I know, I know, you’re all sick of looking at that picture of Josh with a pair of acid wash pants. Well, the last week of school was wretched. I came home and worked until ten most nights, tying loose ends, preparing end-of-year gifts, and generally running around. I could regale you with Last Day of School stories, but instead I’m going to focus on my brief Portland get-a-way. It was awesome. I hung out with Mom, Dad, Gina, and Justin during the day on Saturday. We visited a park that had really cool water fountains, like this one:

My parents are in the upper left, the lower right is Gina and Justin.

Gina has the most bizarre flowers growing in her side yard. Anybody have an idea what these might be?

We went for a walk, and I couldn’t help but marvel over all their old, winding, trees.

Sam took me out to the infamous Nicholas’s for dinner. He’s been pestering me to eat there for years now, and I can see why. Sam ordered Turkish coffee which I stole little sips from.

The famous oversized pita bread overwhelmed our table and provided us with enough bread to dip into our hummus, cous-cous, and other Lebonese sauces.

A quick trip to an organic beer festival turned into a side trip to the Rose Gardens.