We had a long weekend here at Chez PM and filled it with lots of stuff!

First, brunch! Because brunch is the best meal ever. I googled “best brunch Portland” and got over 1100 hits – definitely a foodie town. (Completely overwhelming, too. In Minneapolis, I could get by with a weekly perusal of the Taste section and feel like I was in the know. Here? I don’t even know where to start.)

However, start we did, and it was a good one at Arleta Library Cafe.

Look at that potato dish! Just look at it! Seventies kitchen anyone?

On Saturday a hike. (Are y’all getting tired of my hiking pictures? They look the same. But they’re all different trails, promise!)

We passed a house where the owner made totem poles. And then we made it to the top of Council Crest, where the carved quotation says “And still, seeking the larger view, we gather here to gaze upon Portland…”.

A larger view indeed.

In random fun, we visited friends from back home (Minnesota home not Canadaland home) and they had horses! And there was brushing.

More history? Okay! The Girl and I visited Pittock Mansion yesterday – home to Henry Pittock, early Portland big-wig and newspaper baron.

I’d totes cook in here. Especially with that view!

The library!

Totally amazeballs, yes? And overall an amazeballs weekend! (Don’t worry – I’m sure we won’t be able to keep up this pace of adventures. One of these weekends it’ll just be pictures of me and my Kindle. But I’ll take them in various places in the house just to keep it interesting.)