Things we did when the visitors were in town

I was thinking about how many different Portland attractions were visited when my parents and Chow were in town, and thought I'd make a list for posterity's sake-

• Restaurants: Nutshell, Dalo's, Laurelthirst, Chaos Cafe, Hotlips Pizza, It's a Beautiful Pizza, Veganopolis, Blossoming Lotus
  
• Attractions: OMSI, 3D Photography Center, Avalon Wonderland, Bullseye Glass Co. tour, School of Rock show (playing the best of the NW at the Wonder Ballroom)
  
• Bars: the Bye and Bye (vegan bar), Ground Kontrol (bar-arcade)
  
• Outdoor stuff: the Eastmoreland Rhododendron Garden, Mt. Tabor, the walk across the Hawthorne bridge
• Misc: Voodoo Doughnut, Foodfight (and Herbivore), game night
  

Things we didn't get to:

• The movie theater/breweries, Mt. Hood, Portland Rock Gym, Ya Hala, Forest Park, the Columbia gorge, the art museum, Portlandia

Next time: even more fun

December around Portland

The Christmas tree we found on Mt. Hood and cut down

avocado-grapefruit salad, yum

Sophie/Bruce the dog, looking svelte

Bruce attacking Chow, then pretending to be innocent

Smoked tomato soup from Blossoming Lotus

Mammoth + mastodon teeth at OMSI

The Jamaican platter at Nutshell

My Mom and Terri Geiselman

My Dad on Christmas

On a tour of Bullseye Glass Co., where Chow's sister works

Piece created from glass stringers

Created by painting dust glass on a sheet of glass and then firing

Chow stylin' the fly safety glasses on the tour

In Forest Park in Portland (the largest natural urban forest reserve in the US)


Greg and Anna on the MAX on New Years Eve