Padlocks on Portland Bridges Display LOVE The tradition of showing off a couples love for one another has been demonstrated all over the world. Portland bridges that span the Willamette river are no exception and during a recent river walk we took pictures. It seems that most of the locks with n... 06/04/2014

Last September I wrote about the World’s Smallest Park “Mill End Park” in Portland, Oregon. I had some fun with it and my daughter, but today it really is sad. We have been having some major wind in the Portland area and that wind was enough to take out Mill End’s only tree. Despite the tree onl... 02/06/2012

Now, this amazed me. Even though I write about Beaverton, Oregon, and Beaverton, Oregon, Real Estate, this park is actually in Portland. It amazed me so much when I heard about it I had to see it for myself. As you know, my family is always on the lookout for parks to take the kids so we can tel... 09/17/2011

Imagine it's the day after Thanksgiving and all the guests have left, you grab a leftover sandwich packed with turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes and lettuce and decide it's time to get ready for the next holiday. Well as chance would have it, the tree lighting ceremony in downtown Portland has ma... 10/21/2010

Condo units are generally more challenging to stage than houses because of the logistics of elevators, restricted hours, loading zones, and long hallways.  Our Portland home staging company has staged several units in the Eliot Tower and the experience at this building has been very positive for ... 08/22/2010

Director Park Downtown Portland Director Park is a beautiful urban public park, but sans the normal grass and trees of a typical "park."  It was designed to be a street level oasis, which sits atop a 700 space, below-ground parking garage.  When condo develops, businesses, offices and entertainme... 08/08/2010

Vancouver Washington : How do You Beat the Heat? Could it be that just one short week ago we were being soaked with a rare late-June down pouring of rain that soaked our quick getaway to the Beach? With the thermometer's temperature now soaring into the 90's we thought we'd come up with some ide... 07/09/2010