Birthday Highlights - I'm now 25 x 2

Well now...

I remember when my parents hit the half century mark...

Sights en route to and from Kenton + giant Paul Bunyan

We passed by the Buckman Community mural on SE 12th & Morrison...

as we headed east towards a quirky roadside attraction that we couldn't pass up...

Another look at these murals in Paradise Hills - "Succulent Landscape" + "Radiating Vibrance"

The rain had abated and the skies were a glorious gray...

with nice and even lighting throughout...

Heading to lunch and not seeing a certain statue...

While en route to our as yet undetermined lunch venue...

We wanted to see an iconic statue that was near the Portland Museum of Art...

"Animating Life - The Art and Science of Laika" at the Portland Art Museum (Spring 2018)

We didn't have to walk to far from St. Honore Boulangerie; get to the Portland Art Museum...

The familiar figures for Laika's four movies greeted us in the distance...

Return to the Portland Spring Break 2018 Posts - Day 5: Deadstock Coffee

Hey folks, it's the return of the Portland Spring Break posts. This was our vacation from last fkg year man.

It's my goal to finish it within less than one year since we went on vacation, ha ha. So, starting today, the return of these posts, featuring Day 5...

Foodcrawl with Cathy - Stops 5, 6, 7 & 8 - Star Dust Donuts, DK-Che, Gloria's Bakery & Gonzalez Panaderia

Continuing the food crawl with Cathy...

we hit the jackpot when we saw Star Dust open!

Paradise Hills Night Market 2018 recap

We were fortunate enough to park at a friend's driveway for the Paradise Hills Night Market this year...

This was our view walking down Keen St. to get to Dusk drive...

Anti-Black Friday & Small Business Saturday 2018

It was a beautiful morning in Golden Hill...

on the shopping day known as "Black Friday"...

Paradise Hills Night Market 2017 recap

Talk about procrastination...

(not us, but some other folks we were following as we headed to Penn Athletic Field)
This is a post for last year's Paradise Hills Night Market...

which debuted last year and will be returning....

Glow mural in Manzanita Canyon & the Ocean Discovery Institute

We reparked the car so we could be closer to the pathway...

From up on the hill at the Manzanita Gathering Place, there was a steep walkway down...

Glow & Alex Banach art installation at Manzanita Gathering Place

After our visit to the new City Heights Coffee House...

I asked Bert if we could find a mural in a canyon...

Mural for SAY (Social Advocates for Youth), City Heights

During Fall Break we noticed something ne

This mural is located in an alley...

Brings Me Peace mural, City Heights

I was out and about one weekend and saw the multicolored hand...

I ended up making a U-turn somewhere....

Revamped murals in Glow's Art Alley

Sometime over the Fall Break, I did a revisit to an art alley...

which was in Azalea Park in City Heights...

Star Wars stencil art, Sicilian Thing Pizza + drinks at Caffe Calabria

On a recent Friday night out...

we saw these cool stencils on a lone utility box...

D's Belated Birthday Crawl: Stops 4, 5 & 6 - Little Italy Farmer's Market, the new Little Italy Food Hall & Blick

It was nice walking around earlier before the crowds...

as we made our way back to the main drag...

Ryan Brothers Coffee, Lemon Grove + the Giant Lemon and the Lips rock

I didn't realize that Ryan Bros Coffee had set up shop here in this historic Streamline Moderne corner shop in downtown Lemon Grove...

Thankfully replacing Charbucks (which moved down the street as a drive-thru)...

Lemon Grove Breezeway Mural project

While driving out of the back alley after having seen the new murals.

I spied this bright and sunny mural...

Lemon Grove murals in alley

In downtown Lemon Grove, new artwork has gone up.

...in the form of murals that are hidden behind the buildings...