Portland

I spent four years working with Greg at our biotech company in Menlo Park. September 2011, Greg up and quit the company, moving back to Portland to be closer to his parents. Back in Oregon, he can afford a house for his three kids and life isn't as frantic as it was in the Bay Area. One April weekend, my boss and I flew out to check up on Greg in Portland. He showed us around the McMenamins bars and took us to a gondola ride, Sunday market, and even a Church of Elvis. I dug up two fancy restaurants for dinner: The Woodsman Tavern and a Thai place called Pok Pok. Over the weekend, I insisted we find hipsters with outrageous mustaches serving craft beer from a bus. We found them. Thanks, Greg. Work isn't the same without you.

The OHSU medical center of Portland

Who designed this highway?

We took this gondola up to the OHSU medical center

Gondola terminus

View of Portland

What Portland does well: coffee!

Greg and Natasha in a Vermeer painting

I love coffee

Espresso, two house-made oreos, and a cookie at Barista

Portland brick

Our hosts, Greg and Sky

I worked with Greg for four years in Menlo Park

The Woodsman Tavern

Old-timey chandelier

Gluttons

The OHSU medical center of Portland	Who designed this highway?	We took this gondola up to the OHSU medical center	Gondola terminus	View of Portland
What Portland does well: coffee!	Greg and Natasha in a Vermeer painting	I love coffee	Espresso, two house-made oreos, and a cookie at Barista	Portland brick
Our hosts, Greg and Sky	I worked with Greg for four years in Menlo Park	The Woodsman Tavern	Old-timey chandelier	Gluttons