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don't know if you know Nikki Blackwood but she lives there, is very cool and would surely know all the cool places to go. Let me know if you want her email address. :)

portland is a joy. For food, the Mongolian Grill is great. Powell's is the best bookstore (new+used) in the universe. Have fun!

http://www.thegrotto.org/
Very beautiful! In the meditation chapel up top of the cliff there is a wax Mary and baby Jesus that totally creeped me out.
http://www.portlandonline.com/parks/finder/index.cfm?PropertyID=1113&action=ViewPark
http://portlandartmuseum.org/
http://www.powells.com/
http://www.saturdaymarket.org/
http://www.portlandwalkingtours.com/
http://www.riverviewcemetery.org/index2.html
Virgil Earp is buried here!
http://www.pittockmansion.org/Default.asp

The Convergence 13 web site is still up with lots of good info and links to Portland things. The LJ groups for C-13 had walking city guides too. http://www.convergence13.com/
The Pearl district has the food, art, and things to see. The NW neighborhood and 23rd off of Burnside has fun eclectic shopping. Your best break down of good stuff can be found in Portland Monthly magazine.
http://www.portlandmonthlymag.com/
Willamette Week is our local alternative paper and another good source for hot spots.
http://www.wweek.com/
The place everyone needs to go of course is Powell's Books.
http://www.powells.com/
and Voodoo Donut http://shop.voodoodoughnut.com/main.sc where Anthony Bordain even made a stop on his Portland episode. How long are you in town?

take thomas to http://www.voodoodoughnut.com/ - yum
have fun
it's cold and rainy
bring your galloshes
xxx

i am from portland-thanh thau on hawthorne has THE best thai food, if its not raining go to the japanese gardens...just hawthorne alone is a great place for shops and eats, a long stretch around the thirties is where it all is=)
cup and saucer on hawthorne is a great place to eat everything!
powells books of course you must go to, on burnside and tenth. a whole city block with multiple floors of books plus a coffee house inside. a wonderful tea place is called the tao of tea and i think it's on division but i could be wrong. anyway its in the south east and you can look it up. they have hundreds of kinds of teas and it is really eastern and mellow and neat inside, good things to eat too. i love that place. best coffee is tinys on twelfth and stumptown on i t hink division. nw 23rd is fun, there is a store on that street called three monkeys that i think you would LOVE!!!
xx

oh! the pearl district is the richie area, hawthorne and stuff across the bridge is the funky way better area. thats just my two quid. also movie houses like the laurelhurst on burnside has 3$ movies all the time and has beer and pizza! all the best stuff is in the south east. except powells.

I am from Portland too - and I must agree about Hawthorne and Stumptown (the BEST coffee EVER!!). Personally, I love the Japanese Gardens and Powells, the most amazing bookstore ever. If you have time to drive out to see the Gorge and Multnomah Falls, they are beautiful, about 30-60 minutes out of Portland. Oh, oh, and if you are really adventurous you can take a 'ghost' tour of the shanghi tunnels underneath old town. Very creepy - While your in Old town you can check out Old Town Pizza - it's in what used to be a brothel and is decorated in the 19th century style with fabulous pizza. I think it is part of the Shanghi tunnel tour too :)

God I miss Portland sometimes :( Have fun and take lots of pictures to share!

Here's some other fun places in portland, closer to the Art & soul event, which I think is by the airport.

N Mississippi street has a few cool shops to go into, along with the Rebuilding Center which sells used/antique building supplies and stuff as a non-profit. I bet you could find some VERY cool little metal doo dads for projects for a couple of bucks. I once took a printmaking group there to scavenge for art-making supplies and it was a blast!

SCRAP (www.scrapaction.org) is another non-profit a few blocks away that also sells recycled items for creative re-use. Their stock is always changing and you come out of there re-thinking artsy uses for all sorts of things. I used to be a board member there and love that place - and it's right next to Pix Patisserie which sells the best damn chocolate brioche!

McMenamins is a LOCAL chain of brewpubs owned by two brothers that is a pretty good staple of portlandia culture. They take a lot of older historical buildings and transform them into funky eclectic pubs/movie theatres/restaurants, etc. www.mcmenamins.com There is a very cool one in Ne Portland called Kennedy School (on NE 33rd not too far from the airport area).

the Japanese gardens (as others have said) is beautiful. I would also recommend (if you have the time and a car) a drive around Sauvie Island - a farm island community just outside of portland or a hike through part of Forest Park, the largest forested park in the western U.S. The leaves are changing right now and if it stops raining while you're here, it's so pretty.

If you have other questions or want a particular place, etc, drop me a line. And have fun!

Hello, wanted to let you know I found you on Wikipedia (!) and I added you here. I am moving to your neck of the woods in the next 6 months or so (give or take) and I would love to make contact with some artists out there!

Nice to meet you.

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