Portland's Hawthorne District
I wanted to post some pictures of Christopher's neighborhood--the Hawthorne District. But I can't post them from my iMac, and I'll be damned if I'll resort to using the PC again. So here's a link that tells about his neighborhood:
http://www.portlandguide.com/neighborhoods/hawthorne-district.php
This is a great place to live, especially if, like Christopher, you don't own a car. He doesn't really need one. It's nice for him not to have the expense and worry of owning a car. And why would he need to own one? Everything he needs is just a few blocks away. Fred Meyers (a local chain that contains groceries, clothing, housewares, etc.) is just a few blocks away on Hawthorne. The bus runs up and down Hawthorne every few minutes (Christopher is two blocks from Hawthorne). This is just the type of neighborhood I'd love to live in. Everything within walking distance. The houses are beautiful, too. Lots of older craftsmans-type homes. I bet they go for a pretty penny, although real estate here, like everywhere is the country, is taking a downturn.
The Bagdad Theater, which is pictured in the link above, is where Christopher and I went for a movie last week. We just walked down and felt a bit sorry for the poor folks who had to drive from elsewhere around town and find a parking place. :-) The Hawthorne District has tons of good restaurants and bars and even a Powell's Bookstore. Lots of great coffee places with free Wi-Fi, the best of which is Stumptown Coffee, which owns some really old roasting machines and roasts all its coffee beans onsite. Christopher is going to get rid of his broadband when he gets home and just walk down to a coffee place with his laptop when he wants to use the Internet. Portland has plans to make the entire downtown area a free Wi-Fi zone, anyway. What a forward-thinking city. It also has a great light rail system that goes out to the burbs and to the airport, with a free-riding zone downtown.
This is my last full day in Portland; we leave tomorrow morning. Christopher should be home soon. He has an appointment for a tattoo this afternoon. Then he's going to cook dinner for his girlfriend and me. Then we'll pack and get ready for the drive tomorrow. Our stop tomorrow night is Logan, Utah--about a 10-hour drive from here, plus we lose an hour when we cross from the Pacific into the Mountain time zone. The first part of the drive seems to go so much slower because of Oregon's silly 65mph speed limit (even lower in many places). But it's the most scenic part of the drive, so that's OK. I'm going to ask Christopher to snap pictures out the window while we're driving. Then I'll post pictures on my Photobucket account when I get home.
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http://www.portlandguide.com/neighborhoods/hawthorne-district.php
This is a great place to live, especially if, like Christopher, you don't own a car. He doesn't really need one. It's nice for him not to have the expense and worry of owning a car. And why would he need to own one? Everything he needs is just a few blocks away. Fred Meyers (a local chain that contains groceries, clothing, housewares, etc.) is just a few blocks away on Hawthorne. The bus runs up and down Hawthorne every few minutes (Christopher is two blocks from Hawthorne). This is just the type of neighborhood I'd love to live in. Everything within walking distance. The houses are beautiful, too. Lots of older craftsmans-type homes. I bet they go for a pretty penny, although real estate here, like everywhere is the country, is taking a downturn.
The Bagdad Theater, which is pictured in the link above, is where Christopher and I went for a movie last week. We just walked down and felt a bit sorry for the poor folks who had to drive from elsewhere around town and find a parking place. :-) The Hawthorne District has tons of good restaurants and bars and even a Powell's Bookstore. Lots of great coffee places with free Wi-Fi, the best of which is Stumptown Coffee, which owns some really old roasting machines and roasts all its coffee beans onsite. Christopher is going to get rid of his broadband when he gets home and just walk down to a coffee place with his laptop when he wants to use the Internet. Portland has plans to make the entire downtown area a free Wi-Fi zone, anyway. What a forward-thinking city. It also has a great light rail system that goes out to the burbs and to the airport, with a free-riding zone downtown.
This is my last full day in Portland; we leave tomorrow morning. Christopher should be home soon. He has an appointment for a tattoo this afternoon. Then he's going to cook dinner for his girlfriend and me. Then we'll pack and get ready for the drive tomorrow. Our stop tomorrow night is Logan, Utah--about a 10-hour drive from here, plus we lose an hour when we cross from the Pacific into the Mountain time zone. The first part of the drive seems to go so much slower because of Oregon's silly 65mph speed limit (even lower in many places). But it's the most scenic part of the drive, so that's OK. I'm going to ask Christopher to snap pictures out the window while we're driving. Then I'll post pictures on my Photobucket account when I get home.
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