Portland delights

We had a lovely drive back to Portland and with some time before our airbnb was available, had a quick stop at Muji, our favorite Japanese retailer for stationary with stores in Dublin, Portland and New York! They have a coffee shop in there run by a robot!

Miles came over to our place, in the lovely neighborhood of Sellwood, where the streets are lined with some really large and healthy trees. Later, we went to a movie “Belle Maman” at a theater we really like there, and then to dinner at Canard, a Portland favorite of ours from previous trips.

Portland is really full of amazing green spaces, and we went on a several hour hike in the Tyron Creek State Park, near Miles’s college and where we were staying. That day we had lunch in a Food Carts Pod, where there are several food trucks (more like trailers than vehicles that can independently drive around) and a nice seating area and bar that they share. We also went out to dinner twice with Miles and his roommate Charlie, and one of those times also with friends / roommates Sophia and Vinnie. Super nice group of friends, Miles!

Our last day in Portland, we did some downtown sightseeing. We went to the Portland Art Museum to see a really great Frida Kahlo exhibit, and then walked around by the Willamette River (pronounced Will am et, which is tough since there’s “Wilmette” / Will – met” north of Chicago). I thought the sign about winter sports in a window downtown was pretty funny.

We had some great brunches, first at Fat Albert’s, and then at Bertie Lou’s. Such huge portions I saved half my breakfast burrito for the trip back to Chicago, later that day! It was great seeing you, Miles, looking forward to our next trip to Portland!