Powell's City of Books won my heart before we walked through the door. Christi was a saint of a friend and humored me as I wandered through all the levels for a couple of hours.
I found so many out of print and hard to find books there and managed to fill my entire little suitcase with books for the kids. (My clothing was haphazardly shoved into my tote bag for the flight home.)
Pine State Biscuits was a hands-down winner for breakfast with their chicken sandwich. (Pine State Biscuits was also the place where I was first introduced to Marionberry jam. Thank you for that!)
Byways Cafe was a great find too, thanks to our Uber driver on Saturday morning. Classic American breakfast options in an old-school diner. We really enjoyed it and we loved the added bonus of not waiting in line for ages.
Ruby Jewel and Salt & Straw were both ice cream hits as well.
We spent an afternoon checking out the waterfalls near Portland and they were truly gorgeous. Latourell Falls and Horsetail Falls were beautiful and the crowds were not overwhelming.
A long time item on my bucket list of places I'd love to see, Mulholland Falls was everything I imagined it would be, plus about 72,914 tourists. Still breathtaking, but elbow to elbow tourists takes a bit of the fun out of that particular site.
We took a little while on Sunday to wander through the Japanese Garden and the International Rose Garden in Washington Park and they were just lovely.
The gardens were incredibly peaceful and a bit of an oasis in the midst of a fairly nonstop weekend of seeing and eating all the things. I'm already looking forward to visiting Portland again. The city turned out to be a terrific destination for a weekend getaway.
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