Friday, April 11, 2008

home -- locative

Things I love about Oregon:
  • 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.
I'm on my way home!