In town for the annual Bandwidth Conference (has moved from SFO where it used to be held; next year, I hear Chicago...) The conference is held at the “Kennedy School”, an 80+ years old complex, designed in the Italian Renaissance revival style, that used to be a school, and now, renovated by the McMenamis family, is a multi-function building (lots of art exhibits scattered around). There is an open-air soaking pool in the complex (very nice intricate tile work!) where Laurence and Beatrice have been before (we joined there - see phot below - along with Eric, at the end of the conference – after a drink at the Boiler Room Bar, with its Gothic feel, and before going to dinner nearby (Laurelhurst Restaurant on Burnside Street, East)
Spent the weekend with Laurence, Eric et la petite Béatrice. The Small Portable House project is underway and construction is taking shape (at least the bottom – see photo below; much more advanced on paper!)
Sound breakfast in the country side (in the area nearby of Hillsboro). Lunch/collation at Oven and Shaker, in the Pearl’s district in Portland. Dinner that night with Eric’s parents, at Laurence and Eric’s place. Lunch the day after in town at Isabel Restaurant (pancake breakfast at home!), after a visit to Eric’s store. “Hand-Eye Supply” – a “brick & mortar” offshoot of Core 77. Walked after on both sides of the Willamette River (crossing at the N Steel Bridge, coming back in town through the SE Morrison Bridge!), before checking in at Hotel Monaco (part of the Kimpton Hotels brand) where I got an upgrade.
Portland, August 29, 2012
