I had 3 days to fill, just me and my lil' buddy, Wyatt.  I quickly realized that I was going to trash the house, shower infrequently, eat leftovers/delivered pizza, and just make sure that we had the most fun weekend ever.  Here are some highlights (and lowlights) -

• stomping in the water at Golden Gardens; very fun until Wyatt fell and was soaked in frigidly cold water - and then he pooped, forcing a sandy quick change on the beach - ouch, very gritty
• dinner at Thaiku was good, I sucked down a Mai Tai in record time; then Wyatt discovered how fun it was to fling rice across the room so we wrapped up dinner pretty quick
• next day:  ummm, why is he waking up at 6am? (he did this 2 days in a row; his normal wake up is around 7)

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We had a great time in Portland this past weekend. Here are a few P-town toddler tips:

• Do stay at the Embassy Suites. Two room suites, pool and free breakfast (think omelet bar), walking distance to the Pearl, Chinatown, waterfront, etc...
• Do visit the Lang Su Chinese Garden in Chinatown. Amazing, beautiful, and smells delicious. Also a plus if you are there over Chinese New Year like we were.
• Don't try to take your child out for dinner if it is past his bedtime. We attempted and failed, but had really good take out from The Original.
• Do eat at Ping, at 5pm!