My last night in Portland. It’s been a whirwind of lavish parks, acres of roses, streetcars, BOOKS at Powell’s, good food, good martinis, more Powell’s, jaunts through neighborhoods, lots of friendly people. And as if that weren’t enough a new person to call friend.
JUDY the Wise and I met up on a rainy evening. I in raincoat and rainhat and her in nothing. I don’t mean to imply she was nude, no, not that. She is waterproof and doesn’t bother with such foolishness as rain garb. We had an Indian feast at The Bombay Cricket Club and luscious cocktails. There was much laughing, and yacking, and liberal use of profanity, and more laughing, and philosophizing, and picture taking, and some quiet time too. Our waitress kept subtly encouraging our exit, but we ignored her and plowed ahead with our bad selves.
That Judy. She’s a keeper.
So is this green temple I’ve found here in Oregon. As soon as I pulled into Portland I was struck by all the leafy trees. I have never seen so many trees in a city center.
I was stunned by the show the roses were putting on in Washington Park. Can you imagine 5 acres of color and fragrance to stroll through? Then can you imagine having practically the entire bunch of roses to yourself? You can’t can you?
English Roses, floribundas, climbers, grandifloras, miniature roses, rambling roses, wild roses. It was intoxicating.
Tomorrow I fly back home. Back to LA. And the cat posse. And warm sun. I’ll miss this lush wet world.
Oh My gosh, how wodnerful!!! Love the laughing and cocktails.. but those roses.. and the green! Oh Az seems like mars!! Safe trip home! xoxoxo
LOVE the photo of you Mary Ann, and She Who Is Wise…you both are as CUTE as a bug’s butt…(that is a term of endearment in our home) 🙂
Everyone at Art & Soul is jealous that I got to meet you and sad that I couldn’t persuade you to join us there. You have many admirers and potential friends here (and there and everywhere). Mmmmwwwaaaahhhhhh**
well, first, you have to love a woman who wears a skeleton-emblazoned shirt and then she has a great smile.
As always, Mary Ann, your blog is a must read for me!
oh Mary Ann – you’ve been everywhere – and where have I been? – just look at all this wonderlandia here… oh my goodness – lush and yumminess abounding and oh that Judy – lucky girl…
xox – eb.
Looks like you experienced Portland the way it’s really Portland…wet…and green. When I first moved there, locals would tell me that you can tell a local…because they no longer carry an umbrella. 😉
I would want to be waterproof too… 🙂
That rose has one of the most beautiful coloring I have seen anywhere recently…