Relaxing Last Day...

We had a very productive day today.  Started with lunch at Lardo - HELLO!  Amazing sandwiches!  I only regret not having thought of taking a picture.  Chris had the porchetta and I had the Korean Port Shoulder.  Nummy.  OH!  And I had a Diet Coke.  It may have been the best Diet Coke I've ever had.

We then headed to The Commons for our final goodbye, since they are closing at the end of the year.  We have had so many great memories here - drinking, playing cards, just hanging out and living the PDX life.  We are sad that they will be gone...and that we can't bring L&B here next June when we are here again for NHC.

Speaking of NHC, after The Commons, we drove around and looked at a few VRBOs - two in the Pearl and one in Nob Hill for next June.  I can't believe it's only 8 months away!  

Finished the day at Breakside - solid beers, and a good place to wind down.

We then came home, laid around, boxed up all the wine and beer, and started packing and getting ready to head home tomorrow (bleh!).

Had dinner and a few final beers at Great Notion.  They had a blueberry sour that tasted exactly like a blueberry muffin.  It was so odd, and then that is all I could taste for the rest of the night.  Bleh.  

It was a good relaxing day for our last day in Portland...just being here doing nothing makes us happy.

Last Day...What to Do?

Yesterday at lunch we both wondered, "When does our flight leave on Sunday?"  I thought around noon, or no, wait, late afternoon.  Turns out we leave at 9:50am.  Huh.  Well, I guess we are going to have to jam a bunch more into today!

Rose Garden, Japanese Garden, Pittock Mansion, breweries, shops? 

I'd better go get in the shower or it will be a day of laying on the couch.

Wine Day! Stop #7: Argyle

Beautiful tasting room, excellent service, additional wines beyond the tasting - they really know how to treat their wine club members right!!

We had pinots and bubbly, and then asked for some Riesling and their dessert wine.  Yum-my!

Chris loves the Riesling, and we both love the dessert wine - we are going to have to start finding a reason to have it more often!!

This was a wonderful end to our wine day and as we headed back to Portland, I promptly fell asleep in the car, full of wine and bliss.   Favorite day of the year.

Wine Day! Stop #6: Evening Land

Stopped at Evening Land at the recommendation of the nephew.

I think we got the wrong tasting.  The wines were good, not outstanding, and the only wine we bought was a Burgundy from Beaune, France.

Cute little tasting room, but I think since we weren't actually at the winery, it sort of loses something.

Wine Day! Stop #5: Bergstrom

After a few years of stopping by Bergstrom in a rushed manner, we made an appointment this year!

It was really nice.  The weather was stunning - low 70s, bright blue sky, slight breeze.  Sitting on the patio at the winery for 90 minutes just relaxing and drinking wine...what could be better?  Not much, I can tell you that.

Wine Day! Stop #4: Red Hills Market

No wine day in the Willamette is complete without lunch at Red Hills Market.  We get pretty much the same thing every time across three things:  ham & gruyere sandwich, roast beef & bleu sandwich, pizza with coppa.

We mixed it up today, a little...ham & gruyere and salami & arugula sandwiches.

There is something about that ham...clovey, sweet, and with the butter and gruyere - WHOA.  Amazing.  The salami sandwich was pretty awesome too.  I need to figure out that ham sandwich when I get home...

Wine Day! Stop #3: Lemelson

New winery for us this year.  The folks at Bergstrom recommended them.

They had really solid wines, and had a beautiful winery.  I liked it.