Justin, a reader from Iowa, sent me this email over the weekend...
love your blog, quite entertaining... can I pick your brain for a minute? if so, read on...my girlfriend & I were planning a Europe trip this summer, but have decided not w/ the current economic "climate"... we'd like to stay state-side, after getting psyched for Europe, do you think Portland would be a total letdown, or do you think we'd still enjoy the trip? what would be the best time to come?
So....Europe vs. Portland? I wrote him back with my thoughts but what do y'all think? I mean, after all.....