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Old Mar 28, 2009 | 12:27 AM
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So I am bringing a friend with me to meet up with Curtis. It is her first time going to Portland so I want to find something fun to do for awhile while we are up there.

Does anyone have any suggestions?
Old Mar 28, 2009 | 12:32 AM
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Depends on what you like to do... There are good bars if you like to drink, nice malls if you like to shop, theres the farmers market, i'm not sure if the saturday market is open yet but that place is always interesting to roam around.
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I like the OMSI.......the picture show is like really cool to watch,when I was there last they had Titanic documentary and it was like you were there.......super cool.
Old Mar 28, 2009 | 01:05 AM
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Voodoo Doughnut...before dark, kinda scary afterwards...
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Old Mar 28, 2009 | 01:42 AM
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^^^ Lol man i heard they got good steak!!!!! and awesome strippers
Old Mar 28, 2009 | 02:00 AM
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Well I may be bringing my god-daughter up with her. So the strippers are out of the question. Plus she is under 21, so bars are out of the question too.
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oaks park is an amusement park.
Old Mar 28, 2009 | 02:27 AM
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omsi.
saturday market.(under the west end of the burnside bridge)
oaks park.
zoo.
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Where is oaks park at?
Old Mar 28, 2009 | 02:34 AM
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SE portland
right off the willimette not far from down town at all
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www.oakspark.com
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Okay, she wants to see the sites. What would you guys recommend? We might swing by OaksPark later in the day but she want so check out some of the sites in the portland area.

What is something fun I could take a 20 year old and possibly a 2 year old to.
Old Mar 28, 2009 | 03:08 AM
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Default Re: Things to do in PDX for a saturday

Originally Posted by ProjectGreen
So I am bringing a friend with me to meet up with Curtis. It is her first time going to Portland so I want to find something fun to do for awhile while we are up there.

Does anyone have any suggestions?

I always thought that portland was PTL. Not PDX
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PDX.

OMSI really is a good bet, and I always head for Saturday Market in season.
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Well it's spring break so anywhere is going to be busy! But all are good idea's. Another is Washington Park's Rose Garden. It's near the Zoo and Downtown Portland.

http://www.portlandonline.com/parks/...ext=washington

Also there is a Children's museum Right next to the Zoo
Old Mar 28, 2009 | 04:26 AM
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Originally Posted by Tomas
PDX.

OMSI really is a good bet, and I always head for Saturday Market in season.
Actually it's NOT. It's used by some now a days, but it's actually supposed to be just for the airport.
Old Mar 28, 2009 | 04:38 AM
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Huh?

http://www.omsi.edu/

http://www.portlandsaturdaymarket.com/
Old Mar 28, 2009 | 04:55 AM
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I think he's referring to PDX



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