24 hours

Observations on my first day in Portland:

• Everytime I leave my b&b I see another guy who looks exactly like my roommate JOpp. I’m starting to think he has a cloning factory out here… Or maybe I just live with a clone of some Portland man…
• Portland seems to be a city filled with young hipsters. I’ve now traveled to the NE, NW and SE sectors of the city. All are teeming with people I would easily identify in my peer group: young, stylish in a funky, artsy kind of way, not in a polished metro style, art school mixed with punk.

The propreitess of my b&b said, “Oh, everyone in Oregon is a vegetarian or close to it.” There’s a plethora of vegetarian and vegan eateries here, including a selection of raw food vegan places, now that’s punk rock.