Thought you might like to see some typical spring color (vegetation) pictures from Portland, OR. It was so gorgeous, with lots of blooming trees, shrubs, and flowers. It’s been a long time since I’ve seen a spring that beautiful.
Tag: Portland
Smoked Salmon
The grocery shopping is so good in Portland, it’s easy to create some great meals. There were lots of great veggies to work with in the fridge, so we made some smoked salmon to go with them. We added cucumber to the Italian Tomato Salad, and also made a Squash Salad (without the shrimp). PrintSmoked…
Goodbye Sacramento, Hello Portland
We said farewell to Sacramento with breakfast at an English pub, Fox and Goose, in the downtown historic district. Don had a bagel and smoked salmon, and I had smoked herring with eggs and potatoes – delicious. We left our car at the hotel in Sacramento, and flew to Portland. It’s just too far to…
Portland – Day Six
It’s starting out to be a really bad travel day. We can get to DFW, but we can’t get out of there, maybe until tomorrow. The good news is we had breakfast at an awesome place this morning, Pine State Biscuit. They’ve gotten loads of press, including being on Diners, Drive-Ins, and Dives. we had…
Portland Sans Halibut – Day Five
We tried, but there is no halibut to be had, none of the fishermen are in yet. We continued our McMenamins tour today, then went downtown Portland to Southpark seafood restaurant. I’m not sure I could even tell you what all we ordered, but it was all delicious, and below is a picture of the…