Well, I have been back for almost a week now. I'm not totally settled in to life in Minneapolis, but I have come to terms with the fact that my summer in Portland has come to an end, at least for now.
So, too, this blog must come to an end. Hopefully, it will begin again next summer, but in the meantime, you can find me at Winter in the Cities.
So, drink a latte and imagine the rain. Read a Willamette Week or two. Soon it will be Summer in Portland again.
10. Pioneer Square in downtown Portland
9. The weather, and not just because I was there the two months it doesn't rain
8. Powell's City of Books (of course I can still check them out online!)
7. Trader Joe's
6. Liberalism that can take itself for granted, most of the time, that is
5. Trees--big leafy ones with outstretched canopies
4. Portland State University (where the motto is, "Let Knowledge Serve the City"
3. good public transportation
2. Portland's proximity to the Pacific Ocean
1. my friends (of course!)