This year we got to visit one of our favorite places with some of our very favorite people. We started off with a delicious brunch at Slappy Cakes where you can get anything on a pancake. We opted for ginger batter and for toppings we chose scallions and lemon curd. Although those sound like a bizarre combination, both really worked.
Next we enjoyed a leisurely stroll through Portland's Rose Gardens. I had no idea there we so many different types of roses is all different colors and smells.
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This is just one of the many (many) pictures we took on our walk.
In addition to the hundreds of types of roses, the gardens had sculptures
One of the gardens was the Shakespeare Garden.
And there was an outdoor theater.
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In the afternoon we visited a knitting store and our favorite book store.
Todd opted for a coffee shop during the first half of the yarn store adventure. He was nice enough to bring coffees for the yarn addicted admiring yarn and knitted samples at Knit-Purl.
The yarn store also featured an extremely friendly Cavalier King Charles Spaniel that Todd made friends with.
After our yarn fix we poured over books, stationary, graphic novels and more at our favorite book store, Powell's.
Our first day was also Hannah's birthday so we celebrated with happy hour drinks and food at a local pub with an outdoor garden.
Last but not least we had fantastic birthday desserts at Papa Hayden's where we tried not to over do it.
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