Karl and I bought the McMenamins Passport on a whim before I got pregnant. If you live in the Portland Area, check in out, it's pretty cool. Basically you pay $25 for a passport booklet and win prizes as you fill it up with stamps from different McMenamins locations around Oregon (and Washington!). Since giving birth to A, the passports have been sitting by the wayside for awhile. But last night we finally had an opportunity to start them!
I got tickets to see Phantogram at the Crystal Ballroom, so on our way we made stops to get our stamps for the Crystal page. The first was the Crystal Hotel. We had to find a picture on the first 3 floors of the hotel that matched the clue given, something about a jester on new years. This is what we found:
And it was correct! So we got our stamp and pressed on to Al's Den and the Ringler's Annex. These were both unique slightly hidden locations, so it was really fun to discover them for the first time. Al's Den is like a secret copper bar, basement, live music venue with awesome mosaics.
Then it was on to the Crystal Ballroom, where we got stamps for going to the concert, Lola's room, and the Ringlers Pub located on the ground floor of the venue.
The concert was awesome! Even though we could barely keep our eyes open... new parent problems. If you haven't heard of Phantogram:
They are fantastic live!
Here is our completed passport page:
And our "Crystal Surprise":
Pint glasses of our favorite ales!
Karl & I had a lot of fun and can't wait to go on future adventures to fill out the rest of the pages.
xoxo
Kevlyn
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