Posts Tagged ‘bridges’

Portland Bridges – Cause For Celebration

July 22nd, 2010

pdx bridge festivalThe first ever PDX Bridge Festival kicks off tomorrow, July 23.  This is a huge, two week event, celebrating the gorgeous Portland bridges that span the Willamette.  A very cool Portland event for me since I’m so in love with the bridges already!  It all starts at the early hour of 6am.

The PDX Bridge Festival will host special speakers, music, bridge tours, and a ton of other fun things to do in Portland.

If you’re someone who appreciates the artistic side of these wonderful bridges as well as the romance, set some time aside over the next two weeks for the festival and be a part of history in the making.

For more information and the full schedule of what will be happening, hit the PDX Bridge Festival web site.

Maybe we’ll bump into each other! ;)

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Portland Bridges Are Done

July 6th, 2010

steel bridgeWow! I finally finished my long-overdue Portland Bridges page on Uniquely Portland Oregon yesterday. It was a real bear for me.

There are a total of 12 bridges that cross the Columbia and the Willamette Rivers, 5 of which are draw bridges. That’s quite a bit of research to do! I wanted to provide my readers with good, solid information, but also wanted to keep the personal tone that I’ve adopted for both of my Site Build It sites. That seems to be something that my visitors appreciate. The opinions, the memories, the hands-on adventures.

First I had be able to identify all the bridges in Portland and then do the research for each. Traveling into the city as frequently as I do helped a lot. And now, it’s up on the site and I am happy with the outcome.

So, I’m sitting here in City Coffee on 4th Avenue, awaiting my court case to come up at City Hall, trying to get myself out of my first ticket ever. I’m scared to death!

Who has had a speeding ticket here and what’s the process like? Soothe my nerves, please! ;)

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