Yay for polls.
So, I have another couple weeks to kill after I get back from SF before the job starts.
ETA: I’ve never been to Portland, Seattle, or Vancouver, but I’ve been to all the others.
Thanks. =)
Getting a word in edgewise
Yay for polls.
So, I have another couple weeks to kill after I get back from SF before the job starts.
ETA: I’ve never been to Portland, Seattle, or Vancouver, but I’ve been to all the others.
Thanks. =)
What dates would this be? I’m outta commission in mid-May but if it’s closer to June or later all is good 🙂
me visiting toronto
Heya, I could be coming through toronto around about the 10th of july for a couple days, would you be able, and still willing, to make some time for me and put me up on a couch or something while I’m there? =) You can email me at scu@dementia.org so we don’t have to keep using lj. =)
-Stephen
as much as i would like to visit myself in burlington, i think that portland, seattle, and vancouver sound hard to beat!
Yeah, but the burlington plan means both nyc & pittsburgh. Manhattan is cool for obvious reasons, and I have family and friends in pittsburgh.
This Is Your Hometown, I mean, My Hometown
It’s not really my home these days, but I can definitely offer ideas for Portland and Seattle, whether they’re touristy or genuinely off the beaten path. These are some of the places I need to go slumming when I go back to the Northwest:
Portland:
The 24 Hour Church of Elvis (if it’s still open – I’ve actually never been)
Powell’s City Of Books (what is it, 5 floors of an entire city block of books?)
The Oregon Zoo (now reachable by light rail!)
NW 23rd (the answer to Rodeo Drive)
The Pied Cow Coffeehouse
The Lovejoy Fountain & The Ira Keller Fountain (play in the water — if the rain isn’t enough)
Saturday Market (outdoor, under the bridge, arts, crafts and food)
The Japanese Garden
The Chinese Classical Garden
The Rose Test Garden
The Pittock Mansion (one-time home of a newspaper publisher)
Mill Ends Park (the smallest park in the world)
Forest Park (the biggest urban park)
Pioneer Courthouse Square (“Portland’s Living Room”)
Seattle:
Pike Place Market
The Space Needle
Ride the monorail — if it is running; hopefully if it breaks down it won’t be a serious problem
I’d definitely go East. Portland/Seattle are much more accessible once you’re in SF…
Portland is a beautiful area if you are headed out that way, and I could highly recommend some places depending on what you want to do. Anyone who goes to Portland so visit Powell’s Books. There are plenty of things to do, both indoors and outdoors. I don’t know too much about Seattle, since I’ve only ever been to Whidbey Island, so couldn’t give you much advice there.
I’d offer to let you use my extra room and a bed for your stay, but, even though Portland is the closest large city to me, it’s 300 long, long miles away.
Where in the world do you get the money to be jetting around the globe at will? LOL.. I want to know to be able to afford for myself.