This past weekend was bookended by birthday parties on both Friday & Sunday evenings for some fabulous friends. In between, we snuck off to Portland, OR. Matt's aunt & uncle Diane & Barry live there and we thought it would be fun to pay them and their city a visit. Weather was clear skies and 83 and 89 over the weekend so we couldn't have asked for anything better!
Saturday after the drive down we wandered town for a bit and met up with them at a food cart Pod. If you're not familar with Portland, they're very well known for their food cart culture. This is no sketchy taco truck, this is the good stuff. This time we settled on El Cubo de Cuba, which was quite good, though (naturally) a bit disappointing compared to our memories of the real thing. After that we took a long walk along the riverfront, and then hopped on the tram that goes between two of the OHSU campuses. The tram is only a couple years old and it felt funny being tourists in a city we'd been to a million times, but the views were fantastic. Not only was it a pretty unique perspective on the city itself, but we had perfect view of both Mt. Hood & Mt St Helens, and a peek of Mt Adams. (Hoping to check the last of those, Hood, off our list next month!).
We had dinner at AquaRiva on the riverfront which was quite good, and then headed back to the house for desert and beverages on the deck.
Sunday we packed up a picnic basket and made our way to the nearby Willamette Valley wine tasting region. It's kind of a tradition when we hang out with Diane and Barry. We've spent a good amount of time in wine areas the last few months, but one of the reasons it continues to be so much fun is the wineries are typically paired with sunshine and some great views. We were treated to some really great ones on Sunday and took our time at each of locations. We visited Bergstrom, Colene Clemens, WillaKenzie, and Elk Cove. We actually enjoyed their wines in the order too, Bergstrom being the best. Colene Clemens had the best views.
Saturday after the drive down we wandered town for a bit and met up with them at a food cart Pod. If you're not familar with Portland, they're very well known for their food cart culture. This is no sketchy taco truck, this is the good stuff. This time we settled on El Cubo de Cuba, which was quite good, though (naturally) a bit disappointing compared to our memories of the real thing. After that we took a long walk along the riverfront, and then hopped on the tram that goes between two of the OHSU campuses. The tram is only a couple years old and it felt funny being tourists in a city we'd been to a million times, but the views were fantastic. Not only was it a pretty unique perspective on the city itself, but we had perfect view of both Mt. Hood & Mt St Helens, and a peek of Mt Adams. (Hoping to check the last of those, Hood, off our list next month!).
St Helens back right
Hood
We had dinner at AquaRiva on the riverfront which was quite good, and then headed back to the house for desert and beverages on the deck.
Sunday we packed up a picnic basket and made our way to the nearby Willamette Valley wine tasting region. It's kind of a tradition when we hang out with Diane and Barry. We've spent a good amount of time in wine areas the last few months, but one of the reasons it continues to be so much fun is the wineries are typically paired with sunshine and some great views. We were treated to some really great ones on Sunday and took our time at each of locations. We visited Bergstrom, Colene Clemens, WillaKenzie, and Elk Cove. We actually enjoyed their wines in the order too, Bergstrom being the best. Colene Clemens had the best views.
Bergstrom
Where have I been that I didn't even know Portland had an aerial tram? Guess I haven't been to Portland in a while and need to go again. Pretty scenery! Xo
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