Portland, OR People

Have to hit up the Acropolis. Come for the locally sourced steak bites, stay for the meat pie.

 

Beer, titties, hiking, titties, hipsters, titties

 

Do not consume food from the Acrop ever.

 

Always eat something different.
Always drink a different beer.

 

Always lap a different dance?

 

Tons of great hikes and waterfalls on the Columbia River Gorge

 

Hike: Multnomah falls, Dog Mountain, Mt Hood

Food: Fire on the moutain, Masu, pok pok, bunk, robotaco, por que no?, Toro Bravo, Andina, food carts (nongs, koi fusion), Serratto, Apizza Scholls, Salt and Straw

Drinks: Rogue, Prost!, Hair of the Dog, Untapped, Rontoms, Enzo, Holocene, Green Dragon

 

Yes, also Eagle Creek Trail to Punchbowl falls would be great in May. Water will be cold, but jump the cliff.





The upper drop is about 60' Your board shorts will need to be removed from your rectum, but it's worth it.

 

RIP Magic Gardens....my love, my loss....

 

I'd jump that bluff

 

I heard that place had closed. So sad. We used to go Garden to Garden, back when the Moda Center was the Rose Garden

 

It's a big ole river. Lots of cool shit. Go to the bridge at Multnomah falls and do a gainer off the front.

 

I was there in January for work. If you're a bourbon fan, the Mulnomah Whiskey Library is a must. Just get a day pass (~$20).

 

I have. Awesome but freezing cold.

Can't remember the name of the road, but one of them goes along the rim and gives you views like this

Oneonta Gorge is sweet too:


Here's a list of restaurants that I've been keeping over the years. Those with stars have been recommended by several people:

The 9’s
Departure
Urban Farmer
Andina***
OX***
Ava Gene’s
Woodsman Tavern*
Pigeon
Paley’s
Ringside Fish (Happy Hour)
Pok Pok***
Oba (Happy Hour)***
Bastas
Clyde Common

 

I refuse to call it anything but the Rose Garden

 

The Lost Lake hike near Mt. Hood is pretty easy and you end up here. I don't think I've been there since I was about 12, though.

 

Oneonta is way too damn cold to wade up the canyon right now - and the trail up to triple falls is down for a landslide. Eagle Creek is arguably the premier hike in Oregon, but you have to get there super early because parking on that exit off the highway fills up in a hurry. I've tried twice to hike out of there and was shut down because the only way we could do it would be to hitch hike down the freeway back to that exit.

Angel's Rest is an easy ~5 mile-ish hike. You can do that one easily in an afternoon. Multnomah Falls you should at least see, but in terms of a hike it's pretty shitty. Go check it out and then drive up to Angel's Rest.

Here is the summit for that hike:


this is the view looking back towards Portland:

 

Portlanders-I forget the name of the donut place, but they are iconic in Portland and terrific. Also, this time of year if you can get to a Timbers game it is a fun experience. Lots of hiking in the large park on the mountain behind the city.

 

Posting and following for later as I too found out today I will have to make a visit to Portland sometime in the near future. Going to try and due a LEAVE en route to my TDY to check out a homestand in Seattle if possible and if it's not too terribly far away to drive to for a few days to stay with a buddy.

 

Seattle to Portland is not a bad drive. If you have the time, take the 101 down the coast and go through Astoria (where Goonies was filmed).

 

The shitty thing is when I come out it will only be for a 36 hour or so period for work to do an inspection. But I want to try and get as much done as quick as I can with work so I can get out and enjoy that area as much as possible. Hence taking a few days of LEAVE to try and see more of it.

 

Blue Star Donuts is far superior to Voodoo.

And less cuntiness.

 

Stumptown coffee is great

 

We are more than just the Goonies

 

Fort George

 

pffffftttt hahahaa

Home of Jordan Poyer IYALH

 

make sure you check out the Nike outlet on MLK blvd

 

Oba's hh is dope
Clyde's mixology game ain't nothing to fuck with and depending on the menu the grub can be spectacular.

 

Bouy Beer > Fort George

 

Can't forget Kindergarten Cop

 

for real though if you're going to go to a strip club and partake in that good Oregon hard liquor and full nude, full contact private lap dances, then you need to make your way out to Casa Diablo.

 

I will need to try that.

 

It really is like a Portland right of passage.

 

Nike store on 57th in NYC has a huge Oregon section

 

Literally one of probably the 4-5 prettiest and most iconic drives in the country. Has the second tallest continuous waterfall in the country (and 4-5 others at least 200+ feet within 2 miles of that one). It is 4,000 feet deep in some areas (a city like Portland sits at 60 feet above sea-level, so those 5,000 foot mountains you see around the volcanoes are actually as large as most of the Rockies mountains in terms of prominence and size). Mt. Hood, Rainier, St. Helens, Adams....if you have never seen a volcano it will change your perception of what a 'mountain' is.

If you get a chance, go check out Mt. St. Helens and go see what it feels like to be a nothing. Incredible to see what our earth is capable of.

 

They just started bottling but the brewery is awesome right on the pier on the river.

 

Eagle Creek, which is the Punchbowl Falls hike, is amazing. I went on the Tuesday after Labor Day around noon and had no trouble finding parking at the trail head. I think you would be fine on a weekday, but it's worth getting up early to get in there if you're only there on a weekend.

 

Holy shit he will be blown away. Hippies everywhere, rivers, green everything, Mt. Hood. Will be a culture shock for sure

 

yeah for sure, mid-week should be fine. I bet it is going to be flat out bonkers there this weekend.

 

town sucks, generally. try mary's though. best deli meat in the NW

 

Dem vegan titties....

 

Casa Diablo is a must!!!!!!!!