Goodbye, Portland! We love you!

I'm finally to the end of my Portland posting! Woohoo!!

I thought it would be appropriate to end with an ode to Stumptown coffee.

Dear Stumptown,

Thank you so much for keeping us caffeinated on our trip to Portland. You provided the best coffee I have ever tasted. Please come to Long Beach or LA.

Love forever,

Jasmine

P.S. I maaaaay have convinced one of your employees to give me one of your coffee cups and saucers... you know, since you don't sell them... thank you for hiring such kind employees. ;)

These last two photos are the last ones I took in Portland... my camera died right after. Perfect timing!

The Ace Hotel

The Stumptown Coffee we visited most while in Portland was adjacent to the Ace Hotel (a.k.a. Hipster Paradise). Besides the WORLD'S LARGEST COFFEE TABLE, guess what the Ace Hotel's lobby features??

Did you guess?

An old black and white photo booth!!

So, obviously, we had to give it a go! One afternoon, when we were in need of a pick-me-up, we chose to go before and after style in the photo booth, as in before coffee and after coffee.

I'm pretty sure all the hipsters hanging out reading Nietzsche and sipping their single-origin brews thought we were totally bonkers, but that's okay! We had a blast! This was probably one of my favorite memories of the whole trip. I love that our poses look so planned in all of these. They totally weren't. We just went for it. I guess we're pretty in sync.

For a really hilarious spoof on the Ace Hotel, watch this video. Please. Do it. I love his creepy shifting around the 0:40 second mark.

(Don't forget to enter the haircut from Levi giveaway!)

The First Morning

Levi only had to work for about five hours during our trip to Portland. Pretty sweet, right??! We felt so incredibly fortunate that this trip worked out so perfectly. While Levi was gone, I stayed in the hotel room and did some work on my laptop. After I was done, I decided it was time to get outside and get some Portland coffee.

I got dressed and took a walk by myself. I love walking in a new city all alone, getting acquainted with it.

I couldn't get over all the trees for the entire trip. It blew my mind that I was in a proper city surrounded by trees. Big trees. Driving on the freeway there is like driving through a forest! The first night we were there, we took a little walk before bed, and I had a full-blown laughing attack over all the trees. It was so weird. And beautiful.

After my little walk, I arrived at the downtown Stumptown Coffee on SW 3rd and ordered a macchiato. When I walked up and said I'd like a macchiato without looking at the menu, the barista asked if I'd ever had coffee there before. I said no, and he went on to explain to me what a macchiato was. Apparently, I don't look like I'm from Portland or like I know anything about coffee... I think he thought that I thought I was ordering a Starbucks caramel macchiato. Ummm, please, Mr. Barista, I know what I'm doing.

GOOOOOOOOOOD stuff. I miss it so much. Levi met me while I was drinking my coffee. We were both all done with work and ready to explore Portland together!!