girlfriend trip

It was past due. Girl trip time. So, Chal and I left on a jet plane and landed in Portland OR for yet another girlfriend adventure. We dabbled a little in a lot of different things.

A wine country tour by James with Willamette Tours.

In his pimpin' red car that he was SO proud of!

A quaint bakery for lunch a wine waterfall a lot of public transportation (at which we became quite proficient) on MAXhours.... probably five... at The Rack downtown PDXan AMAZING dinner at our new friend Raphael's restaurant... he treated us well.

Cheers to new friendships and great dining!

Oh, and P.S., the reason we went to Portland and not somewhere warm... we wanted to take some continuing ed with MAC. We just like to keep up on the trends and what is coming in, going out, and new techniques. So, we met up with our class while we were there and received some insight and instruction from Victor Cembellion. Great artist. And, yes we did learn some different techniques. So, it was worth it.

hours...at least five... at one of our new loves... Powell's books. We got lost inside, amongst the scent of old books and coffee, and the never-ending crave for more books, more books. Ahhh... so much to choose from!

and... a really random and crazy night out beginning at Henry's (yum) and ending many hours later (like we're talking 7 am the next day) at Starbucks. Yeah, this is where we waited for MAX, yep, didn't realize that it CLOSED at night. ...waited with the homeless in Portland. Peter Pan and Rumpelstiltskin to be exact. Funny how the next day after we left the Saturday Market:we happened upon our good friend Peter Pan, small world that city of Portland...

We had a fabulous trip. Thanks Chal for the laughs, the smiles, the 3 tg's, and for just relaxing and being your authentic self right along with me. Friendships like ours don't come to all. For that, I cherish it.

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