My life, since my last post, has been a mix of food adventures, car troubles, and festivals. Food first...
The most notable place I've eaten at was the Waffle Window. Only $4 for literally the best waffle I have EVER EATEN!!! How is it even possible that the best food of it's kind is also the cheapest??? Belgian waffles are usually around $7 at other places. Want strawberries and whipped cream? Psshhh!! That'll be another $2-$3! And I bet those strawberries are coming out of a can. I don't know how they do it, but the Waffle Window has got the magic.
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| Yes, it was as good as it looks. |
Annie's Donuts - There are so many amazing doughnut shops other than the famous Voodoo Donut. Annie's buttermilk bars are to die for!
The Original Hotcake House - Not pancakes. Hotcakes! Yeah, they sell just as fast as they're rumored to... especially at 2am when the bar crowd comes stumbling in with the munchies. But be sure to stick to the hotcakes, and don't bother with the belgian waffle.
Black Cat Cafe - A hip NoPo hang with tasty burgers, $2 drafts all day everyday, and plenty of pinball/pool. The portions are generous and the staff very chill. The wild cherry stout I had was delicious!
APRISSA - This is a mexican place we ate at last night. There's a lot of good mexican food in Portland, but this is certainly the fanciest! It's a drive-thru/walk up with a pristine parking lot and very nice landscaping. We ate a lot... Tacos and burrito? Great! Horchata? Great! Krustos? Great! The owner clearly put A LOT of money into this business. They have "APRISSA" stamped on everything, even the burrito!
Car troubles... baby blue broke down again. This time it was a mix of things: fuel filter, alternator, and lots of other small things. All we got was "click" when we tried to turn the engine. Two tows in a single day, two days in the shop, and now she's all better! Aaaaand then we got a flat. It wouldn't have been so bad if I hadn't just dropped Arlo off at work. I got it patched for free later that day at Les Schwab (by a female car mechanic! makes me happy to see women in male dominated professions). It had not a screw or a nail, but a metal rod in the tire. Anyway, all is well now!
Festivals!!! Alberta Street Festival, Oregon Brewers Festival, Bite of Oregon, all involved good times. Bite of Oregon was advertised as a value event, but it was more of a benefit, and cost a lot more than expected. It was still good, though. Alberta Street Festival was wildly bustling with small merchants, food carts, hipsters, and street performers. The Brewers Festival was grand! The cost of a taste was a wooden token ($1), and we went towards the end, so people kept giving them to us! I also found one on the ground. Here is a tip: at festivals, people are likely drunk, not paying attention, or distracted by the festivities. They do stupid things like drop their valuables on the ground, or leave things where they shouldn't. Now, I would never take a wallet or jewelery or whatever other precious thing someone might have lost. Those would be turned in for sure. But if I see a dollar on the ground, and not the pocket or hand it fell from, that is fair game. I'm a treasure hunter: seashells, yard sales, side of the road trash, thrift stores, and definitely festival grounds. <3
Check out my Portland pics here and here!
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This is a log of adventures, a receipt of time spent, something to look back on and feel good about.
This is a tale of incredible food and new friends that became my bests.
This is a mix of choice and chance and how they play out.
This is my life... from East to West...
to East?
