We went to Oregon City yesterday. It’s just 10 miles from our house. It’s a small historic town with lots of used book stores, used bicycle stores, bars, and pawn shops. We got a brochure: 150 things to do in Oregon City. Some of my favorites:
- Get a tan at a tanning salon
- Eat authentic Mexican food
- Celebrate National Library week!
- Get a tatoo
- Relax and have a cup of coffee
- Check out the new Oregon City banners throughout town
- Miniature Schnauzer Dog Show
- Attend church services
- Visit Oregon City’s oldest furniture store
But in all fairness, we had a great time. We ate at Biscuits cafe, which was pretty good, and we had the best score at the Goodwill. We got some crazy good vinyl, Carpenters, Christopher Cross (The first ‘adult contemporary’ album I ever bought), ABBA. I also found a very strange beverage dispenser in the shape of a campfire. We went to the End of the Orgeon Trail Interpretive center where we heard a nice talk about early photography. I had never heard of Mourning pictures before. Because infant mortality was so high, and because photographs were so expensive, sometimes the only time a photo of a child was taken was after they had died. They had a few examples. The photos were beautiful and moving. We also saw a funny movie about immigrants coming to Oregon along the Oregon Trail. The theatre had props and multiple projections and I was impressed with the amount of love and care that had been put into the museum. Here are some pics:
Silhouettes were the pour man’s photograph. And Kara Walker’s source of inspiration.
In the Museum
From inside the shack. Looks like a shot from Swoon’s installation “Feral” at the Luggage Gallery last year.
A painting of Mt Hood that totally reminds me of an artist in one of the SF 49 Geary Galleries. Does anyone know who I’m talking about?
The four buildings have wagon-like bars going around them to make it look like a wagon train.
Outdoor theatre
Where we heard our photography talk.
