My scorecard: Portland Monthly’s 50 Things A Portlander Must Do
The article is in the March issue. Not posted online, tho.
OK, let’s run through some of the more interesting entries, and see how close I have come to doing them:
Paddle To Ross Island- No, but have driven over it on the Ross Island Bridge, and have hiked the Springwater Trail to a point where you could almost touch it.
Take a dip in the Keller Fountain (Third Ave ‘twixt Clay and Market)- No, but does picking up a contact splash from the Salmon Street Fountain count?
Shoot the Deschutes- walked on a footbridge over the Deschutes at the Riverhouse in Bend.
Sternwheeler Columbia Gorge- CHECK.
Gone nude beach-ing at Sauvie- No, but a few years ago on a boring summer weekday I drove by and peeked. Couldn’t see nothin’
Visit the Widmer Gashaus- Not in person, but my lips have tasted their products.
Attend the Oregon Brewer’s Fest- CHECK.
Hit every microbrewery in PDX- And how am I supposed to get around after the third brewpub?
Go to a block party- No but have been to some parties at the high-end apt complex B4 they went condo.
Go blueberry picking on Sauvie- Picnicked on Sauvie, but didn’t go picking on Sauvie. (Well, maybe my nose).
Riding the Canby Ferry- CHECK.
Ride the MAX line pretty much every place it goes- CHECK.
“Bring Home a Piece Of PAM (Portland Art Museum souvenirs). No, not that PAM. :-)
OK, I have done 4 out of 50.
Have you done more?
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- Ross Island vote tomorrow at City Hall
- My Prayers to Ninkasi Have Been Answered
- Pack a lunch, stay for the day…
- Road Trip to Sauvie Island
- Bridges Bridges Bridges Bridges

