Actually, we had unusually nice weather in Portland this past weekend - freakishly nice weather according to the locals. When we arrived on Friday there was a light drizzle during the afternoon, but for the rest of the weekend, we coasted along with mostly blue skies.
What first struck me about he city (aside from the lady walking around with a freshly neutered cat on her shoulder) was that it has a downtown. A downtown with shops, and places to eat, and people! This was a definite contrast to Washington, D.C. where everything south of Dupont Circle shuts down promptly at 5:30 on Fridays and opens back up again at 8am on Monday when all of the federal workers come back from Virginia. Of course our neighborhood in Adams Morgan is a different story, but I'm talking about downtown, the heart of the city.
When making a trip to downtown D.C., you should prepare for the long haul by packing snacks. That is unless you want to chow down on greasy muffins at Au Bon Pain with the rest of the tourists, or brave hot dog cart fare along the road. Don't get me wrong, I LOVE hot dogs, but you'd have a hard time finding this on a sleepy Sunday afternoon in D.C.I believe this may have been our second or third cup of coffee in hopes of getting a second wind after a totally exciting and exhausting weekend. I'm sad that I didn't take more photographs of all the people and places, but I have no doubt that we'll be back again in the very near future !
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The best Portland hotdogs can be found at "Good Dog/Bad Dog."
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