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
the Hotel Monaco
and cruised out to
get a bite to eat
at
we had
marvelous
deviled eggs with maple bacon
charcuterie
homemade potato chips
and
king salmon tartare
satiated
and excited
we cruised over to the
where
I
danced
and
sang
with
.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
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
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!
