26 bca a .com winter 2014 (top left) Portland Saturday market, (train) amtrak, masterfile
D E S T I N AT I O N S Weekender
This (and every) holiday season,
Portland's stocking is filled to the brim
with regional flagships and quirky bou-
tiques purveying tax-free goodies for all.
Big names Find familiar brands with
a twist in downtown's Pioneer Place
(pioneerplace.com), including the cool
new Apple store (apple.com/retail/
pioneerplace/). Locally grown Nike
(nike.com) and Columbia Sportswear
(columbia.com) recently opened new
flagships nearby, while Finnegan's Toys
(finneganstoys.com) remains one of
the finest toyshops in the U.S.
cool Trends Downtown's "West
End" is the city's latest "It" area, a few
blocks between Burnside and Broadway
bustling with boutiques. The Union
Way arcade harkens back to London's
Smithfield, a corridor filled with indie
shops like Tanner Goods (handmade
leathers; tannergoods.com), Poler (func-
tion-over-form outdoor gear; polerstuff.
com) and Canoe (high-end home wares;
Portland
Shopping Spree
cross the border to load up on tax-free buys
for everyone on your gift list
rEfuEl
Restore all those
shopping calories
you've burned at the
alphabet District's
Kornblatt's (korn
blattsdelipdx.com)
and elephants
delicatessens
(elephantsdeli.com).
Warm up with
homemade soups,
fill up with tradi-
tional New York deli
sandwiches and
load up with crazy-
good desserts.
Sure, taking the Amtrak Cascades train from
Vancouver to Portland is an eight-hour ride,
but you can relax the entire way. The dining
car even serves microbrews. Plus, BCAA
Members save 10% on Amtrak fares.
MEMBERS SAVE!
This (and every) holiday season,
Portland's stocking is filled to the brim
with regional flagships and quirky bou
tiques purveying tax-free goodies for all.
Big names
a twist in downtown's
(pioneerplace.com (pioneerplace.com (
new
pioneerplace/
(nike.com (nike.com (
(columbia.com
flagships nearby, while
good desserts.
Portland Saturday Market Pioneer Place
Cozy up to a cup of
elephants Deli hot
chocolate.
