Elizabeth Day on Hawthorne

Elizabeth and I needed a new place to venture on our Elizabeth day. We knew we wanted to go to Portland as we really like it. So I asked Jacob for suggestions and the first place out of his mouth was Hawthorne in the 30 blocks. There is a boutique goodwill there and Powell's has a home store as well as lots of funky little shops and places to eat.
I had my directions all memorized. And the first thing I do is take the wrong exit. I couldn't get back over once I was in the wrong lane. That put me on I-84 with the rest of rush hour traffic. We took the first exit which was 33rd. I thought cool. I will just follow 33rd down to Hawthorne. Good intention that didn't work out. 33rd isn't just a nice straight shot. So we toured a beautiful neighborhood. Finally stopped at a Fred Meyer that was out of the way and called Jacob. His suggestion was to get back on 84 and go back to I-5 and take the right exit. Well 84 was plugged so we just kept driving around. Found it and it was the greatest place.
The boutique goodwill was nice, but a little too spendy on some things. They had a book for $16.99 that I got at Powell's for $4. Now it was hardback at goodwill and paperback at Powell's, but we are talking a book that is almost 20 years old.
We poked in some really cool little shops. That is when Elizabeth decided that instead of feather hair extensions she would rather have just a hair clip with feathers. We found exactly what she wanted in some funky used clothes store. We hit Powell's which has two stores down there. A normal one and the home store. I managed to find five books for myself and Elizabeth found a book on Hindu deities that she wanted. She informed me a few months ago that she doesn't really like to read anymore. Maybe not storybooks, but she does still read. Hence the deity book.
Then it was time to eat. We ate at Chopsticks. It had nice ambiance and Elizabeth said her orange chicken was really good. I had Pad Thai and it was nothing compared to Thai Lotus (I really need to find some good Pad Thai locally). Anyway we both used our chopsticks. I did better left handed, but quickly gave up.
So we had a fantastic Elizabeth day. It was good fun, good company, good food and good bonding for Elizabeth and I. We needed it since we haven't had an Elizabeth day since July.
Thanks for the suggestion Jacob. It was the cat's meow.