The first time I visited my brother I picked a hotel in the pearl district because he lived in Portland. He really lived in a Bermuda Triangle it was a portland address but the kids went to a Beaverton elementary, and their library/rec center was another town. So I was no where close to where they lived lol. I was so excited to see the downtown nordies and was shocked by how small it was. I was also exited to go shopping at the fancy mall with just as much disappointment. I did manage to buy my first piece of Louie tax free a glorious multi color zippy coin purse lol.
I would always visit in July because of my nieces birthday and we’d always do back to school shopping during the nordie sale. Then when they were teens they visited us and we took them shopping downtown. My niece loved the Michigan avenue nordies. She’s like no wonder you love nordies so much. She never understood it because the ones they have are so lackluster.
