For my birthday my awesome wife bought me some really good beer that I had in Portland, some tea from the townshends and an amazing book about searching for mushrooms. As a result, the place in my heart that I have for Portland has grown significantly. Couple with my cousin Joe asking me for awesome places to check out in Washington, I'm almost willing to just jump on a plane and head west and maybe live it up tramp style for a little while. But cooler heads shall prevail and Maggie and I will return and hopefully spend more than 2 days there.