Summertime in Portland is amazing. And its even more amazing when shared with good friends! My dear friend Evylyn, whom I've known since we were giddy drama queens in Summer Youth Theatre '04, came up from Eugene for the weekend with her new boyfriend Peter. He is a very nice guy, and they are utterly in love. (its cute, and I am so happy for her!) They met me after I got off work downtown, and we ventured over to Voo Doo for some doughnuts and managed to leave with entirely too many of them, joining the ranks of tourists and drunk bar-hoppers carrying large and awkward pink boxes stuffed to the brim with gooey goodness!
We took said box to my house, and sat around my room consuming them with glasses of wine and beer. And thanks to Peter's guitar- background music skills, we had some fun and almost hysterical conversations late in to the night, which my amazing roommate joined in on. Guitar music played softly in the background makes any conversation feel important and that much cooler!
Today, after a somewhat refreshing sleep, we woke bright and early to make breakfast before heading out and about. Once downtown, we met up with a friend of Peter's at Powell's City of Books (my favorite place in Portland!) and quite literally spent three hours purusing the shelves. We left Powell's with some great finds for cheap prices, and headed across the street to Rocco's, a cheap pizzeria. They have delicious pizza! For 4 dollars, you can get a huge slice of cheese pizza and a soda, and it fills you up!
After Rocco's we went to the waterfront park to read our new books and lounge in the sun for a hour or so, then it was off to Saturday Market to do some shopping! I purchased a very awesome pastel pink/blue beanie that will be perfect for fall. I did wear it all afternoon though, since it is just too cute to not wear. Saturday Market is a GREAT place to people watch as well, and we spent some time watching two guys playing funky beats on plastic buckets. They were very talented. We danced. It was awesome.









Continuing the fun, we made a stop at Keller Fountain, to play in the water. Peter's friend, Kurt, and I climbed a set of stairs set in the fountain, getting entirely soaked in the process. So for the remainder of the evening, which ended at Denny's for dinner, we had to walk around in wet jeans. NOT FUN when its getting cold outside.














Sadly, as most fun days/weekends must, we had to part ways after dinner, Evylyn and Peter going back to Eugene, Kirt to his house, and me to mine. It was so great to see them, short lived as it was! I never realize how boring my life is, how routine I am, till my friends come to rouse me out for adventures!
So thanks to them!
And thank you Portland, for being so weird and so ripe for adventure!