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Cascadia Trip Accumulation

Stuff we acquired on our trip to Portland, Oregon, with a stop in Seattle, Washington.
tags: Amtrak, Overland Equipment, PDX, Portland, Powell's, Seattle, TriMet, accumulation, art, cute, inventory, postcards, soundtransit, travels
sillygwailo added a note: Overland Equipment Auburn bag.

sillygwailo added a note: The Alexander Technique by Richard Brennan

sillygwailo added a note: Two maps of Powell's City of Books in Portland.

sillygwailo added a note: Boost Your Brain Power

sillygwailo added a note: U.S. stamps for mailing postcards.

sillygwailo added a note: 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 Richard rescued from the trash.

sillygwailo added a note: Seattle SoundTransit transit guide.

sillygwailo added a note: Two free Portland bridges bookmarks. That beat paying $19 for the poster of the same bridges.

sillygwailo added a note: www.inclusivecity.com/

sillygwailo added a note: 4 Amtrak ticket stubs for the train trips we took from Portland to Seattle, then from Seattle to Vancouver.

counti8 added a note: Artist postcard from gallery in the Pearl District.

counti8 added a note: Pumpkin Butter with Port, from the "Made in Oregon" store.

counti8 added a note: 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!)

counti8 added a note: "Dreaming Escape", a book of poems translated from Albanian.

counti8 added a note: Greeting cards from Positively Green

sillygwailo added a note: 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.

counti8 added a note: Our little big purchase: the Flip MinoHD, with a custom design that I commissioned from @idleglory (flickr: rocketcandy).

counti8 added a note: 2 rolls of film from the Fisheye camera, ISO 400 and ISO 200.

counti8 added a note: Notebooks and a Jane Austen address book, also from Powell's.

counti8 added a note: Apple Cider, obtained from the Farmer's Market.

sillygwailo added a note: Bridges of Portland fridge magnet.

counti8 added a note: Art gallery opening card from Moshi Moshi.

counti8 added a note: The poster for Duncan Sheik's 2009 winter tour for Whisper House and Spring Awakening. We attended his shows in Portland and Seattle.

counti8 added a note: Ticket stub from the Portland show (see poster note below).

counti8 added a note: Artist postcard from gallery in the Pearl District.

counti8 added a note: Skirt purchased from The Future Inc., which closed this past Saturday.

counti8 added a note: An "Oregon Wilderness" postcard, the outlier of the 8 we sent in total to our American and Canadian friends on this trip.

counti8 added a note: Apple Cinnamon Tea from Pike Place Public Market in Seattle. The entire kitchen smells like this tea now.
If we were to do a Wordle of our notes, I think it would show the essential highlights of our trip: music, Powell's, food, a bit of planner-ness, some art, and transit.
You two are too cute. :)
SO MUCH STUFF!!! eeeeeeee ^O^..
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Now you can open up your own visitor info centre & souvenir shop! ;-)
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