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Portland Farmer’s Market
Farmer’s market season is in full swing in Portland. Last weekend we checked out the Portland Farmer’s Market for the first time this season. Located at PSU in the Park Blocks off of Broadway the...
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Best Breakfast}Byways Cafe
Located in the Pearl District of Portland, Byways Cafe is like stepping back in time. Although it’s only been there for ten years, you feel like it’s been there forever. With a fun and charming retro...
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Noodles
My favorite Westside/Beaverton area restaurant is Noodles, not to be confused with Noodles & Company. Noodles is a small, locally own restaurant located at 6830 SW Beaverton Hillsdale Hwy. Tucked...
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Pour Que No
Pour Que No is hard to miss. For some reason bright teal blue buildings just stick out! Pour Que No actually has two locations. One at 4635 SE Hawthorne and the other at 3524 N Mississippi, that...
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Kenny & Zukes
Have a craving for a good pastrami on rye, some potato latkes or some NY cheesecake but you are in Portland not New York City? No worries just head on downtown to Kenny & Zukes, Portland amazing...
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Ruby Jewel Scoops Ice Cream
Nothing tastes better than some yummy, creamy ice cream on a warm summer day. Don’t you agree? We recently tried out the new Ruby Jewel Scoops location at 3713 N. Mississippi. We are no stranger to...
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Washington Park Summer Festival
Looking for some free fun? Check out the Washington Park Summer Festival going on all this week – August 5-14. There is a wide variety of performances. Tonight we listened to Opera in the Park. It...
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Sauvie Island Farms
Summer will unfortunately soon be a distant memory so be sure and take the time to make some great memories with what we have left. Last week we spent a few hours and make some fun memories out at...
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Cool Treats}Cool Moon
The temperatures are rising here in Portland and we are in for a hot weekend. If you need to cool off a bit head on down to Cool Moon Ice Cream located in the Pearl right across from Jamison Park....
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Best Breakfast}Tasty n Sons
Jim is out of town this holiday weekend, enjoying a weekend with his college kids and taking in the BYU vs. University of Washington football games. Tessa and I decided to do a little exploring on our...
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Henry Hagg Lake
We spent a morning skipping rocks and taking pictures at Hagg Lake. Hagg Lake is the perfect destination for just about anything you want to do outdoors. This 1,200 acre reservoir is located in...
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Blue Star Donuts
Whenever anyone mentions Portland and donuts in the same sentence people’s first thought is usually Voodoo Donuts. Don’t get me wrong I think everyone should make at least one trip to Voodoo Donuts if...
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Craven Raven Bakery}Gluten Free
Whenever my daughter, Cali, comes home for a visit we check out the latest and greatest of gluten free bakeries/restaurants in the Portland area. If you have to be gluten free, Portland is a great...
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Salt & Straw
We love ice cream at our house. We love it so much we are willing to drive clear across town for it and stand in line for it. Our favorite local ice cream spot in Portland is Salt & Straw. A...
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Tula Bakery}Gluten Free
One of our favorite gluten free bakeries in Portland is located NE Martin Luther King Blvd. in Portland. In addition to lots of delicious sweet treatsTula Bakery also has a great bread selection...
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Heslers on Alberta
Today is another of my favorite places to go on NE Alberta St. If you haven’t been over to NE Alberta, there are so many fun shops and restaurants. Today we are going out to breakfast. Hesler’s has...
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Slappy Cakes
If you are looking for a family friendly, fun, make your own breakfast kind of place and you don’t want to stay home check out Slappy Cakes. Slappy Cakes is located over at 4246 SE Belmont. Each...
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Back to Eden Bakery}Gluten Free
Another great gluten free bakery in Portland is Back to Eden over at 2217 NE Alberta Street in Portland, just a few minutes away from Tula. Back to Eden is gluten, soy, dairy and sugar free and...
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Petunia’s Pies & Pastries}Gluten Free
We have been wanting to check out Petunia’s Pies and Pastries for a while now but it always seems to be Monday when Cali is in town and we have time. Petunia’s is closed on Mondays. It is located...
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Life of Pie
We are big pizza fans at our house and in fact if I had to choose one food to eat for the rest of my life it would definitely be pizza. We love checking out all the yummy pizza places in Portland....
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