Portland, Day 2

We started our second day in Portland eating some Voo Doo donuts!  They are as good as we've heard! Here's a picture of what we got: the Voodoo Doll (filled with raspberry jelly), Old Dirty Bastard (raised donut with chocolate icing, oreos, and peanut butter), Maple Bacon Bar, Memphis Mafia (banana fritter with peanut butter, chocolate drizzle, peanuts and chocolate chips), and Apple Fritter.
Not pictured: Buttermilk bar and Portland Creme (Chocolate frosted & filled with Bavarian creme)

Then we headed up to the Pittock Mansion.  It was built by one of the pioneers of Portland.  He had come to Oregon on the Oregon Trail, and worked his way up in the Oregonion newspaper to finally become the owner of it.  He and his wife built the mansion and occupied it in their 70s in the early 1900s.  Their successive generations lived in it for years before it was sold to the city of Portland for only $225,000!  It was a beautiful mansion up on the hill overlooking the city and Mt. Hood.

the library

A bust of Pittock

the music room

even the hallways were glorious

the kitchen

 we loved the puzzle piece looking tile floor

part of the grand staircase

After such a grand house tour we were hungry, so we went to the Waffle Window for lunch.  There we had savory waffles.  I had the Three Bs waffle which was Brie, bacon, and basil served with homemade peach jam.  It was delicious!  Rebekah had the Whole Farm Waffle which was bacon, mushroom, spinach, chevre, and tomato on a waffle.  It was delicious too! Feeling full and satisfied, we headed to Powell's Books.  The store is a full city block, four stories high.  It was a huge store!  We could have stayed there for a day and still not have seen half the books there, but we concentrated on the classics, and the rare books.  It was a lot of fun.  We bought a couple of books for future reading and headed out into the rain.  It was finally a typical Portland rainy day!