Portland

Last week we tagged along with Brian and his parents to a tradeshow in Portland...we mix business and pleasure in our family.  Anyway, I looooooved Portland.  I had always heard how great it was and finally got to see for myself.  If you like Seattle then you'll love its sister city to the south...great restaurants, shopping (no sales tax!), practically free public transportation and just a super cool vibe, I'll definitely want to go back soon!

Monday the skies were clear so Debbie treated us to an afternoon at the zoo...Liv loved the elephants

I will spare you the many animal pictures i took, but check out this orangutan.  He was too cute just staring through the glass

On Tuesday I go to see my friend Julie.  Her and I go way back and have mostly kept in touch thanks to blogger and facebook...love it!  We share a special bond as two LA girls transplanted to the Pacific Northwest.  Julie has an adorable family and she is definitely a mentor to me as a wife and mom!  She invited us to lunch at her in laws AMAZING penthouse condo in "The Pearl".  Check it out! 

The Dining Room and Living room - yeah I was in a real life Architectual Digest spread!

Kitchen

Love this carpet

Stunning views of the city...the only way to showcase Portland in my opinion!

A quick pic of us and our girls, she also has two adorable boys.  Love you Jules, thanks for an awesome day!


Nothing like a mini vacay to recharge the batteries!  A big thank you to my mom in dad in law for always being so generous and including us.  It was a blast!