Rare Book Room, top of Powell's — ask what the oldest thing in the building is.
Your Portland set
8/8 · beyond the wall
Eight stops between the badge and the reception — earned by being there.
BEYOND THE WALL · 1/8
BASECAMP
Hyatt Regency Portland
600 rooms · across from the wall
BEYOND THE WALL · 1/8The local move
Skip the taxi line — tonight's reception is a walk that's better than the party.
Aug 3
Hyatt Regency Portland · Portland, Oregon
BEYOND THE WALL · 2/8
THE WALL
Oregon Convention Center
Twin spires · a million square feet
BEYOND THE WALL · 2/8The local move
North tower, look up: the world's largest Foucault pendulum, swinging since 1990.
Aug 3
Oregon Convention Center · Portland, Oregon
BEYOND THE WALL · 3/8
COFFEE
Green Bridge Coffee
Two minutes from the badge scanners
BEYOND THE WALL · 3/8The local move
Order to go and you'll still beat the elevator crowd back to your next session.
Aug 3
Green Bridge Coffee · Portland, Oregon
BEYOND THE WALL · 4/8✦
THE CROSSING
The Steel Bridge
1912 · the only one of its kind
BEYOND THE WALL · 4/8The local move
Stop at the halfway rail. South view. That is the photo.
Aug 3
The Steel Bridge · Portland, Oregon
BEYOND THE WALL · 5/8
WATERFRONT
Waterfront & Ankeny Plaza
Saturday Market since 1974
BEYOND THE WALL · 5/8The local move
Saturdays 10–5, March through December — vendors must make what they sell.
Aug 3
Waterfront & Ankeny Plaza · Portland, Oregon
BEYOND THE WALL · 6/8
PINK BOX
Voodoo Doughnut
Home of the official city doughnut
BEYOND THE WALL · 6/8The local move
Get the Portland Cream — City Council made it official in 2008.
Aug 3
Voodoo Doughnut · Portland, Oregon
BEYOND THE WALL · 7/8
WELCOME
Portland Visitor Center
Hospitality, in practice
BEYOND THE WALL · 7/8The local move
Ask about the Weather Machine at noon — then ask for their favorite lunch counter.
Aug 3
Portland Visitor Center · Portland, Oregon
BEYOND THE WALL · 8/8
FINALE
Powell's City of Books
One city block · one million books
BEYOND THE WALL · 8/8The local move
The Rare Book Room is upstairs. Go in like you belong — you do.
Aug 3
Powell's City of Books · Portland, Oregon
Voices from the floor
Filed my recap from the Rare Book Room. The lede wrote itself the second they called a walker up for the seat at the front.
I asked the ambassadors what they actually say when someone's lost. Stole two ideas for our own info desk before I hit the door.
Committed to the Bacon Maple Bar. Zero regrets. See everyone next year — we'll show you our version of the pink box.
Saturday mornings I bring my kids down before the market crowds. Fifty years running and it still smells like cedar and kettle corn.
Stopped halfway across and just stood there. My whole deck is about sense of place — this bridge does it in ten minutes.
I tell every attendee the same thing at check-in: the reception is a walk, not a ride. Nobody has ever come back disappointed.
Walked it? Leave the move the next attendee should know.
Before the reception —