It was a beautiful weekend in the eclectic city of Portland, allowing for a few fun adventures with my roommates:
Friday: Since Renata, Gretchen and I all worked in the city on Friday, we had hoped our roommates would come out to join us for the evening of fun, but everyone was too tired to sit on the max for another 45 minutes. In the meanwhile, we decided to find a nice happy hour to get some dinner on Belmont. Little did we know that this was the one night a month that the Blue Monk featured belly dancers during happy hour…. These belly dancing women were just people with regular day jobs who have a secret hobby on the side. It was strange. I just tried to eat my shrimp taco in peace and avert my eyes
On Saturday, as planned, Gretchen, Tomas, Justin and I woke up early, packed some lunches and set out on an epic bike ride into Portland to witness the annual Adult Soapbox Derby on Mt. Tabor. Maybe not so epic, I didn’t know what to expect from the 14 mile bike ride. But it was GREAT! We road the flat Springwater trail to 45th, then navigated our with through broken bike pedals and busy roads to Mt Tabor. We met up with our other roommates who had taken the Max in and enjoyed our lunches while watching Pigs in Space, spinning cups of coffee, and some more aerodynamic soapboxes speed down the windy road down the mountain. We next ventured to a local gourmet pizza joint for a cold beer and delicious slice before biking back to Gresham. A fabulous day spent outside.
Sunday: back into the city for Sunday market! It was like Seattle’s folk life festival, but it happens every Saturday and Sunday. There’s a whole stop on the Max dedicated to the market. The sights and smells were intoxicating. The number of colors and crafts were enough to make your head spin. After the market, it was to the now weekly Costco run, a lot of frustration, and over budget grocery list… but the day ended with a delicious community dinner and a night of paining the dining room in swimming caps and goggles and rocking out to death metal.
Yay for roommates.
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