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Sunday, March 2, 2008

Weekending in Portland

We spent Saturday lunching at Ten 01 at the corner of Tenth and Couch, seeing "The Beard of Avon",
walking up to Bay 13
for a visit with my good friend Joe, who also runs Paragon, then back to PCS (Portland Center Stage)for "Twelfth Night".
We took the Streetcar back to the Paramount hotel, had a nightcap, and tucked in for the night.
For those who think Eugene is a sleepy little town...let me tell you about Portland downtown! NOTHING opens before NOON!
After walking around hoping we would find something, perhaps the Museum?, a store?, anything?... we said "Screw this" and drove south. Stopping at the Tualatin Wildlife Refuge
and walking the mile or so out to the raised viewing area and watching a Bald Eagle preen and watch for fish gave us an appetite, (actually the walk BACK gave us the appetite).
In Dundee we chanced upon a very nice little eatery associated with Ponzi wines, The Bistro.
The lunch was great and the waitress got a huge tip by saying I looked TRIM! Pilate's pays off again!
Good to be home.

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