Category Archives: Southwest

On this sunny, brisk, blustery, invigorating  morning, five of us headed downtown to try out the latest Coava outpost.  Though we’ve found the flagship on SE Grand visually delicious, the layout for hanging out there was less welcoming.  Surprisingly, the … Continue reading →

40 Lbs Coffee’s embrace of a theme that echoes Portland’s industrial/train/bridge past and present, is unique.  Design elements include fabricated metal gears that convey images of steam engines and power plants; murals of Union Station and the  Steel Bridge; metal … Continue reading →

With outlets in the residential areas of NW Thurman and SE Division, we’re very happy to see St. Honore’s prized pastries being made available to residents and visitors in the downtown center of town.  The spot they moved into has … Continue reading →

Oracle is the most recent coffee shop to open in the S. Waterfront area, it is vegan through and through, and thanks to Willamette Week we learned it’s co-owned by the drummer of the Fall Out Boys, a popular band … Continue reading →

Motivated by two relaxing and stimulated outings to the back porch of Jet Black, H and D headed to the SW waterfront complex for the cozy Upstream shop and its outdoor picnic benches overlooking the boat docks on the Willamette. … Continue reading →

Despite there being only two of us this Memorial Day weekend, we felt glorious, convinced that this was a picture perfect morning to be bicycling along the Willamette towards Johns Landing.  Bubbling with how beautiful Portland looked, we just about … Continue reading →

We didn’t plan on visiting Public Domain on this cold, dry, windy, invigorating ride. Four of us aimed for the new Barista spot in the Pine St. Market downtown, but found that this counter did not sell any pastries, and … Continue reading →

Making a major exception from past practices of the past five years, today’s group of six chose to visit a Starbucks on this morning’s dry, scintillating ride.  Our rationale was that we wanted to applaud Howard Schultz’s bold stand re. … Continue reading →

Today was a red letter day for today’s two bicyclists.  Baker & Spice was on our “Still Need to Visit” list for at least three years, and though we’re used to making the 8 mile flat ride to St. Johns … Continue reading →

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