A Hop Up to Portland

being

spontaneous

isn't always

easy

when you

have

Petit Soleil

and

three dogs

but being

spontaneous

can be really fun!

I

came home from

pilates

at 6:30

Thursday night

and

John says

"Hey,

you want

to go

see

Flogging Molly?"

Hello.

duh!

YES!

"They are playing Tuesday night in Portland"

Covering all the bases:

Andrew and Annie

in charge of Petit - check.

1000 Hills

in charge of

Nottie, Huck and Phinn - check.

drive to San Jose,

fly to Portland...

We

arrived

into PDX

checked into

the Hotel Monaco

and cruised out to

get a bite to eat

at

Urban Farmer

we had

marvelous

deviled eggs with maple bacon

charcuterie

homemade potato chips

and

king salmon tartare

satiated

and excited

we cruised over to the

Roseland Theatre

where

I

danced

and

sang

with

Flogging Molly

.SO.

.MUCH.

.FUN.

the next day

we shopped

(cool cork display at Anthropologie)

Cargo

in the

Pearl District

we walked

and shopped

and ate

and took

pictures

and

inhaled

the

fabulous

urban

edginess

of

Portland

Brix Tavern

and

Brix Chips

(pulled pork, chipotle, cheese and home made tortilla chips)

eeeek

DE licious!

On the

way back

we

stumbled

into

a gallery opening

and

the most amazing artist

she

"tags"

on huge

canvases

and

jagged

pieces

of concrete

making social

and

political statements

the

colors

and

the energy

of her

street art

knocked me off my feet

this huge

heart

made

of

crushed spray cans painted white

and

encased in

lacy copper wire

was

fabulous

I want it!

If you

happen

upon

Kirby Kendrick

inhale

her

Ka-Pow

collection!

Portland

is

a

clean

fun

city

..good restaurants

fun bars

shopping extraordinaire

art

and lots of green

(due to lots of rain)

..

a

really

perfect

getaway!