This is me holding the map of Powell's Bookstore. The store is HUGE! It takes up an entire city block, and you really do need a map to make your way through it. I can't even express how overwhelming it was. I HAD to leave after an hour. I either was going to have a meltdown from claustrophobia, or I would drop to the floor with my pile of books and read right there for the next week straight. -We left and found a coffee/ chocolate shop. Good choice!
Here's Bob poring over the map and planning our routes before they delivered our coffee and chocolate to us. I love this picture of him: he looks like a little kid. The man is all about land nav. One of the many reasons I married him.
Bob loves maps, and I love really great hotels. And I'm pretty talented at finding deals on the posh ones. This little beauty, The Nines, I found on Hotwire.com It was a 4.5 star hotel, that I got for $79.00 a night! Yeah, baby! This is the best hotel I've ever found, I think. The lobby was full of modern art and naked mannequins. -Weird, but great. AND there were chandeliers everywhere: the bedrooms, the bathrooms, the halls, the lobby, you name it. Very twinkly and beautiful.
We ate our body weight in sushi and just had a fantastic time. We'll certainly be back someday to check out what the rest of the city has to offer.
Our six years have been marvelous, and I can honestly say we really do experience Unexpected Twists regularly. It keeps life interesting and full of potential and joy.
2 comments:
Portland is great, huh? Erik Timmons and his wife Mary live there. She is from there and went to college with us at IWU. I've been there 3 or 4 times. It's a great city with a lot to do in close proximity to everything it seems. Glad you enjoyed it. Maybe next time I'm there, you guys will have to come down! I think we will be there this summer actually.
Are you kidding? If you're in a hundred mile radius I want to see you! It's been much too long.
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