Pretty Portland

The Tin Shed, 1438 N.E. Alberta Street, phone 503/288-6966.

International Rose Test Garden, 400 SW Kingston Ave., Washington Park, phone 503/823-3636. Open from dawn ‘til dusk, free admission.

Japanese Garden, 611 Kingston Ave in Washington Park, phone 503/223-1321; www.japanesegarden.com/. Open from 10 a.m. - 7 p.m., Tuesdays through Sundays from April to September and from 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. Tuesdays through Sundays the rest of the year (the garden opens at noon on Mondays). The entrance fee is $6.75 adults, $5 seniors, $4 students and children 6-17, free for children under 6.

The Portland Chinese Classical Garden, 127 NW 3rd Ave between NW Everett Street and NW Third Ave, phone 503/228-8131; www.portlandchinesegarden.org/. Admission $7 adults, $6 seniors, $5.50 students and children 6-18, free for children 5 and under. Open daily from 9am-6pm (or 10am-5pm between November and March).

Jakes Famous Crawfish, 401 SW 12th Avenue, phone 503/226-1419 or 888-344-6861.

Powell’s City of Books, 1005 W. Burnside, phone 800/878-7323; www.powells.com/.

Dragonlily, 1740 SE Hawthorne Blvd., phone 503/234-LILY; www.dragonlily.org

To get to North East Alberta Street drive north from downtown Portland on I-5 and get off at the NE Alberta Street exit.

To get maps of the hiking trails in Forest Park, head to the Arboretum (4000 SW Fairview Blvd., open Mondays through Saturdays from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.) 

Higgins Restaurant, 1239 SW Broadway, 503/222-9070.

Portland Center for Performing Arts, 1111 SW Broadway, phone 503/248-4335; www.pcpa.com

The Portland Center Stage now performs at the Gerding Theater at the Armory. For full information on its season, go to http://www.pcs.org/; 503/445-3842.

Whitebird, phone 503/245-1600; www.whitebird.org.

Voodoo Lounge, 53 NW 1^st Street, phone 503/241-3840; www.voodoopdx.com.

Pauline Frommer is the creator of the new Pauline Frommer guides in bookstores now. Her book, Pauline Frommer's New York, was named Best Guidebook of the Year by the North American Travel Journalists Association.