Portland is my favorite city of all the ones I’ve been to in the U.S. Maybe because I’m a Portlander myself, but still.

Some places I’d recommend visiting in Portland:

Powell’s City of Books (downtown)—Hours of books
St. Honore’s Bakery (NW downtown)—Best sandwiche ever
American Dream Pizza (NE)—great pizza
La Buca (NE or NW)—great inexpensive italian
Buffalo Exchange (downtown)—great fashion, buy-sell-trade
Music Millenium (NW or NE)—my favorite place for albums
Crystal Ballroom (downtown)—great concert venue plus good resturant downstairs
Pearl District (downtown)—shopping is really great
Laurelwood Brewery & Pub—great french fries & I hear the beer’s pretty good too!
Ladd’s Addition—beautiful rose gardens & some cool coffee shops
The Gorge—gorgeous, scenic area with waterfalls & forests

Plus we have some really great parks, public transit (MAX is the was to go), beautiful neighborhoods and lots of quirky little places. And it’s not so big that it’s impersonal.