City Lights

My sister Denise organized a fun day for us yesterday.  We met at her house in Hillsdale and I drove us all to downtown Portland.  This beautiful tree is in Pioneer Courthouse Square - our downtown "living room".  

We parked in a structure and walked in the pouring rain to "South Park", a restaurant near the theater.  Here is Shirley and sister Roberta at our table.

I ordered a small pizza to share with Denise, Fennel sausage and parmesan.

Denise ordered a salad to share with me.. a Chop Salad with Salami cubes and Bleu cheese crumbles.

After lunch we headed to the Fox Tower Theater where we watched Anna Karenina.  I must tell you, it was the most unusual movie I've ever seen!  It was filmed using the interior of an ancient wooden theater and scenes opened with the curtains.. just most interesting movie.  The costumes were amazing.  Here is a movie trailer for it. 

This is the dashing young man she had her affair with... what do you think? :-) 

After the movie, we walked down a block to see the Christmas tree in the square.  I loved the way the building here was lit up on top. 

The city lights reflected off the wet streets, it all looked so pretty.  This is looking up Broadway at the Portland sign at the Schnitzer Concert Hall.

Walking down towards the square, see the tree? 

They used to do all little white lights, but this year they used colored ones and I love the color!  The building on the right is our historic court house.  It was built in 1875 and is the second oldest federal courthouse in the west.

Pretty! 

As we drove up Broadway to head home, I got this shot from the car in between swipes of the windshield wipers. 

Someone bought 2 of my Sumi ink cards from my Etsy store, so I painted these on Monday and got them in the mail to California.  :-)

This is what the living room looked like the other evening.  Creepy movie.  They are here painting today.  It's going to be "Spring Chartreuse".  I'm worried it's too lime green, but I like lime green!  It's not easy to select the right colors.

I must say, the chaos is making me a bit crazy.  I know these are good things, new paint and the cleaning and all.. but I can't wait until it's over.  I am going swimming this afternoon.  It's sunny today!  

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((hugs)), Teresa :-)