A couple weeks ago two friends came down to visit from Seattle. All I could think of to show them the city was food, so we literally jumped from crepes at home to St. Honore Boulangerie for coffee to lunch to coffee to tinto de verano in the park to appetizers and so on... 
On our return home, a woman stopped to comment on how "human" Portland is. I thought this was an interesting word choice. Upon a bit of reflection, it occurred to me that this is exactly what I love about the city. For years, I believed Portland to be simply a somewhat smaller version of Seattle. While I do still believe this to a certain extent, the last couple years I found myself more and more amazed at the size and the feel of Seattle and how drastically different it is from Portland. Seattle, I see now as a composite city made up of many different smaller towns ("towns" isn't the right word here, but the right one evades me...).
But I think Portland is seriously catching on there, too, and while I can't begin to describe how much I miss Seattle, there's nothing quite like wandering around here.
On our return home, a woman stopped to comment on how "human" Portland is. I thought this was an interesting word choice. Upon a bit of reflection, it occurred to me that this is exactly what I love about the city. For years, I believed Portland to be simply a somewhat smaller version of Seattle. While I do still believe this to a certain extent, the last couple years I found myself more and more amazed at the size and the feel of Seattle and how drastically different it is from Portland. Seattle, I see now as a composite city made up of many different smaller towns ("towns" isn't the right word here, but the right one evades me...). 
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