From the center of Portland, we took a 2-hour drive to the Mirror Lake trailhead. The trailhead is accessible directly from Highway 26. My friend has recommended that we park at the side of the highway since everyone else does it. However, when we went, no one was parked there. This may be because it […]
Day 2 started at 12:00pm. With a hungry tummy, we headed to Pine State Biscuits. There are various locations in Portland and do expect to wait in line. Pine State Biscuits started in Portland specializing in Southern style breakfast/brunch. We ordered the Reggie Deluxe, Hash Ups w/ steak, a side of fried chicken, and a […]
Dinner was a much anticipated spot called the Ox Restaurant. It was a dark, rainy night, so it felt pretty quiet driving into the parking lot. Once we entered the restaurant, though, we found out there was a 2 hour wait. Conveniently, there was a bar next door called the Whey Bar (it was their […]
We explored a bit of Old Town and stumbled upon Ground Kontrol. You can’t miss the neon signs. It was raining outside so we decided to hang out for a bit. What you get here is a place full of arcades that are as cheap as the year 2000! Happy hour price for beers were […]
After expending all our energy, we decided to head to downtown Portland for an early dinner. Street foods is always top of on our list anywhere in the world. And so we went to Alder Street & S.W. 10th Street in downtown to eat “street food.” Meter parking in the streets was abundant, as it […]
After breakfast (or lunch), it was enroute to see Multnomah Falls, Oregon’s tallest waterfall. Taking a 45 minutes scenic drive from downtown Portland, you’ll pass Bridal Veil and several other smaller falls. Once you reach Multnomah Falls, parking is abundant. After snapping a couple photos, we proceeded to the top of the falls. Had it […]
We started the first morning in Portland with a .5 miles walk to breakfast: Nong’s Khao Man Gai. If you’ve seen Chef Nong compete on the show Chopped, you might have heard of this restaurant. There are a couple locations in Portland, one of them being a food cart in downtown Portland. The location near […]
We arrived and settled into our AirBnB apartment at about 11:00PM. The December rain kicked in, making the streets pretty wet and quiet. Feeling famished, we went on to the Yelp app to find some dinner spots open at this hour. About .5 miles away was a wings and beer spot called Fire On The […]
We attempted the hike to Sandstone Peak on New Year Day 2016. There were various places to park at the head of the trail. Once we approached the head trails on Yerba Buena Road, cars were parked on the side and were crowding the main lot for the trail. The first real parking lot gave […]