Thursday Anniversary: Lunch/Commons/La Moule

Happy Anniversary to us!  21 years.  Can you stand it?  21 years.  And I think spending it in Portland feels just right.

We had lunch at Wayfinder with our friend O and his two daughters.  Super good smoky Cobb salad - and Chis had a Prime Rib sammy that was out of this world!

After that we walked over to our favorite brewery - The Commons.  You may remember The Commons from...every single trip we have had here since they opened.  Truly a favorite.  And they are closing at the end of the year!!  BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO.   We had a few samplers and beers, had an amaze-balls cheese and meat plate, and played cards for a few hours.  Trust me, you'll see another post from there before we leave.  We have to buy beer to bring home!!

And then for anniversary dinner:  La Moule.  ALWAYS amazing, ALWAYS a favorite, ALWAYS wondering why we don't have places like this in Minneapolis.  Super wonderful.

Wednesday: Culmination Brewing & Apizza Scholl

Stop 1 - Culmination Brewing.  Had a couple of great samplers, and some tasty food.  Except for the 3 pounds of cilantro in the middle of our tacos.  Flicked it away...all good.

Then we got settled into our VRBO - SO CUTE.  It's called "THAT Blue Cottage" and it is a one bedroom, one bath, with a nice living room and big kitchen.  Great location, and has all the amenities.  Will recommend this one.

After settling in we headed to Apizza Scholl for dinner.  Super tasty pizza and (flash forward to Friday morning) we at the leftovers for breakfast on Friday morning before wineries.

Good first day!

Ditched in the Malibu!!

It was a Malibu or a mini-van.  However, this is actually a nice car and has that normal European "turns off when you are stopped at a light to lower emissions a huge amount and in America we are FINALLY figuring this shit out" feature.

On our way!

On the plane, enjoying a Furious, waiting to take off. 

Then we watched "Wonder Woman" during the flight!  Or should I say...Chris did.  I promptly passed out after about 25 minutes.  He said it was really good. 

We were on the right side of the plane this time - last year we were on the left and had amazing views of Mt. Hood when we were landing.  This time, we got beautiful views of the mountains in Washington on our descent.  I believe the first picture is Mt. Rainier in the back and Mt. Adams up front, and the second picture is Mt. Saint Helens.

What a lovely welcome as we landed! 

PDX 2017

On our way!  Another anniversary trip to Portland. filled with beer, wine, food, and oh, being away from work!

Hopefully my blog skills will be better than they were in Colorado.

Colorado, belated...

Well here's a rundown of what we did in Colorado

Got in Thursday night... drank.

Friday we went to the Vail Oktoberfest and walked around and drank and it was super fun and a super beautiful day.

Went out for dinner Friday night and had an awesome time, and awesome drinks.

Saturday was all about being on the mountain and seeing Elvis Costello perform.   It was 52 degrees with a 30 mile an hour wind on the mountain so we were freezing until of course I stood up on a picnic table and danced for the last hour of the concert. And drank.

Out to dinner again Saturday night.  Drank.

Sunday was lucky enough to have brunch with Sam. And then we headed to the airport.

The End.

Colorado here we come!!

Waiting for our flight out to Colorado to see Nan and Jon and fam. 

Much needed trip, we haven't flown anywhere in 11 weeks!!

Yeah yeah.  First world problems.

Oh, and showing a little Insight pride.  You would see the picture if the janky bullshit Blogger app actually worked.