During the summer/nice weather months the 1st Thursday of each month all of the art galleries in the Pearl District are free to visit and often have special guests, treats, etc. We finally were in town and free on a first Thursday so we went!
Parking downtown is always interesting. We happened to find a spot right next to a waxing salon that was celebrating their grand opening! They had free food and free skin products. I’m so happy we parked there.
Every symbol on this canvas was individually painted. There were 6 others in a gallery with the same details. I guess patience was only given to certain people and I’m pretty sure I’m not one of those people.
This wonderful lady created the photo shirt. She hand stitched all of those photos together. I’m glad we got to talk to her and hear about her inspiration for this project.
The art galleries close at various times but most are done before 9. Since we got a late start on the event we weren’t able to see all of the galleries but the street vendors are out late so we still got to see them!
This (seemingly very young) musician was singing and playing guitar with a sign that says “Help me get to San Francisco to try out for American Idol.” The covers he played sounded great, but I’m pretty sure you have to be 17 to audition for American Idol and he looked closer to 14 years old… Either way, he made a ton of tips and I hope he gets to try out!
This “Gaea Soul” duo plays at the Last Thursday on Albert so we recognized them. His cello skills are incredible.
I laughed so hard when I read, “This ain’t made in Salt Lake City,” because growing up in California I didn’t know what fry sauce was until I visited Utah and assumed that only Utahans knew about it. Apparently Oregonians love fry sauce too.
Late night fries. Thanks Little Big Burger for being open when we were hungry at 10 pm.