Portlandia - Day 1

Title: Portlandia - Bunhead Edition

Episode: Day One - In Which Andy Tries to Lose Us on Purpose

Cast: Jesdashian Wuhanna, Shanacid, Le Mandrew, Dinochris

We left Omaha early. Like 6 AM early. So, we flew off into the sunrise, which was pretty cool.

Sunrise | Some glassesfaces waiting to board our plane in Denver
Upon arrival, I resisted the urge to swing Jestina around like a small child. There was hugging and some "eeeeeeee!" noises. Then we needed food. Obviously. We went to a little place called the Bijou Cafe and slammed down some french toast. I didn't even take any pictures because Jestina and I were too busy switching between cinnamon bread and brioche bread pieces.
Then we saw a jalapeno outside Whole Foods downtown and needed to take a picture inside of it. Obviously.

  We went to Powell's City of Books and quickly found the children's section that was full of hand and finger puppets, weird toys, and some cheese grater thing shaped like an alligator that said "Alligator Rape" on it. After having a massive attack of the giggles over alligator rape, we donned finger puppets and put on a show. This is when Andy lost us on purpose. But, never fear! We chased him down and found him upstairs looking at actual books. Which was conveniently located next to the sign language section.

Jestina is doing "research"
Andy then proclaimed "I NEED BEER". It had only been a few hours, and he was already frustrated with our craycrayness. So we got him some beer at Henry's Tavern.

Portland Brewery Sampler
Then we checked into our hotel. We stayed at the Ace Hotel Portland, a boutique hotel in all it's glory. I didn't take many pictures of the room, because once my suitcase opened, it exploded all over the room. 
Each room has a different mural on the wall, this was ours | Our view, The Pearl District

The hallways looked like they were straight out of "The Shining" | Note next to the sink about towels, "Want a new towel? Leave it in the tub. No tub? Leave it in the shower. No shower? Leave it in the sink. No sink? Leave."

Then we met up with the loverly Christopher Dinopants and went to Deschutes for dinner and drinks (I ate my beer mac and cheese with fennel sausage much too fast to take pictures), then to Rogue for more drinks, and then we called it a night because we had been up for 22 hours. Which is why I didn't take very many pictures. If you want to see more pictures, go here.
Lessons Learned on Day 1:  Jestina and I are a handful when we're together. Andy will threaten to leave you and call you "giant children" if you wear a hedgehog puppet on one hand and a three headed dragon one on the other. Portland is BE-YOO-TIFUL. 22 hours is a long time to stay awake. Meeting your best friend in real life is way better than I could have ever imagined.