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🌿✨ From Portland with Love ✨🌿
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items A thoughtfully curated collection of Portland’s most charming spots—cozy cafés, dreamy bookstores, hidden gems, and soul-soothing escapes. Whether you're here for a quiet moment with a warm latte, a scenic walk through the trees, or a touch of magic ...
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🍎 Farmers Markets & Fresh Finds
📚 Dreamy Book Nooks
☕ Cozy Cafés & Tea Houses
🕯 Shops with Soul
🛍 Portland Made
🥐 Pastries and Bakeries
🍎 Farmers Markets & Fresh Finds
For when you want to soak up local flavors and the community vibe. Go early for the best florals, stay for the fresh bread and delightfully niche Portland finds.
The Portland Saturday Market is an institution. So many booths to see!
Portland Saturday Market
A bustling Thursday farmer's market. Honestly one of my favorite places to shop in the summer
SOUTH WATERFRONT FARMERS MARKET
The PSU farmers market in the park blocks is open nearly year round!
Portland Farmers Market - Portland Farmers Market
My favorite CSA and they deliver! This is a fantastic way to eat local and in season
Hood River Organic - Farm Fresh Healthy Food
📚 Dreamy Book Nooks
For slow afternoons, cozy corners, and the smell of old pages. These are the spots where time slows and your next favorite story finds you.
A Portland classic. Wandering through the aisles feels like getting lost in one of your favorite stories.
Powell's City of Books
Tucked away in Portland’s Central Eastside like a secret waiting to be found, Mother Foucault’s Bookshop is pure magic for the analog soul. Floor-to-ceiling wooden shelves hold vintage treasures, rare reads, and philosophical gems in multiple languag...
Mother Foucault's Bookshop
☕ Cozy Cafés & Tea Houses
The kinds of places that feel like a secret, even when they’re bustling.
The cozy spot is right on the waterfront! They have a full offering of coffee and breakfast and even have a little ice cream shop! Eat outside in Spring and Summer to enjoy people watching and the boats bobbing on the water.
Little River Cafe | Portland
🕯 Shops with Soul
Places filled with intention, magic, and that ‘I just want to touch everything’ feeling. From candles to crystals, each stop has a little spirit of its own.
Remember your time in Portland with high quality leather. Their circle bags are a joy!
Portland Leather Goods, Retail …
🛍 Portland Made
Celebrating local makers and the creativity woven into this city’s bones. Thoughtful, beautiful things that could only be made here.
Support the Portland urban bees with these lip balms. This variety pack is $12 and includes Rose Garden (my personal favorite), Unscented, and Oregon Mint. It is a super moisturizing natural alternative to other balms.
Assorted 3-Pack (Oregon Mint, Rose Garden, Unscented)
A delicious spring green tea blend from Portland-based Steven Smith Teamakers
Jasmine Nectar
Every sausage they make is a winner!
I look for them at every farmer’s market and will go out of my way to order from them in the off season.
Scratch Meats
Handcrafted jewelry from a small team of metal smiths right in Portland. Every piece is beautiful and unique 🥰
EARRINGS — Sahlia Jewelry
One of my favorite things about Portland are the local distilleries and breweries! Aviation Gin is made in SE Portland and you can tour and taste! Very fun for a boozy afternoon!
Aviation American Gin
Handsewn right here in Portland! These bags are built to last
BLAQPAKS
🥐 Pastries and Bakeries
Because joy lives in flaky layers and sugar-dusted counters. These spots make indulgence feel like an art form.
My favorite donut shop in Portland! The dough has the perfect balance of fluffy fried goodness. Other shops might be more popular but coco’s makes the better donut. 🥰
Gallery | Coco Donuts
A classic Portland bakery in NW. I’m never disappointed in any of the pastries I get here!
Bakery — Ken's Artisan
Green Spaces
Portland is easily the greenest place I’ve ever lived. They are known for their parks and commitment to sustainability. This is honestly why I chose to live here.
One of Portland’s gems. I remember coming here on a cold day not long after moving here and catching a tea ceremony. Our minds and hearts were soothed by the ritual and we enjoyed the tea!
Lan Su Chinese Garden
A tranquil space that has become a major Portland highlight. It’s gorgeous year round but spring and fall are stunning
Portland Japanese Garden
My favorite of the city parks. It’s a hotspot for summer events like the rose festival, dragon boat racing, concerts, and more. It’s also just a great place to walk along the river and enjoy the sunrise.
South Waterfront Park
If you want to hike without leaving the city, this is your place. Not every city has a forest so accessible and it’s one of my favorite things about living here.
Forest Park