I had a great place to stay in Portland at a friend of Ambryns, Annie who lived with some great folks in a fabulous neighborhood on Alberta st. Alberta is full of coffee shops, restaurants, shops from trendy to artsy originals. There was an awesome community bike store with new and used parts, equipment, and bikes. I would love to see more of these in Boston and NH!! I visited one of the many local co-ops and gazed at the natural and local foods. You could measure out just about anything you wanted in the open bins and there were aisles of organic cereals and chocolates and snacks. Local yogurt, my only purchase, and cheeses galore. Then I came across some strange cookies, that turned out to be 'raw' cookies...I kinda wanted to buy them just to taste. Produce was the best with all local fruits and veggies and of course some free tastings-I tried yellow watermelon and my new favorite kiwi berries!! You guys have to try them...they are tiny bite size kiwis without all the furry, scooping mess of regular kiwis!!!
My artistic picture of Alberta st
My first tour day I drove to Washington park to explore two gardens: the rose garden (Mom you would have never left this one!) and the Japanese garden.
A quick shot of downtown, hard to do while driving and in the rain
turning away from the city into the park
a beautiful escape
My first Redwoods!!
Welcome to the Rose Garden
I was so fortunate that it rained because all my pictures looked so much better! The flowers were amazing and clearly still in bloom in October! There were many exotic types...now I have some great types to request for the future!:)
The Rock n Roll Shrub
My new desktop picture - the Lagerfeld Grandflora
Red...need I say more.
The Dream Come True collection
'yellow'
And yes they smelled as amazing as they look!
Onto the Japanese Garden!
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