Portland - Washington, Oregon and the Pacific Northwest - page 470

Portland Thorns SPECTATOR SPORT
( www.portlandtimbers.com/thornsfc ) The City of Roses' professional women's soccer team,
which plays in the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL). The team won the
league's inaugural championship in 2013!
Rose City Rollers SPECTATOR SPORT
( www.rosecityrollers.com ) Roller derby in Stumptown? You bet.
A ROSE, BY ANY OTHER NAME…
Portland seems to have endless nicknames; here are a few:
» City of Roses Roses do well here.
» PDX Portland's airport code.
» Stumptown Many stumps were created to make this town.
» Bridge City There are 10 bridges over the Willamette!
» River City Referring to the Willamette, not the nearby Columbia.
» Beervana Local microbrews are tops.
» Rip City Coined by a sportscaster during a Trail Blazer game.
» Little Beirut Courtesy of George HW Bush, during his visit here.
» P-Town It's shorter than Portland.
» Portlandia Due to the hit cable show.
Shopping
Portland's downtown shopping district extends in a two-block radius from Pioneer
Courthouse Sq. Pioneer Place - an upscale mall - is between SW Morrison and SW
Yamhill Sts, east of the square. Large shopping mall the Lloyd Center is on the eastside.
The Pearl District is full of high-end galleries, boutiques and home-decor shops - and
don't miss Powell's City of Books. On the first Thursday of each month galleries stay
open longer and people fill some of the Pearl's streets amid a party atmosphere. And on
weekends there's the fun Saturday Market.
Northwest's fanciest shopping street is NW 23rd Ave, nicknamed 'trendy-third.' This
is where Portland's branches of Gap, Pottery Barn and Restoration Hardware live, among
many other fancy stores and people.