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Columbia River basalt was a primary building material here - vast basalt flows cover much of the Columbia Basin, and it was used as an early building material here. This is the First Congregational Church, one of Portland’s landmarks - built in the 1890’s, designed by a Swiss architect in the Venetian gothic style.
5 years agoI saw that too. Actually, the bike is pretty well outfitted for this. I can take him just about anywhere and he fits right in.
5 years agoPretty funny! I just made this up. I took mandarin too, before our first trip to Taiwan, but gave it up after a month. Too tonal, and I wasn’t making much headway.
5 years agoYou’ll note I didn’t post any miles here. I’m not sure I even biked my age in furlongs here,
5 years agoNot me. I’m not really a chocolate fan, Mocha though.
5 years agoHa, ha. I’d love it more if the restaurant were still home. They had the best happy hour in town.
5 years agoShowoff.
5 years agoI think I’d better relent then. After all, I’ve used up most of the spectrum here.
5 years agoIf you let me post any colors I want, I won't be snarky any more.
5 years agoRodriguez is well camouflaged here, almost missed him.
5 years agoThere you go, Lan Su Garden in the style of the 明 Dynasty
5 years agoTerra cotta, cotta love it.
5 years agoAll white with me, too!
5 years agoLooks like chocolate to me. Who wouldn't stop for a whole wall of chocolate?
5 years ago
Carrot, to be precise - this is the wall of a salad bar. I was looking at it while Bruce and I were having coffee next door, and planned to take a photo of him next to the wall and its giant silhouette of a carrot, but a car was parked there before we came down so we settled for the cypresses.
5 years ago