Three Days Of Rain And "Breaking Bad" In Portland: Part 2

     Friday morning the sun was out, sort of.  
     We planned to go downtown in the afternoon and try to snag some cheap, last-minute tickets to "The Lion King" then hang out down town, walk around, eat, then walk around some more until the evening performance.
      But in the meantime we figured we'd go grab some brunch then take Romaine's doggy Lucy for a hike  in Mt. Tabor Park, one of Portland's many beautiful hills and green spaces.

     We had brunch at a cute diner called Diane’s,

...where Romaine ordered the yummy mushroom omelet - we liked the little mushroom
identifier -  served up with a mountain of hash browns done to perfection,

…while I had my standard, sunny side up eggs – these were extra large and likewise served with a Mt. Hood-sized portion of awesome home fries. Toast was maybe a tad over-toasted, but it was well-buttered, so that was good.

     After bunch we returned to Romaine’s house and decided to catch just one more episode or maybe two of “Breaking Bad” before we ventured out for our hike with Lucy. 
      But one or two turned to three or four, and we figured we could maybe skip the hike around Mt. Tabor, 

...since Lucy didn’t look in any big hurry to go either,

...and we’d have plenty of time to take her for a walk later then leave for downtown around 4:15 pm.
       But then the rain started up again, our easy chair and couch felt more and more comfy, and “Breaking Bad” got more and more addicting,

 ...as did the tofu dip Romaine had bought especially for me, my Portland favorite,

…especially spread on the tasty rice crackers Romaine had also bought for that express purpose, 

…and before we knew it 4:15 pm had come and gone, and we decided it was too rainy to go downtown, anyway, and really,  getting  last-minute “Lion King” tickets on a Friday night would be hit-or-miss, so we decided to just watch a little more a “Breaking Bad” and catch the 7:30 showing of “Florence Foster Jenkins” at a nearby movie theater.   We invited one of Romaine’s friends to the movies with us.  This meant we’d have to turn off the TV, haul ourselves up and go.

     And Lucy still needed her walk, of course.  By 6 pm the rain had stopped so we took Lucy for her walk around the neighborhood.

Bamboo grows everywhere in Portland.

Everything grows everywhere in Portland.

   We swung by Zupans,  a local super market, for some sandwiches to nosh on before we left for our movie.

   We really enjoyed “Florence Foster Jenkins”,  which starred Meryl Streep, wonderful, as usual, as the wealthy, deluded New York patroness of the arts in the 1940’s who believed herself to be a talented opera singer though she couldn’t carry a tune, and Hugh Grant as her husband who bribed people to come to her concerts and opera critics to write wonderful reviews of her terrible performances.

     We liked the movie so much, and had such a nice evening with Romaine’s  friend, that we were glad we’d pulled ourselves away from “Breaking Bad”.

      And besides,  after the movie there was still time for one more hit.