While in Manzanita, the boys and I decided to spend a day in Portland, a 90 minute drive. We wanted to explore the Pearl and the Alphabet districts. Got there and parked in a garage in the Pearl district and started to walk around. We were in need of breakfast and stopped at McMenamin’s Zeus cafe in the Crystal Hotel.
After breakfast, we started walking toward the Alphabet district. I got a text from a my friend Mary, letting us know they were in Portland (they live near us in CA and what my plans were for Easter. She did not know we were in Oregon. I texted her back and we decided to get together for the day! They were actually in an Uber and re-routed to meet with us!
We pretty much just walked back to the Pearl district and poked our heads in a few shops, then spent an hour in the mecca of all book lovers, Powell’s Books, then a slice of pizza and Jone’s soda. Mary, Zoe, and Cameron needed to get back to their hotel, so we parted ways, and I took the boys to see Shazam at the Living Room Theatre. It was a fun day, full of unexpected blessings.
