Portland Day 4: Return to Collage + murals in Alberta Arts District

TC was excited to go this craft shop again...

I remember we had fun shopping for tiny jewelry findings back in 2012...

Portland Day 4: Coava Coffee, SE Portland

Coava is a roaster local to Portland...

This was one of their newer locations...

Portland Day 4: Excalibur Comics + Vintage Pink

After our fun stop at TOV Coffee House...

we made our de rigeur stop at a local comic shop...

Portland Day 3 - Columbia Gorge - Sheperd's Dell + La Tourell Falls + Vista Point and the scenic overlook

Despite the road closure on the Historic Columbia River Highway...

we figured we could see a few of the waterfalls below the road closure...

Portland Day 3 - Cloud City Ice Cream

Not too far away was this,

a colorful mural which signaled our next stop...

Portland Day 3 - Otto's Sausage Kitchen & Meat Market

Still in the SE quadrant of Portland...

we headed to the Woodstock neighborhood for some exploration...

Portland Day 3 - Piknik Park Food Carts & Beer Garden (Malaysian Straits + Dive Bar & Vegan Grub), Sellwood

From a hidden serene garden to trying to find a place to eat for breakfast...

We passed by the fairly new Harry Higgins Boiled Bagels next to the Columbia Sportwear Outlet....

Portland Day 3 - Elk Rock Garden at the Bishop's Close

After our morning coffee from Either/Or,

and headed back across the bridge...

Portland Day 3 - Either/Or Coffee

Our third day in Portland began bright and early...well, more like cloudy, eh.

We crossed one of Portland's many bridges...

Portland Day 2 - Pizza Jerk

Bert's choice for our dinner spot tonight...

was in the Cully neighborhood...

Portland Day 2 - Return to the Village Merchants + Joan of Arc statue

Prior to our trip, I had asked TC to make a wish list of sorts...

ranging from places to eat, visit and shop. She chose to focus on thrift stores...

Portland Day 2 - Blue Star Donuts (Hawthorne)

When we were in PDX in 2012, Blue Star hadn't existed yet...

since then, this donut shop has expanded to several locations...

Portland Day 2 - Never Coffee Lab

A few steps away from Movie Madness...

was our lone coffee stop for the day...

Portland Day 2 - Return to Movie Madness (formerly known as Mike's Movie Madness)

The morning's events were quite exciting...

and we would later end up watching news coverage later that evening...

Portand Day 2 - "March for Our Lives" Portland

The streets in downtown were marked with red circles and X's...

("Unity" mural by Kristen T. Ramirez on SW Morrison St.)

Certain streets downtown were closed because of the event happening this particular day...

Portland Day 2 - Council Crest Park

Every guide to Portland mentions this park...

located in one of the highest points in the Tualatin mountains...

Portland Day 2 - Ken's Artisan Bakery

Literally a stone's throw away from Sterling Coffee Roasters

was a bakery we had bypassed six years ago...

Portland Day 2 - Sterling Coffee Roasters

Our apartment suite was walking distance to our morning coffee stop...

It was quite brisk that morning (still in the low 40's)...

Portland Day 1 - Prince Mural + Motivasi Coffee

Two years ago after Prince died,

I kept seeing many artistic tributes pop up in various cities...

Portland Day 1 - Pip's Original Doughnuts & Chai

It's so lush and beautiful here...

so many of the yards and sidewalks are filled with beautiful flowering trees and blooms like this one...