Not that Audrey and I want to leave Philly any day soon (we love it here!), but this article in the New York Times (with accompanying video) makes me salivate.

portland biking video on the New York Times

Portland and I have a long, mythological relationship. I’ve only spent a grand total of sixteen or seventeen days there spread over four or five visits and passing-throughs. But it’s always lurked around my mind as one of the greatest cities in America, embodying so many ideals I want in a lifestyle. Biking, sustainability, art, music, proximity to wilderness. Oddly, even though I’ve gone on and on about “someday soon I’ll be moving to Portland” during the travel years of my twenties, I never have. And I wonder if I ever will. Once, in the fall of 2002, I even packed my car, ready to move, but somehow through a strange twist of fate, ended up in Philly for a year before moving back to Colorado.

Who knows. Maybe I’ll get my stint in Portland yet.


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  • You can't leave me.
  • I think I should probably visit Portland at some point but I'm just so tied to the east coast even travel-wise. I'll put that on the list.
  • But don't expect to see Greg Oden playing for the Trailblazers this season.
  • Mike Pearce
    moving at end of December, girlfriend is driving there as I type this. JUST DO IT! (Nike pun intended)
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