It’s been a while since we’ve visited this section of N. Portland – N. Lombard at Haven – and we five reveled pedaling on Willamette Blvd.’s bikeway this crisp, clear spring day.  Willamette’s End is a relatively new shop.  We found it to be cozy,  its owners and baristas friendly, its coffee refills affordable, and the decor and art attractive.  In other words, it’s a comfortable shop in which to hang out, though we can imagine it could be less comfortable as it gets busier.

Discussion topics today included the frustration M and wife J went through in needing a certified copy of their marriage license when applying for Social Security benefits, and  learning that their officiant rabbi had not registered it with San Diego County, Yikes!;  the unbelievable shenanigans of Michael Cohen in his seemingly shady business dealings; D’s pleasure that his son N. is relocating back to Portland after a try at romance in Utah didn’t work out; the upcoming open houses of Portland’s local co-housing communities; and H’s showing off his technological backwardness in assuming that after hearing Billie Holiday songs alternating with others, the shop had a rotating CD player; (the streaming playlist world passed him by, obviously.)

5003A N. Lombard                williamette’sendcoffee.com