Turn, Turn, Turn sounds very cool. We're meeting friends in Portland, so I may have to pick and choose my battles, but hope I can make it.
― il lavoro mi rovina la giornata (PBKR), Thursday, 22 June 2023 21:41 (eleven months ago) link
Visiting Portland for eight days (from New Zealand) mid-September - my partner lived there for a good chunk of time pre-Covid so will be visiting friends, but taking note of bookstore/music venue/food/etc recommendations upthread. Are any of the well-known big gardens/parks more or less suitable for a toddler?
― etc, Sunday, 27 August 2023 22:51 (nine months ago) link
absolutely, my daughter's fav when she was toddler age (a few years ago) was this:
https://www.portland.gov/parks/westmoreland-park
lots of weird stuff to clamber around on and a very large sandy area with water features? great times, cool neighborhood
she also enjoyed the hike up to "witches castle"
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stone_House_(Portland,_Oregon)
beautiful trail up a creek ripe for investigation, although this was mostly interesting for her I think because I tried to play it down (not really a castle, no witches) and then when we finally arrived there was a straight up coven of witches up there, all in long flowy dresses standing in a circle around candles and fancy bowls of who knows what
I cannot guarantee there will be actual witches if you visit
― Florin Cuchares, Sunday, 27 August 2023 23:21 (nine months ago) link
lol peak Portland
― out-of-print LaserDisc edition (sleeve), Sunday, 27 August 2023 23:21 (nine months ago) link
my fave store to dig for cheap used records in is Crossroads, over on the east side
― out-of-print LaserDisc edition (sleeve), Sunday, 27 August 2023 23:22 (nine months ago) link
I cannot guarantee there will be actual witches if you visit― Florin Cuchares
― Florin Cuchares
can't rule it out, though... you never know what will happen in a public park. me and my primary went to a group hangout at a public park in pdx late this morning, lovely shady park, even though it was a hot day it was early enough that it hadn't gotten too hot yet, and the shade helped. it was fun. i, uh, don't know how you'd explain it to your toddler, etc, and no, i'm not going to go into more detail than that on a public board, but it was fun.
pdx folx, sorry i've been such a stranger lately... kind of been through some shit, i'm doing better now and am starting to sort of emerge from my shell... anybody who wants to hang out HMU in DM :)
― Kate (rushomancy), Monday, 28 August 2023 00:42 (eight months ago) link
Westmoreland Park looks great - cheers! Partner's v.familiar with the Stone House, apparently.
― etc, Tuesday, 12 September 2023 08:00 (eight months ago) link
super cool! yeah, the stone house is pretty famous around here... i haven't been myself.
the city's changed a lot since the recently-passed daytime camping ban. still trying to wrap my head around it.
― Kate (rushomancy), Tuesday, 12 September 2023 13:49 (eight months ago) link