New Life, New Coast.

Becoming Portlanders.

Our 1-month anniversary of living in Portland came this past week, the same day as my first trip to Seattle for work. It's funny how going to Seattle is so commonplace here -- you just hop on a "shuttle" (a very small plane that's very susceptible to turbulance!) and land in about 30 minutes. Easy as that! As my colleague and I drove to the Marriott Waterfront, I was struck once again at how breathtaking the Pacific Northwest is. We can't wait for our family and friends to come visit!

We have less than one week now until we move into our "permanent residence" (pics coming soon) in Multnomah Village. We went to meet with the landlord again yesterday and signed the lease...we are SO excited to move in. It's got a yard and a garage, flowers growing, three bedrooms, windows in the kitchen...the works. We've been living without the majority of our "stuff" for almost five weeks now, so we're practically salivating at the thought of sleeping in our own bed, with our own pillows, using our own towels and being able to cook with our own dishes.

Until life settles down once again (and we move into our fifth dwelling since we've been married...sigh), we're having fun exploring the city. In my never-ending quest to update my wardrobe, we visited NE and NW Portland yesterday, along with the strangely appealing suburb of Hillsboro. Why, oh why do we love suburbia so much? This morning we strolled along Hawthorne and drove through Mount Tabor Park. So much to see and experience in this new town of ours.

posted by Nikki @ 1:09 PM