I was devastated to learn that Libre was closing, and that Saturday, 4/4 would be their last night. If you don’t know, Libre was a dessert and cocktail bar with heavy Mexican culinary influence. The cocktails and desserts were truly works of art. It was in my Top 10 of favorite bars/restaurants for sure.

Someday Bar is a wonderful little wine bar, tucked away in an alley off Division Street, between SE 36th and 37th. They have a small food menu that changes frequently, and they have a great rotating menu of wines by the glass, and even by the half-glass.

Steve read about a wine bar in Gresham called The Scout that he wanted to visit, and we decided to make it a whole day. My older daughter wanted to go to a new coffee shop in Gresham she heard about on TikTok called Alolia Cafe, and I had been wanting to check out the stores Daiso and Miniso. I also thought it would be nice to do a hike at Gresham Butte, since it was such a gorgeous day, and I hadn’t been there for several years.

Steve, my daughter, and I went to see the cherry blossoms down at the Waterfront.

My oldest daughter and I had a day of vintage/thrift shopping and lunch in Portland yesterday. We went to a huge three-story warehouse in the SE industrial district called Memory Den Vintage Mall. I think we must have spent about four hours there.

I saw this daffodil while walking the dogs. I thought it must have been placed on tope of the bush by someone, but no, it is growing right through the bush.

Things have been really hard, and when things are really hard, I turn to the trees.

As per tradition, we went to get our Krampus holiday photos taken. This was the first year Steve came along too.