Agreed. Portland Goodjers are a friendly bunch.

Voodoo Doughnuts is in Portland and is good.

The link to that previous thread has lots of good stuff... I'll throw out this stuff even though it may be redundant.

Definitely hit up one of the Stumptown Coffee shops and get some of their regular french pressed coffee. It will blow your mind. They started me on the path towards coffee snobbery (not sure that ends up being a good thing because now I don't like many roasters). There are several locations in the Portland area, one location in Seattle and one in New York now I believe.

Pambiche has good Cuban food and is quite a fun little hole in the wall place.

There's quite a bit of stuff to do on both the west and east side of the river (the convention center is on the east side of the river). To be honest, just walking around downtown on the west side is an easy way to find stuff to do. There are several record shops and bookstores along Burnside (road).

As far as good places to grab those beer things, they're all over the place (lots of good brewpubs listed in that previous thread). There are a lot of more trendy/upscale bars/restaurants in the Pearl District which can be fun. I usually end up going to more hole in the wall/dive bar kind of places as they are cheaper and have more character (My Father's Place used to be one of my favorites).

There are quite a few music venues scattered throughout so you could probably pick up a show somewhere if you were bored.

One of the best things about Portland is that it is a smallish big city. Massive amounts of things to do and places to go without being overwhelming in scale. From the convention center you could walk just about anywhere (although you might be taking a bit of a hike to get to some places).

The Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall is a beautiful building where the Oregon Symphony plays (they also have other shows there too - I've seen Sigur Ros there twice). I checked really quick to see if there were going to be any performances while you are in Portland, but it doesn't look like there are. However in checking, I noticed that they're doing Cats at the Keller Auditorium on all the days you'll be in Portland. Tickets start at 23.50. You could probably just pick a ticket up at the box office if you felt like going to a performance. The calendar is here and the place is right next to the Schnitz.

It'd be worth it to go have a look at the Schnitz even if there isn't a performance. You can probably check it out during the day.

Speaking of: Why hasn't there been an S & T at Ground Kontrol? And why is Druidpeak in Germany? These questions need answers.

Alright that is a great list, probably more than I will actually get done on the few evenings I have.

I have heard public transportation is great and I hope it is because I really don't want to pay for a bunch of cabs!

Make sure you hit up Voodoo on Saturday. They only make the bacon maple bars on the weekend, and in limited batches, so your best bet is to stop by on Saturday morning.

MAX + streetcar gets you around the west side quite well, if you are willing to walk for a few blocks to get to specific places.

Also, bring a jacket with a hood. Natives don't use umbrellas, and we will think less of you if you do.

The only time my wife carries something like that is when it's sunny. That's how we do it in the NW.

The food cart culture is insane right now. SO much good eats.

http://www.foodcartsportland.com/

I think his flights got messed up(weather, or something) and he ended up bagging the trip. I could be wrong though.

Oh no! That's a shame. Maybe there will be one next year...