Hipster Homeland

So Recently a friend and I took a lady-cation to Portland. Having never been to Portland I of course asked all my social friends what I had to see. Apparently Portland has beer and doughnuts, so I already knew I was in for some carb-y goodness. Upon landing we hopped on the light rail and headed to our hotel. Anyone whose every met me knows I have no sense of direction whatsoever so it was no surprise when we got off the train and I explained we needed to figure out where the hotel was when my traveling companion pointed out the large building. Right.behind.me. So once again my internal gps pretty much screwed me.

ITS SO FLUFFY!

Both being animal lovers we decided to head to the zoo. So if you are ever in Portland and have 11 bucks you should totally check out the zoo! We spent hours walking around seeing all the animals, and acting like teenagers because honestly what good is a lady-cation if you can act a fool? Once again I decided that I really needed to put a penguin in my purse but alas my pet penguin dreams have once again gone unfulfilled. 

So this happened. 

This should have scared me but I live with Bruce Kanye so it didn't

I also want to be as happy as this bear. 

So after the zoo we went to back to the hotel and had drinks at the super awesome rooftop bar our hotel had. Another fun tip is make friends with the bartender. We made friends with the super awesome Rashad and he was seriously a delight to talk to! 

Day 2 started with brunch, we had asked the front desk staff for some suggestions and they swore a certain place was were we had to go. So after a long light rail ride, an even longer hike thanks to siri's detours we ended up at the restaurant. Fun fact. If you are over the age of 25 DO NOT take brunch advice from the 20 year olds. Arriving at what I am pretty sure is a night club that serves eggs, we sat down hoped not to get roofied in the process. After giving up on the loud music and low lights we ended up at a super cute cafe with a great patio. This is where my real love of Portland started. Not only did they have coffee (Which is my favorite ever) but instead of having the normal sugar packs and cream they had raw brown sugar cubes to plop in your java. Plus water in a super sweet glass bottle that screamed hipster fab. 

The next stop after brunch was the Saturday Market, which is like a giant crafty fair thing. But they have deep fried foods and a crap ton of duct tape artists (I don't get it either.) Then out of no where was sign that made the entire trip to Portland go from awesome to AMAZEBALLS! 

That's right people. Bowties. For Cats. Now if you've met me I'm pretty much total cat lady. I routinely battle all my friends wedding and baby posts with pictures of my cats. So cat bow ties pretty much make me want to scream "TAKE MY MONEY NOW!" The guy running the booth was super awesome and I fully have to say if you ever need a cat bow tie you should totally check out: 

www.businesscatual.com

After Saturday market we went back and saw Rashad for some pre dinner cocktails. The we headed to the Kennedy School which is probably the only school I would ever be okay with going to every day. 

Beards and Beer? Well yeah. 

So Portland has whiskey bacon butter. And that is why I almost never came home. 

So the final part of Portland was probably the only thing we had 100% committed to before showing up in Oregon. Voodoo Doughnuts. Having seen the long ass line on Saturday we figured the best plan of attack was to try and get there before the lines. Helpful hint: there is ALWAYS a line! Even at 6:30 in the morning we had to wait 20 minutes for our sugary goodness. In the end it was so WORTH IT. Granted the fruit loop doughnut left me feeling very diabeticy.

So in conclusion Portland is AWESOME. I do not own enough flannel to there but I will totally be back!