A Weekend Away
By courtney | August 22, 2008
Are you ready for more pictures in this August picture blitz? 
For your viewing pleasure (I hope), please enjoy the following photo montage entitled “A Weekend Away.”
We stayed at the Sylvia Beach Hotel — which is, in fact, an awesome literary bed and breakfast. Apparently before the current owner bought in 1987 and made it this hotel, it was famous for its bohemian and somewhat nude guests.
We stayed in the Herman Melville room, which was wonderfully nautical. (Every room is themed by author, from Tolkien to Dr. Seuss to Mark Twain!) You can’t tell in the picture, but the hotel has settled quite a bit… so our entire room was at an angle. It was like being at sea.
We bought a stunt kite to fly on the beach. His name… is Herman.
Keith and Herman bonded immediately. In no time at all, there were exciting loop-de-loops and dive bombing happening. (If only you could see Keith’s huge grin in this picture!)
I was less… err, graceful. Notice how I flailed about more than Keith’s elegant, restrained control. (What a show off!)
We were pretty windswept and damp by the end. Did we mention that it was 55 degrees, foggy, and windy ALL WEEKEND?
The Yaquina Head Lighthouse: once again, in the fog. It was beautiful. I almost demanded that we move near the water, before I remembered the marked lack of decent restaurants in small towns. I fell in love with Portland all over again.
I couldn’t resist this photo. Pretty cool hair, isn’t it? Keith took a lot of gorgeous photos, but you’re stuck with mine because he hasn’t uploaded his yet. Alas and alack.
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