- Rain.
- Green: trees, trees, trees.
- The coast (not the beach).
- Rhododendron bushes.
- Powell's Independent Books.
- Trendythird.
- Cultural and linguistic and culinary diversity.
- Driving on the back roads with the windows down and the music blasting.
- Picnics on the baseball field.
- Saturday Market.
- The waterfront at night.
- The Rose Festival and Starlight Parade.
- Starbucks on every corner.
- Excellent music choices.
- Berries galore.
- Tillamook cheese.
- The MAX.
- The Meier and Frank windows at Christmas.
- Liberalism and Democrats.
- Boating on the Willamette River.
- Continual overcast-ness, October to mid-May.
- Pedestrian-friendly drivers.
- Bikes.
- No umbrellas.
- Crazy tree-hugging hippies.
- The lumberjack on the capitol building.
- The old carousel in Salem.
- Silver Creek Falls.
- The brick echo wall.
- Watching Bewitched and The Cosby Show with my family.
- Old Gilmore Girls tapes.
- Eating half the french bread at the grocery store with Mom.
- Talking on the corner for hours.
- Room 155.
- Running into people at Fred Meyer.
- Mashita.
- Mini golfing at Bullwinkle's.
- Zoolights.
- Champoeg Park.
- The general store in Butteville.
- The outlet mall.
- Extreme weather graduation weekend.
- Burgerville.
- The OHSU tram.
- Trader Joe's.
- Small cars: Honda Accords and Toyota Corollas.
- Sweet concerts.
- The Portland Art Museum.
- PSU.
- Perfect summer weather.
Friday, April 11, 2008
home -- locative
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