On Sunday we took the light rail up to the NW 23rd Avenue shopping district. There are shops of all sorts, including a cookware store called Kitchen Caboodle. We bought some non-metal utensils there to use on the new cookware for the induction range. Lunch was at Kornblatt’s Deli, which did a decent pastrami. I looked above the deli counter and saw two suspiciously familiar menus. They were from the Rascal House and Wolfie’s Delicatessen, two now-defunct places in Miami we used to frequent when visiting Julian’s parents. Memories of matzoh ball soup past…
We went back to the hotel and drove up to the Rose Gardens. We should have walked there from 23rd Avenue, but we didn’t realize how close we were. Julian had visited the gardens many years ago, and got a great photo of downtown Portland from the gardens. Unfortunately, pesky trees now blocked the view. He only brought his cell phone on this trip, which was most fortunate; otherwise we’d still be there.
After the Rose Gardens, we drove to Ikea. (Did I mention that Oregon has no sales tax?) We were afraid that the new induction range-compatible cookware he’d ordered wouldn’t arrive for a few weeks, so we bought a bare-bones set of pots and two larger stockpots. As it happened, there was a slip in our mailbox when we got home indicating that the cookware had arrived. Oh, well…
Dinner that night was at Paley’s Place. We bought the cookbook several years ago for its planked salmon recipe, which has been our standard main dish for guests. I had corn chowder and rabbit with hand-cut Russian noodles (Vitaly Paley is originally from Russia), while Julian had a green salad and duck with cherries. I had ice cream and sorbet for dessert, and Julian had the crème brûlée. A most pleasant repast.
On the way back to Seattle, we were going to stop by Mount St. Helens. Neither of us had ever been there. Unfortunately, the volcano cam on the website showed nothing but fog. We wound up driving home and attending our friends’ July 4th cookout. It’s good to have options.
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