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Category Archives: Festivals

Dark Days of Winter Can Be Cured at the Portland Winter Light Festival Feb. 1-3

Portland Winter Light Festival
January 29, 2018 art artists Columbia Gorge Sternwheeler Convention Center Free fun OMSI optoutside PDX Portland Portland Opera Portland Spirit Portland State University staycation travel WILF Portland winter Winter Light Festival Leave a comment

Happy Travels in 2018!

SE Asia, travel planning
January 1, 2018 Asia backpacking Bali birding budget travel Burma China Free fun hiking Indonesia Malaysia Myanmar snorkeling summer travel travel philosophy travel planning traveling with children wildlife Leave a comment

Portland’s 2017 Greek Festival – Delicious & Fun!

September 25, 2017 budget travel culture dance fall festivals food Free fun Oregon Portland Portland Greek Festival Road Trip travel travel planning Leave a comment

Pizza + Pie + Beer = Portland’s Pie Harder

August 24, 2017 beer food Oregon pie pizza Portland summer travel Leave a comment

The 2017 Portland Rose Festival: Brilliant!

Portland Rose Festival
May 22, 2017 budget travel carnivals festivals Free fun Oregon parades Portland Portland Brewing Rose Festival scavenger hunts ships travel travel planning traveling with children Leave a comment

Portland’s 2017 Cinco de Mayo Fiesta

May 1, 2017 budget travel cinco de mayo festivals food Free fun holidays Oregon Portland spring travel travel planning traveling with children Leave a comment

The Play’s the Thing at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival

_K9A2829 A Midsummer Night's Dream, by William Shakespeare, directed by Christopher Liam Moore OSF 6/5/13 LD: David Weiner SD: Michael Ganio CD:Linda Cho Photograph © T Charles Erickson tcepix@comcast.net http://tcharleserickson.photoshelter.com/
March 6, 2017 Ashland budget travel drama family festivals Free fun Oregon Plays Shakespeare summer theater travel travel planning traveling with children Leave a comment

The Historic Ashland Springs Hotel – A Lovely Splurge

Ashland Springs Hotel
February 27, 2017 Ashand breakfast hotels lodging Oregon parks Road Trip Shakespeare splurge travel travel philosophy travel planning walking 1 Comment

National Park Service Fee Free Day on Feb. 20!

Washington, DC
February 13, 2017 budget travel Crater Lake cultural DC Events festivals free history memorials museums National parks parade President's Day snowshoeing travel with kids Virginia Washington DC white house Leave a comment

Portland Winter Light Festival is This Week!

Portland Winter Light Festival
January 30, 2017 art creativity date night Events family fun festivals free Free fun light OMSI Oregon PGE photography Portland winter Leave a comment

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