PORTLAND, OREGON

PORTLAND is a city that rides. this particular photo was taken outside of a hospital, i believe it was also a light rail stop. but this was only about a quarter of the bikes that had been locked up for the day there. i recently had an opportunity to vacation there and was blown away by many of the cities great qualities. here are some highlights...

-ROVING PACKS OF PINBALL CREWs (portland is the pinball capital of america???)

-NO SALES TAX

-MORE BREWERIES THEN THE BEER CAPITAL OF THE WORLD (at the time of my visit 28 brewerys were accounted for)

-FULLY NEKKED GO-GO WITH DRINKING & MORE GO-GO BARS PER CAPITA THEN ANYWHERE IN THE U.S.A

-A SELF SUSTAINING LOCAL ORIENTENTED ECONOMY

-BIKE LANES EVERYWHERE

-AMERICANS LARGEST BOOKSTORE

-ONE OF AMERICAS OLDEST JAPANESE GARDENS

-A YEAR ROUND SNOW CAPPED MOUNTAIN THAT IS WITH IN VIEW AND ONLY AN HOUR 1/2 AWAY (YEAR ROUND SNOW!!! EVEN WHEN ITS 90 DEGREES IN THE CITY)

-A GREAT NEW WAVE OF AMERICAN COOKS, BREAKING OLD RULES AND BUILDING NEW CULINARY ADVENTURES

-VOODOO DONUTS????

-MOVIE THEATERS THAT HAVE 2ND RUN MOVIES FOR 3 BUCKS THAT SERVE BEER AND PIZZA'S??

-TAQUERIAS TAQUERIAS TAQUERIAS