This is Portland.

Portland is the bus driver thanking you for riding his bus.
Portland is passing a 4oz bag of teriyaki beef jerky on sale for $7.99 at Whole Foods.
Portland is 20 people waiting outside for Powells Books to open.
Portland is the cashier telling you to "stay cool" when the day's high is 80. Fahrenheit.
Portland is the woman riding a streetcar commenting on another woman's book.
Portland is looking around the full bus and realizing there are only two minorities on it.
Portland is feeling like a social misfit for not carrying around a cup of coffee before 10AM.
Portland is seeing six long bicycle racks outside the health clinic. All of them stuffed with bikes.
Portland is purchasing a book for $14.95...and only paying $14.95 for it.--tax included.
Portland is the man saying that he thinks the sun is good for two things: growing a garden and warming the earth. And since he doesn't have a garden and is hot, he'd rather it rain every day.

This is Portland.


(note: all of these occurred in the last 16 hours)