Wednesday night was my Friday! The start of a four day weekend–my Christmas Break if you will. Michael suggested we go out and do something so I said “How about Peacock Lane?” It was finally NOT raining out.
We bundled up and headed over to SE Belmont to walk down Peacock Lane. Peacock Lane is a short street over in SE Portland where every house on the block decorates for Christmas. It’s been going on since 1929.
It’s a popular tradition here in Portland and the crowds can be pretty thick. I’ve only been once and it was a few years ago. Michael has never been!
There is Christmas music playing from various houses, some nights there’s carolers. It’s a pretty cool “thing” to do during the holidays. It was cute seeing the little kids walking Peacock Lane and getting excited about the lights and Santas.
There was also a stand handing out hot chocolate but we skipped that. It was cold–about 40 degrees out–but it was a clear night and no rain. It was a pleasant evening.
After walking down Peacock Lane we went over to the Food Carts on SE 12th and Hawthorne.
We went to Bubba Bernie’s. I agonized over the menu (everything sounded yummy) and finally decided to try the Jamalaya. It just sounded so good to me on a such a cold night. Michael ordered a bratwurst.
Steam was wafting off my Jambalaya. I ordered a diet cherry soda to go with my dinner. It was wonderful! We huddled under the tent to keep warm while we ate dinner.
The Food Carts in Portland are kind of a phenomenon. They are all over the city and wildly popular. I first discovered The Carts when I started working downtown. The food carts have a few different spots in downtown–on 5th Avenue and 10th Avenue–set up in vacant parking lots. The lines can be 20 deep to get food from the carts because they are so popular. One of my favorite food carts is near my office and they have the best Indian food! Yum!
There was also a Crepe food card. I was sooo tempted to get dessert from it!
A crepe with Nutella and Banana? Oh my god! Heavenly! How did I turn that down?? I’m definitely kicking myself today wishing I’d gotten that dessert crepe. They even had shakes too.
I see myself returning to the crepe food cart very very soon. We were freezing so we came home and I made us hot cocoa.
Check out my kick ass mug. There’s gotta be SOMEONE out there reading this that knows what the following mug means:
Very Lynchian. 😉
Snuggled in for the night with out cocoa, warm blankets, Christmas lights on the tree and Tron. 😉
Sheri
Hi Lisa! Sounds like you had a wonderful night with hubby! Thanks for sharing! Merry Christmas!
Beth @ Beth's Journey to Thin
Sounds like a great way to kick of your holidays! I love food carts, though they’re not as popular in DC as it seems like they are in Portland!
Jennifer @ shesafitchick
Sounds like you had a great time! 🙂
Jennifer is Always Sick
I absolutely love that Witch’s brew mug. LOL Great pics of the Christmas decorations as well. I’m hoping to take the family on a walk tomorrow evening to look at all the decorations through our neighborhood. I think the kids would get a kick out of that.
Runeatrepeat
When Ben brought out the Nutella the other night I just went on and on about the Nutella and banana crepes I had in Paris. Seriously, life changing. You should have got one.
Lisa Eirene
The banana and nutella crepes are now embedded in my brain and I will be obsessed with them until I have them. Sort of like the obsession with waffles I had over the summer. I think we’ll be making our way back to the Crepe cart for my birthday in a few weeks. Mmmm….