re: Portland OR ideas

While I understand a lot of hate and issues plaguing Portland, most is largely unwarranted, as I thought it's a pretty cool city to visit.

Fantastic food scene, great breweries, and world class wine from Willamette Valley in its backyard. It's also full of tons of historic walkable neighborhoods. Like a small town that doesn't know it's a big city. Also, the Oregon coast is a full day minimum trip if you want to actually get out of your car and explore, which you should.

Few things I enjoyed in/around Portland:
- We had a good dinner at Canard. Casual version of the nextdoor fancy sister restuarant, Le Pigeon.
- St Honore Bakery
- Definitely a coffee/tea city, Coava Roasters for great beans
- Japanese Gardens and Rose Garden. Beautiful park to visit.
- Pick a brewery, any brewery - some focus on sours, etc
- Silver Falls State Park - 7-8 mile hike through about a dozen beautiful waterfalls
- Columbia River Gorge - Multnomah Falls, Horsetail Falls, Dog Mountain Trail was epic and all within 30 min
- Willamette Valley is beautiful driving through the vineyards, hills, and towns. If you want to do a wine tasting, Alloro Vineyard is really nice and much closer in to Portland