Day 11: Downtown Portland

Julia got off of work at about 1:30 and just after 2pm we headed into downtown Portland. It was kinda crazy. They have A TON of one way streets and BUS and TROLLEY ONLY lanes. There were also people walking EVERYWHERE. Finally we found a parking garage. First stop: Powell's Book Store. Julia told us this thing is about as long as a city block. She wasn't exaggerating. When you walk in there's an entire HUGE ROOM devoted to specific genre's. For instance, the Gold Room was for science fiction, fantasy and thrillers. The Blue Room was for poetry and classic literature. And it goes on and on with the Rose Room, the Orange Room, etc. You could literally get lost in this place! I, of course, spent a little time in the gold room and A LOT of my time in the blue room next to Thoreau and Whitman. I got a couple books and some post cards and Sam found one of the books from her must-have reading list and a Portland key chain.

Afterward, we trekked a couple blocks downtown (and past the little Chinatown) to get to Voodoo Doughnuts. http://voodoodoughnut.com/menu.php I Think they were featured on the travel or food channel. But they have the weirdest (and most amazing!) donuts! Check out the website to view some of their menu...it's weird! And it's strictly a Portland thing. We were at their MAIN location which just had a soft reopening. It's grand opening won't be until 4th of July Weekend. I'm just glad we were able to get some of their donuts. Even if we did have to stand in line for about an hour...

After that we headed back to Julia's to relax for a bit and then we were planning on hittin' some clubs. However, after we got all dressed up we couldn't decide who was going to be DD (Designated Driver) and it would've taken us over an hour to get back downtown by bus and wayyy too expensive by cab. So we settled for the next best thing: we went to the nearest liquor store and bought whip creme flavored vodka, mango malibu rum, some juice, and some rootbeer. We came back to Julia's, played some music, and made some mixers. (Btw, whip creme vodka with rootbeer tastes just like a Rootbeer Float!)


Love Always & Forever,

Stephanie


We didn't really have a song of the day BUT I've been listening to Darren Hayes' new single Talk, Talk Talk....constantly....so I'll say that'll be the song for today. :)