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Tuesday, March 16, 2004
12:20 PM: where to go next? [#] [0]
when i first got to portland, i spent a month brooding and then i spent a month meeting people in interesting locations. that's how i met keller fountain, powell butte, multnomah falls, forest park and the waterfront; originally got to lake oswego, beaverton, hillsboro, camas, mt. hood, ashland, lincoln and philomath; ate at a whole host of nifty places i would have never known about; and got lost a couple of times, in frustrating but interesting ways. and then i went to burning man for what felt like a month, and i never got back into the swing of portland exploration beyond the route between here and se 140th (with an exception for the lovecraft festival, corvallis and the leonids).
a few days ago i drove past a whole street lined with cherry blossom trees which were gloriously decadent in the afternoon sun. so yesterday, i took sven there, where we ran across a most unusual place: the memorial life house, an art installation which has become a shrine in memorial of a bicyclist who had been killed at that intersection (btw, the pictures on this site are horrible. it's much cooler in person). i love art like that, things which are surprising & that have heart & that are cherished by their communities. and i have a huge fondness for what sven & i call "unplaces." though as he notes, this chunk of taylor has more than its fair share of character, like moss-covered steps which move in a gentle wave up to the door; or a handrail made of rebar and seashells and old plumbing and tow hooks; or a porch-come-crocodile flaunting fang-shaped cutouts.
now that it's staying lighter later, i'm interested in seeing more. leopoldo says he's interested in urban exploring with me (yay!). so beyond the interesting places i'll bet leopoldo will take me, i'm also interested in finding:
* share-it square at se 9th & sherrett
* the sunnyside piazza at se 33rd & yamhill;
* a labyrinth on se 19th & washington as well as a labyrinth on se 17th & taylor;
* washington park since it's practically right outside my freaking door
* and michael told me about something in the belmont neighborhood worth seeing.