{"id":412,"date":"2015-06-18T15:20:46","date_gmt":"2015-06-18T15:20:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mariannedemarco.com\/journal\/?p=412"},"modified":"2016-02-14T15:22:41","modified_gmt":"2016-02-14T15:22:41","slug":"oregon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/mariannedemarco.com\/journal\/2015\/06\/18\/oregon\/","title":{"rendered":"oregon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mariannedemarco.com\/photojournal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/astoria.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-48 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/mariannedemarco.com\/photojournal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/astoria-243x300.jpg\" alt=\"astoria\" width=\"375\" height=\"463\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Astoria of the West.<br \/>\n<\/strong>My\u00a0visit to the coast would not be complete without checking out\u00a0Astoria, Oregon.<br \/>\nAstoria is a\u00a0charming fisherman&#8217;s port,\u00a0established over a century ago,<br \/>\nthat has been recently been experiencing\u00a0a similar gentrification<br \/>\njust like my hometown Astoria, NY.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mariannedemarco.com\/photojournal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/barandgrill.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-49\" src=\"http:\/\/mariannedemarco.com\/photojournal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/barandgrill-243x300.jpg\" alt=\"barandgrill\" width=\"375\" height=\"463\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Locals Rule.<br \/>\n<\/strong>Every town should have a spot like Mary Todd&#8217;s Workers Bar &amp; Grill.<br \/>\nA quaint hideaway with cheap drinks,\u00a0friendly bartenders and<br \/>\njust the right amount of stray sailors and stow-aways.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mariannedemarco.com\/photojournal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/brewery.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-50\" src=\"http:\/\/mariannedemarco.com\/photojournal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/brewery-243x300.jpg\" alt=\"brewery\" width=\"375\" height=\"463\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Goodday Gov&#8217;nor.<br \/>\n<\/strong>Sitting at the bar at Buoy Beer Company&#8230;<br \/>\nI look straight ahead at this breathtaking\u00a0view of the Columbia River;<br \/>\nI look to my left and see Kate Brown the Governor of Oregon.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mariannedemarco.com\/photojournal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/camper.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-51\" src=\"http:\/\/mariannedemarco.com\/photojournal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/camper-243x300.jpg\" alt=\"camper\" width=\"375\" height=\"463\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Roadtripping.<br \/>\n<\/strong>Stay tuned: \u00a0Next road trip will be in this 1970&#8217;s Airstream camper.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mariannedemarco.com\/photojournal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/haystack.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-52\" src=\"http:\/\/mariannedemarco.com\/photojournal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/haystack-243x300.jpg\" alt=\"haystack\" width=\"375\" height=\"463\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>A Walk to Remember.<br \/>\n<\/strong>There are some quintessential tourist attractions that you just shouldn&#8217;t skip.<br \/>\nHaystack Rock is one of them.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mariannedemarco.com\/photojournal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/sanddollar.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-54\" src=\"http:\/\/mariannedemarco.com\/photojournal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/sanddollar-243x300.jpg\" alt=\"sanddollar\" width=\"375\" height=\"463\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Sanddollars for days.<br \/>\n<\/strong>So many years later, debris from the Japanese\u00a0tsunami still washes up along the coast.<br \/>\nAmongst all the random treasures\u00a0was this perfect picturesque shell.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mariannedemarco.com\/photojournal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/photo011.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-55\" src=\"http:\/\/mariannedemarco.com\/photojournal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/photo011-243x300.jpg\" alt=\"photo011\" width=\"375\" height=\"463\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>The\u00a0hostess with the Mostest.<br \/>\n<\/strong>Just when you thought you&#8217;d see it all&#8230;.<br \/>\nLive Music consisting of a homemade Didgeridoo at the\u00a0Adrift Hotel.<\/p>\n<p>[Best_Wordpress_Gallery id=&#8221;13&#8243; gal_title=&#8221;PDX 2015&#8243;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Astoria of the West. 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