After dropping in for a vinyasa class at Yoga in the Pearl, I wandered the Pearl neighborhood and came across Powell’s Technical Books. This branch of Portland institution Powell’s books has all the obscure technical books you’d expect to find in a musty professor’s office, and even captures some of the smell. Along the wall, they had their own “dead tech” collection of old computers. A few other friendly by-the-geeks, for-the-geeks amenities: free wifi and a fee-free ATM.
Walking over to the bus stop, I tripped over another fountain in the shadow of the tall US Bancorp tower. The metal Lee Kelly fountain also made a ready playground for at least one skateboarder.
