Voodoo Donuts

Oreo & Peanut Butter and Jamaican Guava-filled Coconut Voodoo donuts had us singing "I'm a believer."
#portland #donuts #voodoo #sweettooth #latteart#goodthingscomeinpinkboxes

The Art of Life, A Rebirth in Clay

Hosokawa Morihiro: The Art of Life, A Rebirth in Clay, showing April 2- May 21.

"In honor of the Grand Opening of our new Cultural Village, the first exhibition of 2017 is a celebration of tea culture in the art and life of Hosokawa Morihiro, a former Prime Minister of Japan. 

It was perfect timing to visit this exhibition of former Prime Minister Hosokawa’s work in the Pavilion Gallery and the Garden’s new Tanabe Gallery.

 Photo by Yoshihiro Saito

Prime Mister Hosokawa is an 18th generation descendant of the Hosokawa clan of daimyo (feudal lords), one of the most illustrious samurai families in Japanese history. After 600 years of family history as warriors, tea masters and poets, Hosokawa left a career in politics behind in the late 1990s to pursue the life of an artist in clay and ink."
https://japanesegarden.org/

The exposition was exquisite, but the lighting and position of the pieces and art made it impossible to get the photos I wanted. Instead I had some camera fun in the Japanese Gardens Museum Gift Shop.

Washington Park

 In the West Hills of Portland, Oregon is an enchanted place call Washington Park. There we reflectively walked the Holocaust Memorial.

viewed mansions and estates, carefully groomed and maintained in their original splendour.

Portland

Portland is divided up into districts, North, South, and East and West of the Columbia River, and until you get to know what is in each area you can't really understand how the city works. 

But, once you figure out the feel for each district, where to find what and how to use the TriMet (bus) and MAX (light rail) system, you begin to fall in love with this quirky and fabulous city. 

Portland, Oregon’s largest city, sits on the Columbia and Willamette rivers, in the shadow of snow-capped Mount Hood. It’s known for its parks, bridges and bicycle paths, as well as for its eco-friendliness and its microbreweries and coffeehouses.

In fact, Portland is often recognized as one of the world's most environmentally conscious cities because of its high walkability, large community of bicyclist, farm-totable dining, expansive network of public transportation options and over 10,000 acres (4,000 hectares) of public parks.

GUMBO this Weekend

GUMBO!

That's right folks, Mark is in ANOTHER show! 

This year's "Gumbo" focuses on community through history, domestically, nationally, and globally. Tickets are $5 and proceeds go to funding the ARC theatre department! Working with an amazingly talented cast has been a blast and they can't wait to have you see it if you're in the Sacramento area.

El Día del Padre

When it's Father's Day in Spain and Enrique's God-daughter adopts you as her God-mother, as well, and surprises you both with gifts and lovely handwritten cards.
#diadelpadre #padrino #madrina#afortunados

Gracias, @elisanicolasdecasas por tu gran amor.

Elisa: Yo si que afortunada. Por haberos conocido y habrá más momentos como el de ayer, y no solo eso, lo que pasa que mi amiga Ángelines y yo somos unas liantas y nunca sabréis nuestras andadas hasta. Descubrir la sorpresa. Pero no la Sor-presa

Intimidad

Intimacy
(She)" says that the art of reading is slowly dying, that it's an intimate ritual, that a book is a mirror that offers us only what we already carry inside us, that when read, we do it with all our heat and mind, and great readers are becoming more scarce by the day."

(Ella) " dice que el arte de leer se está muriendo muy lentamente, que es un ritual íntimo, y que un libro es un espejo y que sólo podemos encontrar en él lo que ya llevamos dentro, que al leer ponemos la mente y el alma, y que esos son bienes cada día más escasos."
#reread #betterthesecondtime #original #inSpanish #goodnight #habits#intimacy #lecturas #literatura #libros #bibliofilia #bibliophiles#shadowofthewind #lasombradelviento #ruizzafon #literaturelover

Enrique: He aquí una escena de cama con mi esposa, practicando un ritual íntimo, como dice el texto. ¡Qué felicidad!