Inspired by the inventories Liz posts on Flickr, Karen and I decided to take a photo of everything we accumulated on our trip to Portland and then Seattle. We set physical we took from America on the floor and then stood on a chair to take the photo with our DSLR. Below is the photo plus a list of the items with some links, taken from the annotations Karen and I added to the Flickr photo.
- Overland Equipment Auburn bag.
- The Alexander Technique Manual by Richard Brennan
- Two maps of Powell's City of Books in Portland.
- Boost Your Brain Power Week by Week: 52 Techniques to Make You Smarter by Bill Lucas
- U.S. stamps for mailing postcards.
- Various TriMet maps, passes and info. From right to left: three maps, a comic in Spanish, and a bike rider's guide. The five passes are: one bus transfer, two weekly passes, and two "honored citizens" passes that I rescued from the trash.
- Seattle Sound Transit guide.
- Two free Portland bridges bookmarks. That beat paying $19 for the poster of the same bridges.
- Inclusive City book flyer.
- 4 Amtrak ticket stubs for the train trips we took from Portland to Seattle, then from Seattle to Vancouver.
- Artist postcard from gallery in the Pearl District.
- Pumpkin Butter with Port, from the "Made in Oregon" store.
- Spiced hazelnuts with cinnamon and pepper. I talked to the man who makes them at the People's Co-op Farmer's Market. It was chilly. (The weather at the market, not the man!)
- Dreaming Escape, a book of poems translated from Albanian.
- Greeting cards from Positively Green
- Seattle Art Museum tickets to Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness. We stumbled on it on our way to a concert, donated in the wrong box, plead our case, and got in as the result of the donation.
- Our little big purchase: the Flip MinoHD, with a custom design that I commissioned from @idleglory (flickr: rocketcandy).
- 2 rolls of film from the Fisheye camera, ISO 400 and ISO 200.
- Notebooks and a Jane Austen address book, also from Powell's.
- Apple Cider, obtained from the Farmer's Market.
- Bridges of Portland fridge magnet.
- Art gallery opening card from Moshi Moshi.
- The poster for Duncan Sheik's 2009 winter tour for Whisper House and Spring Awakening. We attended his shows in Portland and Seattle.
- Ticket stub from the Portland Duncan Sheik show.
- Artist postcard from gallery in the Pearl District.
- Skirt purchased from The Future Inc., which closed this past Saturday.
- An "Oregon Wilderness" postcard, the outlier of the 8 we sent in total to our American and Canadian friends on this trip.
- Apple Cinnamon Tea from Pike Place Public Market in Seattle. The entire kitchen smells like this tea now.
