Shop
Rose Festival Fireworks
Although the rain has mostly stopped, it is still a damp and drippy night. None-the-less, the Rose Festival fireworks show will go on.
(All photos taken – without a tripod – from near the end of the very bouncy Hawthorne Bridge.)
Day 5: May 29, 2010
Saturday Market
This is where I would Live
Ok, I could never afford to live here, but I covet these decks that jet out into the air. What a wonderful perch!
Lan Su Chinese Garden
The Car Wash (Untitled Fountain at SW 5th & Ankeny)
View from Above (At the Portland City Grill)
Waiting for the Train: Dance Competition
Day 6: May 30
Portland’s Architectural Mish-Mash
An Abundance of Fountains
Portland is known as the city of roses, but it could as easily be the city of fountains.
A Few Thoughts on what may be America’s Most Walkable City