I love living in Portland. It's a great, walkable city. I live near downtown, and don't have, or need, a car. Downtown is deliberately planned to be high density, mixed use, like a European city, which makes it great for walking.

Hopefully, these photos will give you an idea of what it's like to live here.

Impressionistic Portland Architecture

(a.k.a. fun with Photoshop)

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Rose Parade 2001

I used to live in Pasadena, famed for its Rose Parade. Funnily enough, Portland also has a Rose Parade.

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Milk Boat Race 2001

As part of the summer Rose Festival, kids of all ages build boats out of milk cartons and race them across a large boating pond. This year, it rained...

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