Shamrock Run - Portland

Shamrock Run Billboard - Portland  2019

Run Assistants - Portland  2019

Our last day in Portland. Very exciting! It took all of my will power to keep from joining the runners.

Kids, Shamrock Run - Portland  2019

Portland Sightems - 2

Quality Bar - Portland  2019

West Coast Piano - Portland  2019

Both photos taken with a Canon G5X, my go-to camera for walking around cities.

Portland Sightems - 1

Unusual Cards - Portland  2019

Painting - Portland  2019

Top photo taken at the Portland Saturday Morning Market.

The Unusual Cards website: Unusual Cards.

Portland Views

Mt Hood - Portland  2019

River View - Portland  2019

Mt. Hood as seen from the Japanese garden.

Willamette River view taken from a restaurant/bar in a downtown high rise. Too crowded . . . we didn't stay, but I did take some photos.

Japanese Garden - 2

Rock Garden - Portland  2019

Garden Detail - Portland  2019

Reminiscent of Ryoanji. Also, of the details there.

Japanese Garden - 1

Teahouse - Portland  2019

Exhibition Hall - Portland  2019

We'd visited the famous Rose Garden before, but not the Japanese Garden (located next to one another.) Very impressive! More impressive to me, at least, than the famous garden located in Kanazawa.

Monday Dog Blogging

Dog Outside Grocery Store - Portland  2019

Outside of a high-end grocery store on the East side.

Crocuses

Crocuses No 1 - Portland  2019

Crocuses No 2 - Portland  2019

Seen while walking through an Eastside Portland neighborhood on our way to a fabric store. It was quite a walk!

Chop Suey

Chop Suey - Portland  2019

Chop Suey, Fortune - Portland  2019

We tried to find a Chinese bakery as we had done in Vancouver. But nothing, alas.

BTW, lower photo has a homeless person in it. Big homeless population in Portland . . . maybe not as much as San  Francisco.

Portland Art

Owl Mural - Portland  2019

Bear Sculptures - Portland  2019

Think it's an owl, anyway. Reminds me of the San Francisco bat mural.

All of my Portland photos were taken with either a Canon G5X or an iPhone 7 Plus.

Bubblers and Food Trucks

Bubbler & Food Trucks - Portland  2019

Food Trucks - Portland  2019

Iconic, I'd guess you could say.

Portland Black and White (Minor White)

Columns, Trees - Portland  2019

Railroad Tracks - Portland  2019

"The Oregon Centennial was the 100th anniversary of the statehood of the U.S. state of Oregon. The day of the anniversary was February 14, 1959, but centennial events took place throughout the year. Festivities were held all over the state, with the major attractions at the Oregon Centennial Exposition and International Trade Fair, located at the Expo Center in Portland's Kenton neighborhood, which took place from June 10 to September 17, 1959." - Wikipedia

I remember attending the show at the Expo Center during a family visit to Portland to visit my grandparents. The main attraction for me was a very compelling exhibit of photographs by Minor White:

"In 1959, the Oregon Camera Club included several of White’s WPA photographs in the exhibit This Land, This Oregon at the Oregon centennial exposition. One of the club’s leaders recruited him to teach a workshop, which continued yearly in Oregon until 1967. He also exhibited his own retrospective, 'Sequence 13/Return to the Bud,' at the exposition. 'I feel that a trajectory that started in Portland, Oregon, in 1938,' he wrote, 'has been completed.'"

White had earlier photographed Portland's older buildings under a WPA project; I tried to echo the mood of his work in the photos posted above.

Portland Airport

Airport - Portland  2019

Oregon Ducks (Airport) - Portland  2019

Our last visit to Portland was in 2015. We enjoyed it! So, for a quick anniversary holiday we decided to spend a few days there last month.

Rose Garden

Roses - Portland  2015

Shakespeare Garden - Portland  2015

Photos taken during a last-minute visit to Portland's famous Rose Garden.

"On clear days there are views of the Cascade Mountains, with Mount Hood featured prominently."

Alas, it wasn't at all clear during our stay, so we never did get to see Mount Hood. Nice flowers, though.

Laurelhurst Park

Laurelhurst Park - Portland  2015

Oregon Grape - Portland  2015

Wanting to visit some other section of Portland other than the downtown area we managed to wend our way over the river to Laurelhurst Park.

Just a little bit gloomy under the overcast sky, but very picturesque.

Portland Sightems #4

Avalon - Portland  2015

Window (Sunset) - Portland  2015

Avalon Theatre in the Laurelhurst district.

Afternoon sun reflected in the window opposite our hotel. Hot.

Portland Sightems #3

Umbrella Sculpture - Portland  2015

Mural - Portland  2015

Top: Umbrella sculpture ("Allow Me.")

Bottom: Mural seen near Blue Star Donuts.

Portland Food #2

Enchilada, etc - Portland  2015

Enchilada with mole sauce, guacamole and margarita at Cocina Verde. One stop we took in a foodie walking tour in Portland.

Food was great! Recommended.

Portland A.M.

Truck, Building - Portland  2015

Chairs, Flowers - Portland  2015

Taken during early morning Starbucks visits.

Drinking Fountain

Drinking Fountain - Portland  2015

One of a number of drinking fountains scattered throughout Portland's downtown. And they're always running! No water shortage up in Oregon, I guess.