city tour and mac 'n cheese

A lovely new friend, Jonathan, offered to take me on a car tour to highlight some of the parts of Portland I've yet to lay eyes on. We drove through the Nob Hill/Alphabet District and then made our way up to the Pittock Mansion grounds which afford spectacular views of Downtown Portland. I snapped this photo, but it doesn't really do the views justice:

After our stop at the Pittock Mansion, we drove through North Portland, Alberta, and Hawthorne districts. We also took a brief trip over the Columbia River and drove through downtown Vancouver, WA. By this time we were hungry, so we had dinner at Montage (http://www.montageportland.com/), a Southern/Cajun fusion place. This place has like 8 different types of Macaroni and Cheese. It was delicious. A unique touch they do on the traditional doggie bag are aluminum foil animal sculptures. On this night, I was the recipient of an aluminum foil rhinoceros. I felt really guilty tearing into him the next day for lunch!