I cannot put into words how wonderful my stay was! But I’ll try. I stayed for nearly 6 weeks, and although I was excited to move onto my next adventure, I did get a bit misty eyed as I left here.
From the moment I arrived, everyone was warm and welcoming. This is a full house of people with active social lives, and I felt included in everything. They had a pretty epic grilled cheese bar and played instruments at this little get together celebrating one of the housemates return home. I went tubing on the river with them, blackberry picking, to the farmers market, and even to a “silent disco” in the park where we had headphones to hear the DJ. Susannah gave me a hula hooping lesson that reignited my interest in a forgotten hobby from my childhood. I had great conversations with everyone in the house at some point or another.
I’m an intense introvert and hermit, but I always felt I had plenty of privacy and quiet time in the room I rented. I loved that it had a separate entry, and this is a great neighborhood. I enjoyed walking to the different cafes and bakeries in the mornings. However, it was nice that any time I wanted to leave my room and talk to someone, there were people around. Amazing people. There is a lot of love in this house.
I thoroughly enjoyed the fresh duck eggs and veggies from the garden! And their three ducks are so sweet. I also loved trying their home brews, and I’m not even a beer drinker. I would recommend this place to anyone. Andrew jokingly said the house was “Portland AF” and it truly is! If you are wanting the full Portland experience, it’s here.