Sunday, January 4, 2009

Happy 6th Anniversary (in Portland)

Our sixth anniversary was on December 28th, and we headed down to Portland to celebrate. It was the first time either one of us had been there, but certainly NOT the last. We have the best time exploring new cities (especially on foot) and visiting museums. This trip was no exception. We went to The Museum of Craft (modern art museum where the exhibits are made out of lipstick, pen caps, plastic bottles, etc), the Portland Art Museum, and the Forestry Center. We'll see more museums next time.
Here are the photo highlights:

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:

Beth said...

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.

Liz said...

Are you kidding? If you're in a hundred mile radius I want to see you! It's been much too long.