Portland

Mallory and I rode the train up to Portland Tuesday morning. We enjoyed our first train ride together as a married couple and my first train ride since I was just a little dude. We arrived in Portland on a cold gray afternoon in the Pearl District of the city. We didn't know our way around so we just hit the pavement and started walking. After about ten blocks of walking we spotted the Portland American Apparel store. Mallory recalled that some employees from the Eugene store had been transferred to Portland, so we stopped in to say hi. They gave us some tips about where to eat and where the nearest Stumptown Coffee Roasters was located. We ate at a place called Kenny and Zuke's and did some shopping at the Powell's bookstore. Powell's is one of the biggest bookstores in all of America, it takes up an entire city block. Afterward, we did some shopping in the Anthropologie store across the street, when all the sudden huge snowflakes began to fall.



Matt and Kenzie were scheduled to land at 5:00pm so we decided to get some coffee and watch the snow fall for a little while. We went to the Stumptown inside the Ace hotel and got a couple of lattes. The coffee house was awsome and the lattes were even better. We took some pictures together in a photobooth that was setup in lobby of the hotel. I wish I had a scanner so I could show you the pictures. After coffee we went to this tiny little building to grab a bite to eat and wait for Matt and Kenzie. The building was so cool and Mallory fell in love instantly with the warm tiny feel it imposed on you the second you walked in. The pictures are good but I just don't know if they really do it justice. The snow continued to fall and traffic began to back up more and more as we sat and enjoyed our drinks and appetizers. I gave Matt and Kenzie the heads up about the traffic and suggested the may want to skip a car rental and take the "Max", Portland's light rail public transportation. We walked to meet them at their stop and helped them lug luggage all the way back to the train station. We were able to catch the very last train back to Eugene and made it home just after mid-night.




- Trey, Mallory, Mat, & Kenzie