A Perfect Sunday and an Award!

The cherry blossoms are blooming!

Today was just beautiful! I don't know how else to describe the weather we had today. Everyone was out and about enjoying the sun and warm weather. Today my friend Bryan and I did some walking around downtown to see a few things. First off, I'm a little upset because I lost a couple of pictures I took of a store he took me to (because he knew I would love it) called Not Too Shabby in Washington. Ohmigosh, I walked in and I was in shabby chic Heaven! I did buy something but a little something but I will show you in my post tomorrow. I want to take a picture of it while the sun is out and it got a little late (because I had taken a long nap from today's exercise). Lol!

First, we had lunch at a place called Old Town Pizza. Supposedly it's haunted. The building is very old. Built in the 1880's it was originally a Merchant Hotel that two lumbar barons built catering to Portland's finest patrons. Underneath the restaurant are the Shanghai Tunnels where they used to nab unsuspecting sailors and transport them to ships docked on the river. The ghost that haunts this restaurant is named Nina.

"As legend goes, one of the young “working women” was Nina, sold into this life by a thriving white slavery market. In an effort to clean up the neighborhood, traveling missionaries convinced Nina to share information in exchange for freeing her from a fate she did not choose. Nina cooperated but soon afterward was found dead in the hotel, now Old Town Pizza. Thrown down the elevator shaft, Nina is reported to have never left the building. Could it be Nina who carved her name in the brick of the old elevator shaft, now the backdrop of a cozy booth in the rear of the restaurant?" The cozy booth is where Bryan and I had lunch. :)

Here are a few pictures of the inside of the restaurant.

The back of the menu describes the history and the hauntings.

Can you imagine how old these bricks are?

The pizza we ordered was called The Dragonlady. It was a vegetarian pizza and it was fabulous! The crust was my favorite part. It was very buttery. I love that!

After lunch we walked over to Saturday Market. It was busy! I got the kids a little something here. You'll see them at the bottom of this post and I'm sure you will know what I got them. Lol!

Although this wasn't in our plan, we walked over to the Chinese Gardens and decided to check it out! These gardens are smack dab in the middle of downtown Portland but when you enter, it's as though you've entered another world. A very zen-like world. This is a mix of pictures Bryan and I both took. :)

This is a little tea house inside the gardens where you can have a nice light meal.

The flowers that were in bloom inside the gardens were incredible!

They had a thing going on today about making Chinese kites. I tried my hand at it. :)

Inside one of the exhibits. Isn't this Chinese lantern cool?

Can you guess what I got these guys?

Oh yes! Oh yes!

Must....have....some....

Quincy was just beside himself.

Oh yea!

Yummmm.....this stuff smells great! I feel euphoric, no high, no euphoric!

More! More! I can't get enough! I'm in love!

And because I am such a good mom to get these guys their high Anya over at Kareltje en Ikke! has graciously passed out this award to all the cat mommy's out there. You know I'm a good cat mommy if I get my cats high! Thank you, Anya!!!

Hope you all had a great weekend. I know I did!