This past weekend we went to Portland for my best friend from Middle schools wedding. We had never spent much time in Portland, just quick days passing through on tour. But we really fell in love with it this weekend. So many cool restaurants, shops, and a great assortment of doughnuts, which is enough for any city to win me over. Since it’s only about a 5 hour drive from home I think we will come back to visit more often, maybe take the train down next time.
We stayed at the oh-so-cool Ace Hotel Downtown. There is so much thought put in to every trendy little detail. The lobby is open to the public to enjoy with a huge rustic coffee table convered in amazing succlent arrangements, comfy green couches, bikes to rent, an old school photobooth and Stumptown Coffee connected next door. Our room was wallpapered with pages form an old novel, a sliding barn door instead of curtains, and even the fire escape plan on the back of our door was stitched onto canvas (and we had spotted the fire escape “left” signs as we were going from the lobby to the room). If your looking for somewhere to stay, or just spending the day downtown, you must pay it a visit.
We had a fun time all snuggling in together with Poppy sleeping in between us as night. At home she sleeps in her own room so it was fun to get to cuddle her all night, I definitely couldn’t sleep as deeply because of constantly worrying one of us was smothing her with pillows. But for the weekend it was a treat! David said that hearing her drink milk in the night is the cutest thing she’s ever done.
I’ll share more about all the places we went around town in pt. 2.
