Portland, Oregon Index (May 2010)
Portland Through My Window – May 26, 2010 A Quick Trip to Paris for Lunch Ira Keller Forecourt Fountain Lunch Carts! – May 27, 2010 Hotel ModeraAt the Art Museum – May 28, 2010 Flower Read More …
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Travel As usual, I flew Delta direct from Minneapolis. Although my frequent flier status yielded me a window seat in a substandard row (noticeably less pitch than other rows – I was in a middle Read More …
A Few Thoughts on what may be America’s Most-Walkable City
Previous post: An Abundance of FountainsPortland really may be the most walkable American city I’ve been in – the only competition that springs to mind is the French Quarter of New Orleans, but that is Read More …
An Abundance of Fountains
Previous post: Portland’s Architectural Mish-Mash Portland is known as the city of roses, but it could as easily be the city of fountains. I just wandered about running into them randomly throughout the city, but Read More …
Portland’s Architectural Mish-Mash
One of the things I love about Portland is that design seems to matter here in a way it doesn’t at home. Not design in the sense of uniformity, but a willingness to take risks Read More …
Waiting for the Train (Dance Competition)
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View from Above (At the Portland City Grill)
Previous post: The Car Wash (Untitled Fountain at SW 5th & Ankeny) My friend Mary recommended the bar at the Portland City Grill, claiming it had both great views and delicious cheap food during Happy Read More …
The Car Wash (Untitled Fountain at SW 5th & Ankeny)
Previous post: Lan Su Chinese GardenLane thinks this fountain is boring, but I like it. It was designed by Carter, Hull, Nishita, McCulley and Baxter and installed in 1977. I can’t tell if it is Read More …
Lan Su Chinese Garden
Previous post: This is Where I Would Live Yay! Portland’s lovely Chinese garden now has a name, the Lan Su Chinese Garden. Last time I was here they were going by the descriptive but dull Read More …
This is where I would Live
Previous post: The Saturday Market Ok, I could never afford to live here, but I covet these decks that jet out into the air. What a wonderful perch! And what a clever architect, to figure Read More …
Saturday Market
Previous post: Rose Festival Fireworks Portland’s Saturday Market (which is also held on Sunday) is located below the Burnside Bridge I mean, literally below the bridge. It seems like a weird location, but the market Read More …
Rose Festival Fireworks
Previous post: Flower Shop 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 – Read More …
Flower Shop
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At the Portland Art Museum
Previous post: Hotel Modera I’m not actually expecting great things of the nearby Portland Art Museum, http://portlandartmuseum.org/ but Lane assures me I will be pleasantly surprised. Oh my, he is so right! The Native Read More …
Hotel Modera
Previous post: Lunch Carts! This hotel was selected by the organizers of the meeting I’m attending out here, but I couldn’t have ended up at a better place if I had chosen it myself. The Read More …
Lunch Carts!
Previous post: Ira Keller Forecourt Fountain I’m in a meeting all day today (yes, I’m actually here for work), but at lunch we all head across the street to a line of food “carts.” There Read More …
Ira Keller Forecourt Fountain
Previous post: A Quick Trip to Paris for Lunch Along the way back to the hotel, I come across the Ira Keller Forecourt Fountain. Next post: Lunch Carts!
A Quick Trip to Paris for Lunch
Previous post: Portland Through My Window 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 Read More …