# Staying in Bellevue 2 weeks, going to Portland OR for 1 day - what to do? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [May 16, 2009, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/staying-in-bellevue-2-weeks-going-to-portland-or-for-1-day-what-to-do/496608 "2009-05-16T03:13:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![fusoya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecccb3/32.png) [@fusoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fusoya)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2009, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/staying-in-bellevue-2-weeks-going-to-portland-or-for-1-day-what-to-do/496608/21 "2009-06-02T20:36:26Z")
One of, if not THE, best trips of my life! Bellevue itself wasn’t so exciting (and the goddamn Sheraton tried to sneak a $200 smoking fee onto my hotel bill)…and it’s a good thing I had fond memories of Jack In the Box because it was often the only place open in the city, but everything else in Washington and Portland was AMAZING – Seattle, Redmond, Woodinville, Snoqualmie Falls, Everett, Mt St Helens, Aberdeen… I managed to get a $60 parking ticket when I drove down to Portland, but it seemed worthwhile for a great afternoon there. Now I know for sure where Springfield from the Simpsons really is! Now admit it, which of you dopers are regulars at the Red Hook Brewery Tuesday Trivia? I was the leader of the One Eyed Golden Goatheads who whooped your asses last week. I just laughed when I heard two teams arguing over a tie-breaking questions about whether a rhombus with 4 equal side lengths was a square or rectangle… ---
**Author:** ![Improvisor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/50afbb/32.png) [@Improvisor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Improvisor)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2009, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/staying-in-bellevue-2-weeks-going-to-portland-or-for-1-day-what-to-do/496608/22 "2009-06-03T18:49:33Z")
Seattle Pub Trivia thread: > **[Seattle Pub Trivia 2009: The Undiscovered Country](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=501595)** > > It’s a new year, and time we had a new Seattle Pub Trivia thread. Here’s a link to The 2008 Thread. This is for those that want to participate in the SDMB member’s weekly attempt to show we’re smarter than the average beer drinker. Most often, we... Someone very well might have been there. Dopers passing like ships in the night… (To be fair I think most of those guys to Seattle bars, not on the Eastside. Though I’ve been to the Red Hook trivia night a few times.) ---
**Author:** ![hellpaso](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ecae2f/32.png) [@hellpaso](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hellpaso)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2009, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/staying-in-bellevue-2-weeks-going-to-portland-or-for-1-day-what-to-do/496608/23 "2009-06-04T03:22:12Z")
[quote=“BurnMeUp, post:17, topic:496608”] I don’t know about in between but I hear Portland has the nicest Japanese garden outside of Washington I’d definitely recommend the Japanese Gardens in Portland. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2009, 9:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/staying-in-bellevue-2-weeks-going-to-portland-or-for-1-day-what-to-do/496608/24 "2009-06-04T09:20:55Z")
> [@cochrane](#): > > Ohhhh…THAT Bellvue! > > _whew_ Yeah, as a former New Yorker, I was gonna ask “Are you sure they’ll release you after only 2 weeks?” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/staying-in-bellevue-2-weeks-going-to-portland-or-for-1-day-what-to-do/496608.md?page=1)