Plan to Attend The
American Mensa AG
June 30 - July 4, 2011
In Portland Oregon
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Oregon Mensa & Mensa of Western Washington
Host
AG 2011
July 4 weekend, 2011
For a hint at the fun you'll have, check out the fun we've had at our recent RG's!
Jean M. Auel, best selling author of the "Earth's Children" series and longtime
Oregon Mensan was our featured speaker.
Tony Hallas has been called one of the world's best astronomical photographers. He's also been called the best.
Tony gave us a presentation of his frankly stunning astrophotography
with a slide show, including a discussion of the techniques he employs... some of which he pioneered.
Take a look at the images on his website:
AstroPhoto.com Yes, you can order prints.
Tony's work has been featured in several major magazines.
Mountain Gourmet Experience Tour.
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Oregon Mensa's Visitor's Information Page
Downtown Portland Hilton Hotels,
are on Portland's Transit Mall. Their front doors are less than 200 feet apart and
meeting rooms are closer to the sleeping rooms than many, if not most, recent AG hotels.
Downtown Portland has a LOT to see and do within walking distance of the event hotels. There is serious nightlife here.
No Sales Tax in Oregon.
Increase your credit lines and bring extra luggage. We'll have boxes on hand, for shipping things home.
Powells City of Books - 6 blocks.
"Media Mail" postage to ship your purchases home, may be less than the Sales Tax you don't pay.
Nordsroms - 1 block.
Macy's - 2 blocks.
Sak's - 3 blocks
Nike Town 0.2 Blocks
Pioneer Fashion Mall and Food Court - 2 blocks
The Portland Streetcar - 2.5 Blocks, runs
between the new South Wateront district with it's
Pill Hill Tram through
Portland State University, and downtown, stops at
Powells City of Books and continues through the trendy
Pearl District, then loops through the trendy
NW 23rd area.
Portland's Theater Districts.The event hotel is in the middle of one. Others are walking distance.
Pioneer Square - 1 block.
Portland's civic "living room" park.
Public Transportation
Portland's has a zone where all public transportation is free including light rail, trolly and busses. The event hotel is in the middle of this Fareless Square.
Here's a MAP
ADA: Downtown Portland, the event hotel, and public transportation are all highly ADA compliant. All street corners have ramps, trains and busses kneel or have ramps, taxicab companies have wheelchair cabs and Tri-Met, our public transport agency has special short busses.
$2 from/to the airport on MAX our light rail line.
Drops you about 400 feet from the hotel's front door.
River Cruises Six short blocks to the East is the Willamette River with multiple cruises every day including lunch and dinner cruises.
Wine Country - the Oregon Wine Industry has over 2,000 vineyards, they start less than one hour to the West, and half an hour to the South. We'll have formal and informal tours, or you can rent a car and just explore.
Brew-Pub Tours - Portland has more brew pubs per capita than any city in America. We'll have formal and informal tours.
Local Craft Beers featured in Hospitality
Portland Art Museum - 4 blocks.
Oregon History Center - 3 blocks.
Oregon Museum of Science and Industry (OMSI) ~ $10 by cab, $1.45 by bus.
All in the same area: ~$10 by cab, $1.45 by bus and Light Rail:
Oregon Zoo
Children's Museum
Western Forrestry Center
Oregon Vietnam Memorial
Hoyt Aboretum
Japanese Gardens
Rose Test Gardens
Waterfront Blues Festival Schedules for the July 4th weekend. About a half mile from the event hotel.
Fireworks Probably won't be visible from the hotel.
A 7 block walk to the east will let you watch a substantial display from the
Waterfront Blues Festival. Then there's
Vancouver Washington's Fireworks
10 miles north, is billed as the biggest fireworks display west of the Mississippi River. (65,000 people attend this show).
You can take MAX Yellow line to within two miles of the fireworks.
PGE Park Baseball, Soccer. Free on MAX
Rose Garden - Basketball, Hockey, Arena Rock acts. Free on MAX
Lloyd Center Shopping Mall Free on MAX
Safeway - 6 blocks
Whole Foods - 8 blocks also on Trolley.
Fred Meyers 12 blocks.
The Pearl District - 6 blocks also on Trolley. America's newest and most exciting urban re-development.
Moonstruck Chocolate Co. is a local firm. They'll probably present at the AG since they love presenting at our RGs. As seen on Oprah.
526 NW 23rd Ave., 503-542-3400,
Oregon Symphony and their 2,500 seat Concert Hall - 1 block.
Portland Opera and their 3,000 Seat Concert Hall - 6 blocks.
Portland Center for the Performing Arts - 1 block.
Movie Theaters Two first-run theaters with a combined 11 screens - 1 block each.
Two Art house Movie Theathers with 4-6 screens each 3 and 6 blocks, respectively.
City Blocks are only 200 feet, plus sidewalk and street. The original land developers wanted plenty of corner lots. This makes Downtown Portland very human scale and easy to walk.
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