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Over my time here I have made some observations and thought that I would share them.

• It is all about parallel parking here.  Somehow I have only needed to do it a couple times, but if you drive here, expect to parallel park at some point.
• The streets are not very wide, at least in the area I live in.  If cars park on both sides of the street, only one lane of traffic can go down the road at a time.
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Went for a walk today and ended walking down the Eastbank Esplinade of the Willamette River and then up the westbank and then back home.  It was a nice day out – mostly cloudy and the last half it rained lightly.  Along the esplinade, there were signs talking about the building of the bridges, the building of the westbank wall and other historical items.  For some reason the Hawthorne drawbridge went up even though there were no ships in site.  It was cool to see it in action for it is a vertical lift bridge and I have not seen it in action yet.  I later walked across the bridge and a gaggle of geese flew over squawking away.

The sad part of the walk were signs posted all along the eastbank that said do not go into the river after a rain storm for sewage may empty out into the river.  It made me think about an article I came across this week that listed the most toxic towns in the country and Portland, the ‘green’ city, was sadly number 10.