{"id":1211,"date":"2016-07-31T14:13:15","date_gmt":"2016-07-31T18:13:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nymysteries.com\/?p=1211"},"modified":"2016-07-31T14:13:15","modified_gmt":"2016-07-31T18:13:15","slug":"new-york-city-portland-blog-july-24-july-31","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/nymysteries.com\/?p=1211","title":{"rendered":"New York City \/ Portland Blog July 24 – July 31"},"content":{"rendered":"
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It\u2019s my third and final week in Portland, Oregon.<\/p>\n

This was my second year at the Northwest Book Festival. Last year it was rained out. This year, July 30 was balmy and Pioneer Courthouse Square, Portland\u2019s living room, was packed with tourists. I sold copies of The Lemrow Mystery<\/em> and announced the upcoming sequel, Graphic Lessons<\/em>, honing my selling skills by borrowing ideas from Ben Adams, the author of The Enigmatologist<\/em>, with whom I shared the booth. It was exhausting but relaxed in the Portland way.<\/p>\n

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Setting up a tent in Pioneer Courthouse Square.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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The Lemrow Mystery<\/em> and Graphic Lessons<\/em>\u00a0Flyer for the Northwest Book Festival<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

A friend and I went to the Columbia River Gorge, Multnomah Falls, drove by ice capped Mount Hood and had lunch overlooking the Columbia.<\/p>\n

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Lunch overlooking the Columbia River Gorge<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Food has ranged from 1950\u2019s Otto & Anita\u2019s Schnitzel Haus\u2019s Dill Pickle Soup to contemporary raw fish at Murata\u2019s in southwest Portland and wonderful seafood at Jake\u2019s. NYC\u2019s Union Square Farmers Market takes an honorable second place to Portland\u2019s Farmers Market. It\u2019s located on the Portland State University\u2019s campus. It provides shady trees, serenades by various musicians and purveyors of everything from oil to wine and stupendous Italian sausage panini\/hoagies\/grinders.<\/p>\n

My Airbnb adventure taught me a hard won lesson: Always read websites thoroughly. I had had excellent experiences on VRBO and assumed that Airbnb owners would be as ethical. I was wrong. I had paid $2700 in advance and was refunded $701. Luckily, my friends found me a housesitting gig and I landed in a charming cottage with a lovely garden.<\/p>\n

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