We went to Portland a weekend or two ago, and I basically fell in love with the city.
I don't really know why, it just "felt" awesome, like there was a good vibe there or something.
I'd like to know more about it, so if anyone has personal knowledge (either first-hand or from friends there, it's ok, just let me know) about the city and area, I'd really like to know.
I already looked it up in Wikipedia, and following one of the links I found out about a tiny, tiny park in Portland...
Mill Ends Park.
QuoteMill Ends Park (sometimes mistakenly called Mill's End Park)[1] is a tiny urban park located in the median strip of SW Naito Parkway, approaching esplanade along the Willamette River near SW Taylor Street in downtown Portland, Oregon, United States. The park is a small circle 2 ft (0.61 m) across, with a total area of 452 sq in (0.292 m2). It is the smallest park in the world, according to the Guinness Book of Records, which first granted it this recognition in 1971.[2]
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The small circle has featured many unusual items through the decades, including a swimming pool for butterflies—complete with diving board, a horseshoe, a fragment of the Journal building, and a miniature Ferris wheel which was delivered by a full size crane. On St. Patrick's Day, 2001, the park was visited by a tiny leprechaun leaning against his pot of gold and children's drawings of four-leaf clovers and leprechauns.[2] The park continues to be the site of St. Patrick's Day festivities. The events held here include concerts by Clan Macleay Pipe Band, picnics, and rose plantings by the Junior Rose Festival Court.[3]
It's exactly this kind of quirkiness that really gets my girlie going! It is so awesome that there are such characters *somewhere*!
On with the
Rave about Portland Party!
