We visited the downtown (SW Broadway/Washington) outlet of St. Honore shortly after it opened in 2017, and maybe because it was a dreary day, or there was still interior work to do, we felt the interior looked institutional and lacked pizzazz.  But today we sat on the Broadway side rather than the Washington one, and the feel inside was much more interesting.  Looking inward we saw various interesting geometric lines we hadn’t seen before, as well as their three different types and levels of lights; smiling staff at various work stations; and happy patrons coming in mostly as family groups.   It was much more lively and enjoyable today.

Today’s topics included DM’s news that he and his wife J would be moving to our friend E’s new co-housing development in Cully, after being on the waiting list for three months until a significant number of younger families with kids had signed up; his recommendation for reading David Brooks’ provocative Atlantic article on the failure of nuclear families in our current culture, and the book Tribe; and H’s glowing reviews of the theatrical productions of Indecent by ART/Profile Theater/PSU and Pipeline by Portland Playhouse, and seeing the documentary of Jane Jacobs, Citizen Jane, which in some ways foretold of the dilemma nuclear families would face in lifeless suburbs, and large sterile apartment buildings that were in vogue in many urban renewal districts.

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