Melanie suggested next that we tour the Portland UU Church, which we did - we had an hour long tour conducted by their Director of Religious Education, Cathy Cartwright. It's an amazing church, grown so much they took over the church next door, and have expanded to a full city block! How wonderful to be a part of a growing vibrant community like that! I'm a little envious, I do admit.
We also had the best little adventure, looking for a winery by the name of Hip Chicks Do Wine. We used Diana's GPS system, and followed right into the heart of an industrial park. Well, you can just imagine our confusion - no vineyards, no greenery whatsoever. A winery, here?

Sure enough, we turned the last corner, to be greeted by a nicely painted garage door and small human door, in lavender, and a very small sign announcing Hip Chicks Do Wine. Hmmmmm...
We slowly opened the door, a bit hesitant about what we'd find inside ... it was dark as we first walked in, and we couldn't see much as we waited for our eyes to adjust. We walked further into


Here with a Loaf of Bread beneath the Bough,
A Flask of Wine, a Book of Verse - and Thou
Beside me singing in the Wilderness -
And Wilderness is Paradise enow.
~ The Rubiyaiyat of Omar Khayyam
More to come ...
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