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# Portland
- URL: https://cutelittlepaperblog.com/portland/
- Published: 2018-07-18T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-23T17:17:41.000Z
- Author: Katherine Leung
- Tags: US & Canada

Some of my best travels happen right when I quit a job. I remember when I quit my crappy retail sales associate job in Austin the day I bought a ticket to Long Beach. And with the latest trip, I quit a job and flew off to Portland that very night.

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I get so cooped up working for too long. And I feel like exploding if I am not in a new place very soon.

I met up with my sisters and mom in Portland, Oregon. It was itching to become a consumer again. Portland was the perfect place for that. I spend all year saving my money so that when I travel, I can eat at the coolest restaurants and drink all. the. alcohol.

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**My favorite places in Portland:**

1. [Bollywood Theater](http://www.bollywoodtheaterpdx.com/?ref=cutelittlepaperblog.com)Kitschy Indian street food restaurant I did NOT want to like because cultural appropriation but ended up being the best meal of the trip. I had Gobi Manchurian (fried cauliflower), Pork Vindaloo and Pimm’s Cup.
2. [Kennedy School](https://www.mcmenamins.com/kennedy-school?ref=cutelittlepaperblog.com) – A school turned into hotel/bar/theater. My sisters and I snuck into the pool. We got to chose from “Honors Bar” or “Detention Bar”. A very unique place.