I visited Portland for the first time last weekend from Canada. I had a dental conference at the Oregon Convention Centre. I absolutely loved the city—the buildings, the art, culture, graffiti, even the people.

Being a brown person and one with a turban, I do get a bit concerned when I go to a new place, especially when there’s barely any brown representation. But honestly, it was great, I didn’t get even one weird glance. Everyone felt kind and warm.

The Convention Centre was really nice too, loved the vibe inside, and the conference went awesome, I learned so many new things like AI in dentistry and newer technology.

I visited the Japanese Garden, which was one of the most beautiful gardens I’ve ever seen. It’s so well planned and maintained—you can tell there’s a lot of thought and effort behind its beauty.

I also checked out the Portland Art Museum, which was stunning. Such a great collection! I especially loved the whole Claude Monet section, and even the Psychedelic American art was pretty cool.

Overall, it was a great experience. It was my first time visiting another state outside of California. I’d love to go again and check out the Rose Garden, the zoo, and the other museums and attractions.

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Spotted at Fremont Whole Foods parking lot.

Went through my side yard gate, it’s where our canoes are stored and found all these morels!! In SE near Holgate and Cesar Chavez. I’ve never found them here before in the 6 years I’ve been in this house

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I'm thinking about starting a calendar that keeps track of all the karaoke happenings around town (as much as possible). You could view it on a website or add it to your google calendar, and then whenever you wanted to see your karaoke options for any given evening, there they are.

Would you use something like that?

Found today (4.5) around 3:15pm. If they look familiar, slide into my DMs.

Today I bought a pretty much brand new speargun that retails for ~$600 off a homeless dude that was walking around Central Eastside with it. Gave him $40 for it cuz he was really friendly and I didn’t want him scaring people walking around with a 5ft spear. Also it was a great deal.

If it’s yours, hit me up with some identifying details and I’ll get it back to you.

Please message me if you know someone who has lost a dog in the area! He’s a very good boy and wants to be home

400+ people in and around a warehouse and I think I counted 6 functional bathrooms.

Butterfly Belly Asian Cuisine on Park and Flanders ... the owner is amazing.

Found myself walking in downtown as a surprise (running an errand where there was an unexpected 20 minute wait.) Walked from 2nd and Jefferson to Broadway and Salmon. Surprisingly little traffic (although I'm not usually downtown on a Friday at 12:50 PM). Only one suspicious new stream of fluid on the ground (not that I was counting) and just an overall lovely day in PDX. May we have many more this year.

Only had about 20 mins to shoot this year. Am digging the results :)