Scene Around Portland: Art and Gelato

This weekend, I toodled around Alberta Street, the Pearl and NW 23rd Street. I fell in love with Manor, a home furnishings store that is 100 percent in my taste and out of my budget. After drooling all over their goods, I drooled over a cup of the best gelato I've found so far in this town. I brought my camera so you could enjoy some of the sights too.

a new-to-me artist, Holly Cappello

eye-catching store signage

seen at the ever-colorful Cargo in the Pearl

my fabulous cup of canteloupe and banana gelato

This week is full of school preparations, we have a supply list to deal with for the first time. Our backpack that is still in great shape since kindergarten is too big for the shared lockers here, so sadly we must find a new one. The Noodle found out yesterday he is in the same classroom as his penpal-now-local-friend so that is great news. The boys will be happy to have one friendly face on their first day. 

I love Portland and I'm tickled to be living in a city I love now, but all of the school prep has made me quite homesick to be honest. I miss the trust and comfort of the school community we built there over the past three years. This is the hardest part of the relocation for me so far.