Love it or hate it, Portland's big party starts this weekend.
Personally, I love the Rose Festival! Portland never looks better. The parades, the festival center, the fireworks on the river! The Navy ties up along the sea wall and there are tall ships on the Willamette! Jake's has the huge inflatable crab on top of the Governer Hotel. This is the time of year that prompted one visitor at the zoo to say, "It's more like a really big theme park than a city!"
The Dead Husband gang is entertaining at the big VIP kickoff party on Friday, and we'll be in the Starlight Parade Saturday night. (I'll be the one in the tux.)
It's going to be a blast!
Happy Rose Festival everyone!
http://www.rosefestival.org
see you at the zoo
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