President in Portland

Anyone know where this is?

Well, I'm very new in town,

Well, I'm very new in town, but that looks like the park block next to my granddaughter's day care, the block between Jefferson and Columbia.

You may be new, but you

You may be new, but you pinpointed it precisely :) "Park blocks" was as close as I was looking for. Seems like you've found home, Roger. Welcome to my blog, too.

The reason I jumped over

The reason I jumped over here from Blue Oregon is that I thought that you somehow had received advance notice of an appearance here by Sen. Obama. ;^)

I lie awake at night

I lie awake at night thinking of catchy titles for my blog posts :) If you missed it, maybe you would enjoy this eyewitness account of Barack Obama's visit to Portland last year.

I'm very glad that you

I'm very glad that you accepted "park blocks" as sufficient, because I missed the street names--that particular park block lies between Main and Madison--instead of being the block next to my granddaughter's day care, it's the one downhill from the block next to the Art Museum. About your eyewitness account, I had not read it previously. It certainly seemed to capture the spirit of the event, which has been replayed over and over in other states during the primaries and caucuses which have been held already, or for which we're preparing (do YOU know anyone in Ohio or Texas--if so, call them).

Thank you for taking the

Thank you for taking the time to post the amended street names. Very much in the spirit of this blog's aim to give accurate information and to make corrections when indicated.