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Portland Here We Come-Oct. 24 & 25, 2019

We left our house at 6:30 am for the Philadelphia airport. Our flight to Chicago through to Portland left at 10:15. We hit rush hour traffic but knew we would and had plenty of time.

Our final flight was right on schedule, landing in Portland a little after 3pm PST. Daughter Kate picked us up a little after 3:30 and we were on our way to her house in North Portland.

Kate’s house on Halleck St. Notice the box gardens in the front yard.
Can you believe it? Kate has tomatoes on her plants. They are still tasty. Amazing!
After supper we visited a local brewery called “Fun House“. It’s located in a garage. Kate and Dan filled their ”growler” with freshly brewed “Triple Berry Snowcone”.

On Friday, Kate and her boyfriend Dan both had to work , so Frank and I were on our own. I walked to the Columbia Pool which is only a few blocks away from Kate’s house. I attended a one-hour water exercise class. On the way to and from the pool I enjoyed the colorful trees. Even though Portland has a rainforest climate, the deciduous trees were at their peak.

Falling leaves covered the sidewalks.
A group of school children were biking through Columbia Park when I left the pool. Certainly not a common sight in Pennsylvania!

After lunch Frank and I drove a hiker friend’s Toyota to the local grocery store to do some shopping. I was surprised to see so many organic and natural food choices, a lot more than our stores at home.

Fred Meyer is a local chain grocery store here in the Northwest.

After supper we headed to Portland’s Night Market. It was open Oct 25th &26th. It is located in the South East section of the city in an old factory building. The were lots of food carts and craft vendors. The picture above is of an mobile tattoo van. Frank had to surpress his urge to get a tattoo since we were limited on time.

Only in Portland- A Nature Commode Urinal – Your pee is fertilizer.
Ever heard of chickpea ice cream? Here Kate and Dan are ordering some. I had black raspberry; It tasted like sherbet and was quite tasty.

By the time we got back to Kate’s house, I was exhausted. I had to take a picture of the next door neighbors Halloween lights.

On the roof is a lighted black cat. Unfortunately it is hard to see in the picture.
Too exhausted to do any more blog tonight. Picture taken by my helpful daughter.

Time to go to bed. More adventures tomorrow.

3 Replies to “Portland Here We Come-Oct. 24 & 25, 2019”

  1. Kate’s house is very cute. Love that her front yard includes box gardens. Very wise use of property!
    The brewery in the garage is a novel idea….just lift open the garage door, and they’re open for business!
    I especially liked seeing your pictures of Portland’s night market, with a chick pea ice cream stand.
    It’s refreshing to see how Portland embraces natural, organic choices.

  2. Wow, Dori. We were in Portland on Oct 25.
    We did a foodie tour called Maine Food for Thought. The company is owned by the son of some of our friends here. We did not know him, but did the tour on her rec. It was very interesting. Beth

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