Powell's City of Books Portland

Loving Oregon! Some fast facts about Portland (and Oregon): 1. You can't pump your own gas...Oregon and New Jersey are the only two states where it is illegal to fill your own car. We did not know this, and in the town of Boring, we found out quickly when the attendant came flying out at us. You should also never use restrooms at gas stations in …

Entry containing 7 photos titled: Nature Time, Pretty Leaf, The Magic is in the Hole, Keep Portland Weird, Powell's City of Books, Voodoo Donuts, Hugs

I was travelling in the Pacific Northwest on Business and decided to throw in a weekend away with the boy in Portland. This is really my kind of town; great food, lots of art and public parks, good coffee and many microbreweries.

We started our Friday night with a walk around the old part of the city. The old architecture blends …

Today we finished off our second and last day of training for our international trip. We got sent out to a specific area of downtown Portland today with our teams and had to apply all that we have learned so far by striking up convos with Portlanders. The leaders have really emphasized how important it is to go into a new culture with the mindset …

Sitting in the airport (finally!) about to get on our first flight-a red eye to Houston where we have a 2 hour layover and then head to Costa Rica!! Nothin to exciting happened today. Spent a lot of time "chillin like a villian" as Phillip, one if my team members always says haha. Spent a rainy yucky day in Portland-got to check out Powell's Books …

Well, we left Centralia for the second time after a sleep in en route to Portland, Oregon. We managed to get off the I5 and maneuver our way through their many one way streets to find a car park. After parking near china town on 4th avenue, we walked down to Powells City of Books which was incredibly massive!! We ended u.p getting two books, one …

After a delicious smoothie breakfast (juice, banana, berries, frozen peach, yoghurt in the osterizer for a bit) I was on my way. Susan gave me excellent directions on how to get into the express lane - so I missed the worst of the traffic getting out of Seattle. Getting around Puget Sound is a fair part of the journey <g>.

The day …

Breakfast at Shari's (http://www.sharis.com/) was healthy and filling and set us up for our trip on the TriMet transit (train speeding through a l-o-n-g three-mile tunnel under Portland's West Hills and bus into Cascade Plaza and Powell’s BIG bookstore – covers about a city block and is, I think, about 3 stories high. I wandered up and …

I took the opportunity for a bit of a sleep in at the Super 8 and made a leisurely drive. It was only a 2 and a bit hour drive but I was hoping the weather would clear so I could see Mount St. Helens which was having some intermediate "blurps" and threatening to explode again.

Unfortunately, the entire valley (Cowlitz/Toutle) was covered …

Day 4 was all about waking up in Portland! After a quick breakfast we jumped in the car and headed toward Downtown Portland on Highway 26. The traffic was heavy for 1030 on a Wednesday morning but we were downtown before we knew it and ready for a walking tour we decided to take at 11. We walked across Pioneer Square which had lots of activities …

... joy when she discovered a new one.  It was pretty neat anyway.  On our Simpsons discovery walk we came across Powell's City of Books.  It is the largest independent bookstore in the world.  It is certainly large.  There are directions to various ...

... Impressionists to the present.  It also has an interesting and large collection of Native American art and artifacts. 5) Powell's (City of Books) bookstore.  One of the greatest bookstores in world, Powell's is well worth a stop if ...

... is nice, though; old brick buildings, trams, lots of greenery shading the streets . We walk to our sole reason for stopping: Powell's City of Books, the largest bookstore in the world. More than a million titles! For a my Mom, a librarian and me, a ...

... OMSI). Both places were a lot of fun and educational. The kids loved both places. We had dinner at Henry's (as in Henry Weinhard) downtwn. It's a fun place to eat, and they have a HUGE menu. Went to our favorite bookstore Powell's City of ...

... suggested going, thinking, "Hey that sounds like fun...wine, food, entertainment all in one place." It was a major rip off. We drove back to Portland... Went shopping late in the evening at Powell's City of Books, the best book store on the ...

... raincoats and umbrellas. We ended up having dinner at Whole Foods (I'm so in love with that place) and then we got lost in Powell's City of Books, the largest book store in the world. That place is unbelievable. We were in there for a few hours and I ...

... : Matthew and Kory This entry's blogger: Kory If I ever "go missing," I'll tell you now where to look for me: in Powell's City of Books in Portland. But it's so huge, you may still not be able to find me. I was familiar with Powell's, the world's ...

... capital of North America), before we moved to another one on the way to the largest independent bookstore in North America. Powell's City of Books takes up a whole city block and comprises five levels of new and used books that could keep you busy for a ...

... sized book shop in Portland from the border guard at the Mexican border (of all places!), and it turned out it was the Powell's City of Books right near where we had that sandwiches, so we headed on over armed with some travel guides to trade.  This ...

... . We visited some fancy-dancy theaters on that tour. It was very interesting.   After lunch, we walked to Powell's City of Books, the largest independent bookstore in the world. They had 16 different copies of Alice in Wonderland. It was that big. ...