Friday, June 8, 2012
Breakfast: oatmeal with blueberries, banana, cinnamon. muni to bart to sfo. pinkberry frozen yogurt: peanut butter in a waffle cone with dark chocolate chips. sushi platter from wakaba sushi & noodle. virgin america flight 816 to portland. Flight delayed about 30 minutes, a bit bumpy. I'm in Portland for the weekend to attend cousin Anna wedding. The wedding day coincides with the Grand Floral Parade, part of the Portland Rose Festival. Pickup by Lani, Alex, Corinna, and Henry. Drop off at Park Lane Suites. Our room was 201. Park Lane Suites is very close to the Portland Timbers stadium. The building looks like it was built in the 1970s and was renovated within the past 5 years. I noticed some maintenance quality problems: rust at the bottom of the bathroom door frame, the cabinetry between the dishwasher and refrigerator was water-damaged and rotting. One of the room heaters did not work, but we reported the problem and it was promptly repaired. Free wireless worked in the living room but not the bedrooms and was measured to be around 600 Kbps. Dex had spent a day in Seattle and drove down to meet us. Corinna and Lani left us with a box of half-eaten Voodoo Doughnuts, so I sampled them all. My favorite was Portland Cream, then Mango Tango. Relaxed, unpacked, ironed clothes for tomorrow, relaxed. Cab to MetroVino. Explored park. Dinner at MetroVino. Ice cream and coffee at Cool Moon ice cream.