It's Monday and many of you have just gotten back from weekend getaways. We were stuck in rainy Seattle which had us reminiscing about a beautiful fall visit to Portland. If there are travel plans to the Rose City in your future here are a few digs you might want to consider resting your weary bones more ›

Portland, how did this food-lover overlook you for ten years? We took the train down, which was a pleasant, relaxing experience--except that the last couple of miles or so took about about 20 minutes due to work on the tracks. No big deal, except that instead of arriving at 1:50 p.m. as planned (perhaps even earlier), we were late and unable to get to Park Kitchen ahead of its 2 o'clock closing time, even though it's mere minutes from the station. Instead, we rolled the luggage through Chinatown to Ping, where we picked out a few Asian eats for late lunch. And then rolled our way to our first hotel. We were told it's too far to walk, but walking was good exercise after being on the train, allowing us to get our bearings and enabling us to ogle some food carts with jealousy. more ›