One of the things that excites me most about living in a new place is all the weekend trips! We made the 3 hour drive down to Portland over Martin Luther King Jr. day weekend and it was honestly so much fun! I am totally sold on Portland and want to go back ASAP. There was amazing art everywhere, and the food was SO good. Oh, and the people were really nice, too. 10/10 trip overall!
We stayed at this Airbnb (super affordable) and it was in the prettiest neighborhood, that I am obviously now convinced I need to move to lol. Anyway, here's a little guide to what we did and what you should do too!
We started with Pine Street Biscuits and I would 10/10 recommend, especially the "veggie reggie". (I got mine without the veggie sausage.) There was a line when we went, so be prepared for that, but it went relatively fast. Afterward, we walked up and down Alberta street to look at the murals, which was also something I would recommend. There were tons of fun shops along the way as well!
After our walk, we drove around the city a bit and then got donuts at Blue Star. Everyone says Blue Star donuts are better than Voodoo donuts... I feel like they are just different? Voodoo has a really cool, artsy feeling. I mean, you can get a donut shaped like a voodoo doll with jelly in the middle lol. Blue Star is definitely more minimal and clean feeling. I'd say you can't go wrong with either!
It gets dark at like 5:00pm during winter in the pacific northwest, so we saw 1917 (so good by the way!) and then grabbed pizza. It was late when our movie got out, so I googled around for pizza, and lo and behold we stumbled on the cutest little place! It's a food truck called Ash Pizza. We walked down this cozy alleyway to a cute little seating area with a couple food trucks and twinkle lights.
The pizza was amazing, too! I got the mushroom and olive, which had lemon zest and arugula.
Overall, our first day in Portland sold us! If you have any recommendations for things we need to do next time, let me know!
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