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Oregon 🌲 | 50 States Series
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items My best friend went to dental school in Portland for 4 years. I would go and visit her nearly every year. Granted it has been a few years, but gosh darn I truly love this place. And miss it dearly. Breweries, rain, thrift stores, vibey homes, plants,...
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Where to Stay 🛌
What to Eat/Drink 🍜
What do Do 🧘♀️
Where to Shop 🛍️
Where to Stay 🛌
Where to sleep your lil noggin
Disclaimer - because my bestie lived here, I didn't have to find a hotel. However she's recommended this one. Interestingly enough this was designed by an Icelandic team. As a nordic queen, I do be loovennn the minimalistic pw vibes. And to make it e...
KEX Hotel, Portland
Once again - going off what my local bestie suggested (as I usually stay with her when visiting Portland). This place is sleek as heck! Cute motel vibes but upgraded. Concrete walls, floor-to-ceiling windows (I sound like I'm selling sunset. Or in Po...
Jupiter NEXT, Portland
Restored 1881 seaman's hotel turned indie lodging. OKAY COOL. Exposed brick, vintage-bohemian decor, and rooftop with PANORAMIC views mamas!! They have shared and private rooms dont worry.
The Society Hotel, Portland
Okay here me out, if you are willing to push the budget a lil, this is a cute place with maybe mid-tier pricing (check dates obvi). Velvet seating, walnut mid-century furniture, pink tiled bathrooms. LIKE CUTE RIGHT?
Book Our Boutique Portland, Oregon Hotel
What to Eat/Drink 🍜
From Coffee Shops, Bars, to Dinner spots.
Australian-style cafe that takes brunch to a new level. It is super bright and vibrant with a super instagramable menu (aka the Ricotta Hotcakes omgggg). Pretty sure this is lowkey bit on TikTok, so beware of potential crowds.
Proud Mary Coffee USA - Portland
Casual Wine Bar + Yummmy Eatery. Go during their happy hour. It feels upscale but isn't crazy expensive.
Canard - Wine Bar
One of my favorite things about Portland is their weird. Gosh darn it. This place is quintessential “keep portland weird”. The spot is housed in a supposedly haunted Victorian Home. No signs outside, live music, and tables literally rise and lower on...
Rimsky-Korsakoffee House
If you are downtown, skip that corprorate sheeeiii and come here. They are tiny, built inside a defunct vintage glass bus shelter and serve hella good lattes.
Less And More Coffee
Part specialty coffee shop, part rock-hound cave and entirely unique with citrine yellow and UV lights with shelves bursting with crystals. Was anything I just said even english?? Is this place even real??
Carnelian Coffee
Located right inside the Jupiter NEXT hotel, this place gives 70's indoor tropical jungle vibe. Retro dining with a neon aesthetic. cool street-food-inspired bites + slushie cocktails.
Hey Love
Allegedly the “most famous restaurant in Portland” right now. Getting a ressy in the main restaurant would take an act of god, but I guess if you go downstairns to Sousol, their suberranean bar you can get in. Neon pink, cool music, and serves yum Ha...
sousòl Bar a pan-Caribbean Bar in Portland, OR
Tortas Tortas TORTAS. cool space with plants serving yum Mexican sanddys filled with hella good ishhh. Cool, casual, and budget friendly.
GÜERO NO.1 TORTAS
What do Do 🧘♀️
Some of my top fav spots around town!
If you are looking for somewhere outside of the traditional downtown touristic places - this is your girl. You can spend the afternoon walking these two streets on the east side (mississppi ave + alberta arts corridors). They are lined with murals, t...
Mississippi | The Official Guide to Portland
GUTTERAL SCREAM. UGHH Im being probably basic with this one, hOWEVER. Support your local bookstores and get the heck over to this one! I have a tote bag that seconds as a gym bag from them. Grab yourself an iced latte and get lost in the stacks.
Powell's City of Books - Portland's Used & New Bookstore
Exciting lil park that has an extinct volcanic cinder cone right in the middle of the city. Grab a lil bottle of natural wine, some local takeout, and sit on the grassy slopes to watch the sunset.
Mount Tabor Park | The Official Guide to Portland
If Im going to Portland, I'm somehow also coming here (not even by choice, though… I would still recommend it because it really is that stunning). Only a few hours away from Portland - the coast is INSANE. PNW giant trees and foggy beaches. Literally...
Cannon Beach, OR | Oregon Coast
If you are into some really cool sick restored theatres - this is one of them. It is such a vibe to grab dinner and see a chic movie in a cool, historic theatre
McMenamins Bagdad Theater & Pub
Okay quirky as heck - this is a 24-hour, brightly lit, retro-styled vending machine outside of Pix Patisserie that dispenses French Macarons, and like Desserts. So like at 2am if you are feeling cake, but dont want to talk to anyone - go here.
Pix-O-Matic - Pix Pâtisserie
Playful and HIGHLY Photogenic immersive art experience that also sells cocktails so thats cool.
Hopscotch Portland
Where to Shop 🛍️
A girls gotta shop. And this is where she's gotta go.
OG started in Portland - queer and women-founded boutique focusing on sick streetwear, tairlored suiting, and moder FASHIOnnnn. Empowering as heck!
PORTLAND - WEST END
Part record label, part handmade boutique. If you want local jewelry, indie prints, trendy candles and such that just embodies Pacific Northwest Artist VIBES…. come here.
Tender Loving Empire
As a Scandinavian girl, I scream. This is clean girl meets fun maxamalistic color. Cool home decor and geometric jewelry. Serious beyond unique.
Woonwinkel
Massive, hopping neighborhood consignment emporium. Incredibly affordable with 90s fashion, affordable vintage jewelry, etc. etc.
VILLAGE MERCHANTS
Hawthorne i guess is known for vintage, this specific spot is literally 13,000 square feet with 60+ independent dealers. Its' nmassive and not always picked over. You can find anything from those 90s bby teas to leather jackets. Im pretty sure I foun...
House of Vintage