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rmda friend of mine (a nerdy chick) is going to portland, or, and was looking for suggestions for cool stuff to do.
what else is cool and fun out there besides omsi, the japanese garden, and powell's and the first church of elvis?
btw, my fuzzy gray cat seems to be doing okay.
what else is cool and fun out there besides omsi, the japanese garden, and powell's and the first church of elvis?
btw, my fuzzy gray cat seems to be doing okay.
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Date: 2006-12-04 09:17 pm (UTC)I don't know if it's running in the winter, but there's a plaza that's one huge wading pool with all kinds of cool fountain wading features.
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Date: 2006-12-04 09:19 pm (UTC)That's what I would do, anyway.
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Date: 2006-12-04 09:29 pm (UTC)I had a great time, anyway, and there is nothing I did that I wouldn't recommend. (FYI, Chinese Garden.)
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Date: 2006-12-04 09:41 pm (UTC)If she is a fan of beer, I recommend the Rogue Public House which has a good supply on tap and serves some great food (Kobe burger with Rogue Creamery Blue Cheese on top).
The Baghdad Theater in SE Portland shows second or third-run movies and serves beer and gourmet pizza. They're owned by McMenamin's, which has a large number of restaurants/brewpubs around the Pacific Northwest.
Walking in Forest Park, NW Portland.
International Rose Test Gardens, just downhill from the Japanese Garden. (I've never heard of a Chinese Garden in Portland.) Just a lot of flowers, but...just a lot of flowers.
Dim Sum at Fong Chong in NW Portland. Still my favorite place for Dim Sum anywhere.
Head out to the coast to see Haystack Rock (Cannon Beach, about an hour and a half out of Portland). For longer trips, the Newport Aquarium is wonderful (at least 3 hours drive). Also good wine country out there.
Head up to Mount Hood and see Timberline Lodge.
I am also particularly fond of Marrakesh, a Morrocan restaurant in NW Portland, and The Old Spaghetti Factory, a spaghetti place in SW Portland. (OK, Old Spaghetti Factory is my favorite because I used to go there on a monthly basis with my family when I was a kid. It's not gourmet. But it's good.)
I hear good things about Voodoo Donut, but I haven't actually been there.
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Date: 2006-12-04 09:55 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-12-04 10:01 pm (UTC)For food, Old Wives Tale brings back many memories - my favorite soup ever was served there - Hungarian Mushroom Soup. It's off of 12th and East Burnside if I recall.
My memories of living in Portland is mostly of the beauty of the place, Powells, and Saturday Market. If she has a car, driving down I think it was Barbur Blvd gives awesome views of the river and of Mt Hood. Then if you make a left on Terwilliger it takes you to Lewis and Clark College which has a gorgeous wooded campus.
Most of the other places I can think of aren't really tourist attractions - clubs, hangouts, that kind of thing.
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Date: 2006-12-04 10:30 pm (UTC)Glad to hear the news about your cat.
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Date: 2006-12-04 10:45 pm (UTC)This was years ago but there was a lesbian bakery that made these great lesbian bagels, they were large and tasty and effectively had no holes in them (holes being made by a violent, penetrative act) (yes I know you don't actually poke holes in bagels but it was a good story at the time)
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Date: 2006-12-04 11:59 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-12-05 12:36 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-12-05 05:09 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-12-05 04:31 pm (UTC)What I really wanted to say, though, was "yay, fuzzy grey cat!" :)
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Date: 2006-12-05 08:11 pm (UTC)