Zach and Vera Come to Portlandia

Zach and Very flew up from Los Angeles last weekend for Vera’s family reunion in Oregon City.  I was fortunate enough to have their time on Friday before the reunion kicked off.  We went to Powell’s and Dechutes Brewpub in the morning before heading up to the Rose and Japanese Gardens in the afternoon.

 

Mount Hood in the distance.

In the Japanese Gardens.

 

 

Zach and Vera contemplating how the gravel gets raked so precisely.

 

 

 

Koi being fed.

This man banged a stick on the rock next to the water to call the fish.  Fish from the very far end of the pond came swimming as fast as they could to get an afternoon snack.

 

 

Hopefully it won’t be another year before I see Zach and Vera again.  Come on, guys!  Get up here for a full three-day weekend with me!

 

Keep Portland Weird

Portland is becoming more and more Hipster by the day.

Get your rugs here!

Hipster Trap.

 

Portlandia.

Pioneer Courthouse.

MAX.

Union Station.

 

 

 

View from the hotel.

This phone is sooooo tapped, man!

Voodoo Donuts.

Food carts are too mainstream.  Now you can buy clothing in an old double-decker bus.

An episode of Portlandia was filmed here.

Yeah… I have no idea.

 

 

Wind turbines on top of a new high rise.