We hit the road, headed for Portland, on Thursday and surprisingly didn't hit any traffic along the way. We checked into our hotel (The Nines), which we loved --- it's right downtown across from Pioneer Square and it's super swanky and fun --- and got some relaxing in (meaning I napped and Corey watched TV) before hitting the streets for some shopping. That evening, the Huskies were playing the Huskers and lucky for Corey, Buffalo Wild Wings, the ultimate sports bar featuring TVs everywhere you turned, and all kinds of wings, was just a block from our hotel. We settled in there for the first half of the game, which surprisingly, the Huskies, who were the underdogs, pulled out a win in the end, which was very exciting.
On Friday, we slept in, bundled up (though it was clear all weekend, it was very cold), then headed to the Daily Grill for a big breakfast to get our day started. We then walked to the Pearl District to check out Posh Baby. We'd done some research ahead of time and found that they carried Monte gliders, which we wanted to scope out for the nursery. They had a few different styles and we found one we loved, so we placed our order and are looking forward to the chair being delivered in mid-March.
As we walked back towards downtown, we hit up other stores like West Elm and North Face before making our way through all the downtown shops right near our hotel. We enjoyed delicious coffee at Public Domain and lunch at Kenny and Zuke's.
Once back in our room, we both crashed for a bit and then got ready for our dinner reservations at Departure, which was an Asian fusion restaurant on the rooftop of our hotel. With it being New Year's Eve, the place was packed and we're so glad we made reservations. Because of the holiday, we got to take advantage of a special prix fixe menu they were offering, which included all sorts of yummy dishes from around Asia. Favorites included the boneless beef short ribs (they literally melted in our mouths) and my dessert (malted chocolate kulfi with caramelized bananas, coconut cream and spiced toffee popcorn). After dinner, we headed back to our room to relax while watching the countdown to midnight. The whole evening was the perfect way to wrap up 2010 and kick-off 2011.
On Saturday, we slept in again before grabbing bagels at Kenny and Zuke's for breakfast. We then jumped in the car and headed to the Pottery Barn Kids at Washington Square, where we ordered our crib and changing table --- we're excited to have the majority of our big baby purchases out of the way now!
We enjoyed more relaxing and napping (can you detect a theme here?) at the hotel before heading to dinner at Typhoon, which we'd been to here in Seattle before it closed a few years ago. We were so excited to go back because the food is delicious ad they have an amazing espresso creme brulee that we still talk about since we tried it in Seattle awhile back. We then headed to True Grit and while I didn't know much about it ahead of time, it turned out to be a great movie, which we both loved.
We slept in again today and then hit the road to avoid the inevitable traffic for tonight's Seahawks game, arriving home to our cute little pup, who we missed dearly.
We had a wonderful time together shopping, eating, relaxing and enjoying each other's company, and wished we could have stayed a bit longer. We're so glad we planned this trip before Piglet's arrival!
Here are a few photos from our weekend. (Apparently we had a bit too much fun and forgot about taking photos - we only snagged a few this trip. Oops!)
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Looks like you guys had a nice babymoon in Portland and took full advantage of the tax-free shopping.
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