Travel Portlandia: Portland Saturday Market

Yura and I stopped by the Portland Saturday Market to kill some time between dropping our bags and checking in at Portland's White House. We first came upon the Skidmore market which isn't really that great. It seemed more like a flea market. Most of the booths reminded me of ones you see in Hong Kong that sell low quality, poorly made knock-offs. However, I did see a funny booth of "Business Catsual" bow ties for cats!

The Saturday Market section, though, is much nicer and has far more craft items! There were so many things to look at--we walked through it twice to make sure we didn't miss anything. Unfortunately, I didn't take many pictures. It was mostly rainy that day.

I bought four prints from a little sun who also has her own etsy shop! I thought they would be hilarious for the kitchen. My favorite is the traveling leek.

Pear Art, French Tourist Potato

Traveling Leek, Hop Hops Hopping

We also walked by Voodoo Donuts and contemplated waiting in line, but didn't. We did try again the next day, but eventually gave up and left. That line is just too long!

On a rainy Saturday afternoon...

We spent a few hours in the market and didn't really do much else that day outside of eating lunch and dinner. Also, public transportation in Portland does not even compare to Boston. I felt like I spent most of the day walking and waiting for the bus!