My friends invited me on their college reunion trip that they do every year. This year, they decided to do it on the west coast at Lake Oswego, Oregon. That’s 15-20 minutes roughly speaking outside of Portland. I’ll always jump on the chance to visit the Pacific Northwest again! This post is about Pittock Mansion. It’s a big historic house sort of in the area of Washington Park which my partner and I had explored almost exactly 2 years previously.

I had decided when I invited my boyfriend to join the second half of the trip that we should stay an extra night in Portland so he could actually explore it. I’m really glad we did. We started the day off with a coffee and pastry at Barista. I didn’t notice anything particularly noteworthy about my mocha or almond croissant but my boyfriend mentioned they hadn’t properly frothed the almond milk.

I woke up bright and early today to go down to breakfast at 7 AM (totally unnecessary it turns out, it goes on until 9 AM). I had my coffee and food and hung out downstairs briefly. It was pretty simple fair, like continental but a little extra effort in the hot food. I was very preoccupied with running late. I had about an hour and a half drive to Portland and I wanted to be on time to pick up my boyfriend from the airport at noon.