Someone asked for other ideas before this thread got sort of derailed. What about the other direction - the Gorge? It's the perfect time of year for hiking and picnicing. Or how about just in-town stuff? Forest Park, Washington Park, Mt. Tabor, Rocky Butte, Hawthorne, Belmont, Clinton St, Mississippi, 21st, 23rd, etc, etc, etc. Speaking in partcular of Mt. Tabor, every year in the summer they have the soap box derby up there. We could plan a group to go see that - it's free, then sushi or something on Hawthorne. Ooh, and then, while we're on Hawthorne, Excalibur has the biggest anime rental section in Portland.