The City of Roses.

Things we learned during our weekend in Portland:

Portland is a small city with a minimal skyline and trees everywhere.

Oregon has no sales tax, a fact we enjoyed taking advantage of.

Pumping your own gas is illegal in Oregon.

The International Rose Test Garden is lousy with roses.

Buying strawberries at a roadside stand is a good thing in Oregon.

Powell's isn't so much a "city" of books, but rather a "world" of books.

The Oregon coast is worth the 1.5 hour drive.

Portland has perfect gelato, too!

People in Portland are generally smartasses.

Those same people are generally covered in tattoos.

We like people in Portland.

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