Paula and I spent a fabulous day in Portland. We visited the Japanese gardens....
...did some shopping, and had “lunch” at Salt and Straw.
Alex met up with us at Powell's, where I was doing some serious damage. He found me in a whole section of books about rivers, my arms completely full of books. I think Powell's might be my favorite place in the world, besides Disney World.
We met Rich for dinner at Deschutes to celebrate his birthday, then went to Alex's favorite neighborhood brewery for drinks. It was so fun for two of my best friends to meet! And Rich and Alex totally hit it off and are still friends; just last month Alex was over at Rich and Paula's and they sent me a selfie and I had some serious FOMO.
Anyway, another thing that happened in Portland was that Paula helped me paint.
And Abra and I went out for brunch, and then hiked (this is a hike IN PORTLAND!), and then went to Powell's, and sang Hamilton the whole time.
There was so much more I wanted to do in Oregon, but I was out of money. So I visited a few waterfalls, then headed home.
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