Portland Trip: Part 2

Mom, Mary & I spent 3 days up in the Portland area last week. It was an unexpected trip but what a treat to see "home" again :)We got up there late Monday evening. We stopped by the hospital to see my aunt then went and got settled in our hotel room.
Tuesday we got up and took Momma over to the hospital then Mary and I went shopping at Ikea. We have an Ikea in Salt Lake City but I've never been. I now see why people rant and rave about that store! Oh my goodness....words cannot express the awesomeness of it! We fell in love with so many rooms and we each picked out "our" kitchen :) Needless to say we had SO much fun.
After shopping we went back to the hospital and sat with Momma and 2 of our cousins during my aunts surgery. She came through the surgery very well and is now home :)
That evening we met my brothers at Sharis for dinner. My brother David lives in the greater Portland area and my brother John lives in the Stevenson, WA area.
We had a wonderful 2+ hrs. with them!

The following pictures are random pictures around Portland.............

Ikea! I will post pictures from our trip here later.

Blackberries grow everywhere in Western Oregon......I miss them SO much. It's my favorite berry. I bought 2 jars of this blackberry jam at Sharis.

The waitress was very friendly and took a picture of us :)
~Lisa (John's girlfriend), John, Mary, Momma, Me, David and his wife Kristijana

I snapped this as we were driving across Burnside Bridge ~Steel Bridge is the next bridge over. It was built in 1912 and is the only double deck bridge with independant lifts in the world. It is the second oldest vertical lift bridge in the world. The bridge in the background is Fremont Bridge. It was built in 1973.

This sign was put up in 1940 and has had various messages and advertising over the years. The longest running advertisement was for White Stag Sportswear. It ran from 1959 - 1997. In 1977 it became a historic landmark. The sign was acquired by the City of Portland in 2010 and it now reads Portland, Oregon. Every Christmas (since 1959) the stags nose is red in imitation of Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer.

Henry's Tavern has over 100 beers and hard ciders on tap, mostly from local breweries. It's located where Blitz-Weinhard Brewery brewed on site for more than 140 years.

Henry Taverns courtyard entrance.

Inside the courtyard is the smokestack that Blitz-Weinhard Brewery used.

Powells City of Books.......one of my moms favorite stores :) It is one of the worlds largest new and used bookstores. It takes up a whole city block!

I snapped this picture in passing.....I don't remember what the building was but the window caught my eye :)

One of Portlands Theatres

Portland ~ "City of Roses"......they grow everywhere

The road up by OHSU ~ Oregon Health & Science University  (established in 1887)

This speaks home to me.......moss & thick forests of trees everywhere.

Well, tomorrow I will share more of our trip :)

Have a beautiful day!
~JanMarie