portland

just spent the weekend in portland oregon, what a fun time.
i got the full royal tour. it was awesome! there is a great bunch of gals down there and they treated me so kind and were so welcoming.

friday day, off to the local outdoors ...things to see, state parks and like...my personal tour guide lk has grown up in the area so took me to some great spots like the falls and crown point. multnomah falls is magnificent and memorable. it is a 611-foot-tall roaring, awe-inspiring cascade of icy water, lets you experience the power and beauty of nature up close and with ease. we had a great dinner there.

friday nite..funny times...it was a "ugly holiday sweater pub crawl" so we all went to the goodwill on friday and picked out some fabulous sweaters...the more bling the better....basically the louder/tacky it was the better!!! and then the rest of the evening you were known by your grandmothers name, so we rocked with the likes of nancy, myrna, elizabeth, peggy and many others. the organizer decided the pubs of choice...the first one being a really bad peeler bar called the dancing bare...friggin funny, the juxtaposition of scantly clad women and badly dressed dykes was a screamm..after that there were four more dives of choice...each getting worse ...and then there is the whole american beer to keep ya moving..

saturday was tour the city...sunshine was about so it was a perfect day for a waterfront walk and then off the 'saturday market" for eats, music and discovery. it is an old city like seattle...flanked by mt st helens and mt hood, very pretty indeed...kits type area called 23rd ave, great feel. local hang area called "alberta" was funny for me...more like commercial...funky shops, eclectic crowd...when you are there, there are bumper stickers on cars that say" keep Oregon weird" - TRUE...and then, there is this thing that happened...and underground thing where people dress up like santa...eleves or ms santa, nasty dirty santas, hot elves , skinny santa, fat santa, etc and descend on the city downtown core...so there were over 300 people dressed this way...apparently they text each other and somehow get it all together...and then the gig is they do their xmas shopping dressed that way!!!! it was so fun!

sunday had brunch with three of portland finest (an hottest) chick fire fighters! it was great to be in their energy and listen to their stories. and the Tin Shed restaurant has fab food - way to go christie and jeanette; you have a winning formula there.

portland; a city of colour and great people.