Portland

We spent a fantastic day in Portland today! We woke up this morning feeling well rested - appropriately so as we spent as much time sleeping last night as we spent with Alice, Nick and Larken yesterday. CRAZY!

After getting going this morning we jumped on the MAX to the Portland Saturday Market and spent a good chunk of the day wandering around. We had lunch at a great little restaurant called Capt. Ankeny's which served great pizza. The Market is mostly artisans of all types. You could purchase clothing, jewelry, crafts, pottery, and there was also a huge selection of food to choose from. There were also outdoor musicians and other entertainers (magicians, balloon sculpture makers, etc). We had a great time looking at everything, buying a couple of items, and then sitting and enjoying some iced tea (for Matt) and Strawberry Lemonade (me), listening to the music and people watching.

After we left the Market we took the MAX to Powell's Bookstore and spent awhile looking around. Powell's takes up an entire city block and you could literally find any book you could possibly want there. Believe it or not, I actually purchased a book about Omaha/Council Bluffs there.

Alice, Nick and Larken offered to cook dinner for us tonight so we walked from Powell's to Alice and Larken's apartment. They made a fantastic dinner of Sicilian Swordfish, Lemon Spaghetti, Grilled Brussel Sprouts and then Larken made a chocolate molten dessert that is a family recipe. The food was fantastic! We ate outside on the patio and enjoyed a beautiful Portland evening. It is amazing to be able to sit outside on a July evening and feel a cool breeze hit your arm. That doesn't happen often in Nebraska.

We don't have specific plans for tomorrow, but will probably just play the day by ear. We haven't been disappointed so far!

Pictures soon...I promise!!