Saturday, June 18, 2011

A Hop Up to Portland

being
spontaneous
isn't always
easy
when you
have
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.
in charge of
Nottie, Huck and Phinn - check.
drive to San Jose,
fly to Portland...

We
arrived
into PDX
checked into
and cruised out to
get a bite to eat
at
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we had
marvelous
deviled eggs with maple bacon
charcuterie
homemade potato chips
and
king salmon tartare

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satiated
and excited
we cruised over to the
where
I
danced
and
sang
with
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.SO.
.MUCH.
.FUN.

the next day
we shopped
(cool cork display at Anthropologie)
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Cargo
in the
Pearl District

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we walked
and shopped
and ate
and took
pictures
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and
inhaled
the
fabulous
urban
edginess
of
Portland
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Brix Tavern
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and
Brix Chips
(pulled pork, chipotle, cheese and home made tortilla chips)
eeeek
DE licious!
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On the
way back
we
stumbled
into
a gallery opening
and

the most amazing artist
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she
"tags"
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on huge
canvases
and
jagged
pieces
of concrete
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making social
and
political statements
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the
colors
and
the energy
of her
street art
knocked me off my feet
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this huge
heart
made
of
crushed spray cans painted white
and
encased in
lacy copper wire
was
fabulous
I want it!
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If you
happen
upon
inhale
her
Ka-Pow
collection!
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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!