Caroline & Matthew
Things To Do
Portland - West Side
Planning to spend your time near the venue? These are our favorite things to do and places to eat! Activities: Powell's City of Books, Lan Su Chinese Garden, Hike Forest Park, Portland Timbers or Portland Thorns Soccer Game, Portland Saturday Market Breakfast: Fuller's Coffee Shop, Leaky Roof, Pine State Biscuits, Screen Door Pearl District Lunch: Phuket Cafe, Farmer & The Beast, Jojo's, Emerald Line, Papi Chulo's, Hot Lips Pizza Dinner: Silk Road, St. Jack, G-Love, Jake's Famous Crawfish, Arden, Lilia Comedor, Ringside, Gilda's (Caroline lived in this building when she first moved to PDX) Bars: Paymasters, Fancy Baby, River Pig, Breakside Brewing, 10 Barrel Brewing, Marathon Taverna & Momo's (where many a night was spent in the early days of C&M)
Portland - East Side
Buckle Up! C&M spend most of their time eating their way through the east side. For Dinner spots, make a reservation or get there early! Activities: OMSI, Knot Springs Spa, Hollywood Theater, Portland Night Market, Grand Central Bowling Breakfast: Fried Egg I'm In Love, Screen Door (original), Pine State Biscuits, Henry Higgins Boiled Bagels, Cafe Rowan (where C&M celebrated their engagement) Lunch/Dinner: PDX Sliders, Fire on the Mountain, por que no, Prost Foodcart Pod (Matt's BBQ), Nong's Khao Man Gai, Tulip Shop Tavern, Lardo, Hat Yai, Bluto's Dinner: Canard, Kachka, EEM, Heavenly Creatures, Boke Bowl, Jeju, 82 Acres, Luce, Navarre, Magna Kusina, Tartuca, Oma's Hideaway, Laurelhurst Market, Shalom Y'all, Yaowarat Dessert: Cheese & Crack, Libre, Salt & Straw Bars: Roof deck at Revolution Hall, Libre, Nil Wine Bar (C&M are members of their wine club), Deadshot, Sousol, Creepy's, Crux Fermentation Project, Expatriate, Steeplejack Brewing Company
Mt. Hood & Columbia River Gorge
Time to enjoy Oregon's beautiful outdoors! Mt. Hood: - Mountain bike at Timberline Lodge - Grab a meal at the historic Timberline Lodge (built during The New Deal) - Hike, kayak or take a chilly dip in Trillium Lake - Ride the Alpine Slide & Go-Karts at Skibowl Hood River: - Mountain bike - Raft the White Salmon River - Kite surf the Columbia River - Grab a beer at pFriem Family Brewers - Go wine tasting at Hiyu Wine Farm, Wy'East Vineyards or Grateful Vineyard - Grab a bite at Solstice Food Fire Pizza (get the country girl) or Grasslands Barbecue Columbia River Gorge: - Hike up Multnomah Falls - Hike the Gorge - Eagle Creek to Tunnel Falls or Dog Mountain or Triple Falls or Latourell Falls - Get lunch and an amazing ice cream sundae at Sugar Pine Drive-In - Grab a snack and a giant soft serve cone at Eastwind Drive-In in Cascade Locks (C's first OR stop on her move to Portland) - Don't forget to check out Bridge of the Gods
Willamette Valley
Wine lover? Make your way to the Willamette Valley for Oregon Pinot Noir & Chardonnay. Eat: Hayward, Red Hills Market, Rosmarino Osteria Italiana, Blind Pig, Wooden Heart Pizza, Merenda Italian Deli Wine Tasting: Furioso Vineyards, Soter Vineyards, Stoller Estate, Sokol Blosser Winery, Dukes Vineyard Stay: Vintages Trailer Resort, Atticus Hotel, The Allison Inn & Spa
Oregon Coast
Last, but certainly not least, the beautiful Pacific ocean and the Oregon coast! Pacific City - Stop by the Tillamook Creamery on your way out to Pacific City for cheese & ice cream - Or stop for oysters at JAndy Oyster Co. in Tillamook - Park in the parking lot at Pelican Brewery and hike up the Cape Kiwanda Sand Dune - Grab a beer and a meal overlooking Haystack Rock at Pelican Brewery Cannon Beach - Walk the beach and search tidepools with views of Haystack Rock - Grab a snack & coffee at Sea Level Bakery + Coffee - Hike Ecola State Park or Hug Point State Park - Explore the many tasty restaurants in Cannon Beach