Portland!

At the end of the COS MARINE course, Ben and I finally had some time to enjoy with one another; we spent a week up in Portland.

Portlandia: Put a bird on it! It's not even a joke. That shit's for real here.

We stayed with our close friends Phillip and Tara. And, basically, we ate well and didn't do a lot more than that. It was my only true vacation this summer!!!

Eating at a Japanese ramen house

Me ordering food at one of Portland's ubiquitous and genius foodcarts

Brunch

Next door neighbor's colorful garden

Phil, Ben and I took a walk to watch the colors change on Mt. Hood as the sun set

We made a rhubarb pie

Ben chilling

We picked and ate a million delicious figs at P & T's friends' house

Mmmmmm, figs