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Mara here! As you can see, I changed the blog up a bit. If you do not like the new colors, please tell us what you think I should change. But I like it just the way it is, mostly because it matches our hotel. Yes. The entire hotel.

So, today we walked around the city. First we stopped by the Portland Art Museum where there was an exhibit on M.C. Escher (*ahem*, sixth graders REMEMBER THE NAME) which was very fun. There was also an exhibit on the art of tattoos which we did not stop by. But, we did stop by the tattoo machine, where you can get your picture taken with a tattoo template over your face. I got an M.C. Escher one. Sadly, you could not purchase your pictures, so the Mara with a tattoo face will only be a memory. Then we walked through the second building, which was the modern art one. There was a giant Claus Oldenburg ice pack (artist of Spoon and Cherry and Shuttlecocks) and a self-playing piano with a tree going through the middle. The entire museum was very original. Then we went to a restaurant (who's name I can not say by the order of my mother) and headed towards Pioneer Courthouse Square where they were giving out free ice-cream. And not just any ice-cream. Free Ben & Jerry's flipped out ice-cream! WARNING! IF YOU WANT TO FIND OUT THE SECRET OF HOW TO GET THE FLIPPED OUT ICE-CREAM OUT OF THE CUP YOURSELF, DO NOT READ! WARNING! First of all, you turn it upside down over a bowl or whatever. Then you squeeze the edges a bit, then press the center of the bottom of the cup, and a little circle will pop out of the cup, along with your ice-cream. OKAY, YOU CAN KEEP READING NOW. So then, we went to the Button and Ribbon Emporium, with a whole wall of buttons, and more! So hard to choose! After choosing our buttons, we went back to the hotel and rested. Then we went to a local movie theater and saw- you guessed it. Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince. It was pretty good, and I must say, better than two, three, four and five, but equally as good as the first. Then we went to Wal-Mart and bought some candy, 'cause we need our candy. We just do. Then the rest of our plans sort of failed, except for the mini-park. We stopped by the worlds smallest park, Mill End. It was a circular plant holder, two feet by two feet, with a few small plants in it. It wasn't quite what we had expected, but the person who made it in the first place died, so they couldn't really maintain it. Apparently he put in miniature stuff. Keep checking this post for a picture of Pooh in a mini-tree. Here are some pictures of the park before that I got on-line.

So, that wasn't too bad, especially because we found it. Our other destinations however, could not be found. So we came back to the hotel to the BUSINESS CENTER to blog.

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