I’ll take a Streetcar with a shot of frosting please.
Today I did some more exploring of my new home town. I had planned to do some yesterday but I made the mistake of downloading Windows 10 on my laptop and Chrome wasn’t happy about that so my Saturday was spent completely wiping my laptop.
Good times.
This morning I woke up feeling as if I had actually rested last night. Rest is something that has been eluding me for the past couple of weeks. I have also been dealing with some horrible sciatic pain and this morning I woke up still hurting but not as bad as I have been. I started the day off making breakfast and then I took a 4 mile walk around the neighborhood.
I decided to explore downtown a bit today. I knew I wanted to go to Powell’s and I figured I might as well make that my focus for the day. Oregon drivers do not take kindly to California drivers and I believed the best course of action was to stick to public transportation once I got downtown. I found a place to park and walked to the nearest Portland Streetcar station.
Here I am trying to blend in as a local among the tourists.
I was very hungry and we immediately passed a mexican restaurant that called out my name. No really, it did. I heard it tell me I needed tacos. Four street tacos to be exact. The cashier asked me what kind of meat I wanted and I told her to make it a variety pack so I’m still not sure what the fourth one is but I’m going with Verde Chicken. But it was good.
Across the street was a store that caught my attention. I was wishing that Beav was with me, he would have loved this place. Vintage everything.
I also ventured into a Goodwill. This is not your mother’s Goodwill. In the market for a gently used designer purse, dress, or pair of shoes? This is the place to go. I had to keep telling myself “wait until you have a job.” Which, by the way, has pretty been my motto for two weeks now.
I ended up walking to Powell’s from here. Powell’s is a dangerous place for me because I love books. Especially cookbooks and they have sooooooooooooooooo many to choose from. What I really wanted though was a Portland street map. I also picked up this fun book.
I did some more exploring via the Streetcar and decided it was time for a beer because well, duh, I’m in Portland where good beer is EVERYWHERE. I stopped at Bridgeport Brewery and enjoyed a double red on their patio which was formerly a dock. I didn’t take a picture of the beer, sorry.
While I was out I thought I’d grab some cupcakes for dessert. I hit up Cupcake Jones. I had to talk myself out of getting a frosting shot, and yes that’s exactly what you think it is. A small cup of frosting. Mmmmm. Instead I picked up these beauties.
They were a lot prettier before I knocked the box over.
Then it was time to venture back to my truck because I had only paid for three hours parking. I didn’t see as much as I wanted to but that’s okay. I’ve promised myself that I would always stop and look at anything I find interesting when I’m out on my exploring adventures.
I’ll leave you with a few more pictures I took.
I’d say this was a successful #SundayFunday.