Photos from Carla Muss-Jacobs, ABR, CEBA, e-PRO, Realtor
Downtown PortlandSkyline contributed by Carla Muss-Jacobs, Broker/Owner EBA Portland, LLCLocated in: Downtown (Portland, OR)
For the past several weeks, I've been posting about The City of Roses using photos of roses from my backyard. Pretty soon, the Fall will turn into Winter, and in preparation I'll be pruning the Rose bushes back. The City of Roses and the Speechless Sundays and Wordless Wednesdays of the backyard blooms will be put on hold.
I like The City of Roses. I particularly like this rose, with its circular inner motions, and the color is stunning. I even like the few petals that are not pristine, the few that are turning -- past their prime. It just goes to show you that there's still a lot of beauty to behold -- even when aging!
~ Portland is known as: The City of Roses ~
Please see my other blogs on The City of Roses
Portland, Oregon has quite a few nicknames . . . Potland being one of the more cheesier of them.
But of the nicer ones, here's a little excerpt of their humble beginnings:
The City of Roses - Way back in 1888, a group of visitors met at the Episcopalian Church for a convention. They couldn't help take notice of the lovely rose garden, and the roses around the city. Their remarks were about the City being full of Roses.
The moniker City of Roses was starting to take root, and in 1905 the Mayor decided to have a festival of roses, and out of that "rose" the Portland Rose Festival.
Then in 1908, a wealthy man, Leo Samuel, is said to have had a vibrant rose garden in the front of his house, located centrally in town. He left a pair of pruning shears near a note that read anyone who wanted to, could snip as many roses as they wanted.
This simple act was mimicked all over Portland. And soon, businesses and homes were growing roses for everyone to enjoy. The City of Roses was not just a cutesy name . . . it truly was . . . and is!
Rip City - The Portland Trailblazers is our only major league . . . anything. We don't have a major league football team, or baseball team. We WILL have a major league soccer team . . . in 2011. So the Trailblazers is our major league anything for now.
It's said that the name RIP CITY took hold when, during a Blazer's game, a three-pointer made by Jim Barnett caused the basket net to rip. The play-by-play announcer, Bill Schonely, exclaimed "RIP CITY" when he saw what just happened. And the name stuck!
Bridgetown - Portland is not a very large metropolitan area. In the late '60's and '70's there was talk about putting in freeways, and thank goodness for the grass roots efforts. They used Portland's 11 bridges as a reason and arguments against freeways. With eight bridges crossing the Willamette River, and three crossing the Columbia, there was no reason, they stated (and rightly so) for putting in a freeway system. The traffic crossing back and forth is eased with so many bridges -- all toll free.
Stumptown - during the mid-1800's Portland was a BOOM town. The land was cleared so fast for development, logging, farmland the stumps were left before they could all be ground out. Hence the name: Stumptown.
In present day, the nickname is used to denote the very small heights on the "high-rise" offices downtown. With a lack of tall skyscrapers, the tallest downtown building is only 550 ft. high, the buildings are "stumped" compared to other metro cities.
P-Town - Nothing really to say about this other then it's probably our way of being "cool" in the era of P-Diddy's . . .
PDX - This is the airport code for the Portland International Airport. For some reason, it caught on and you'll hear people use the abbreviated PDX interchangeably.
Does your City have nicknames?
Remember this quote by Shakespeare?
"What's in a name?
That which we call rose
By any other name
Would smell as sweet"
~ Since 1888 The City of Portland (located in Oregon) has been known as: The City of Roses ~
Although it's supposedly "Wordless" Wednesday, I couldn't help think about this beautiful quote by the Bard. Since I live in the City of Roses, I like my roses and this bud was taken in my backyard a few weeks ago. It's now bloomed, and has lived a very good life in a vase in my family room. What a beautiful flower too! And the smell . . . whatever you want to call it, it would have smelled as sweet!
~ Portland is known as: The City of Roses ~ Please see my other blogs on The City of Roses
So, I'm out in my backyard this afternoon, and through the trees I see a Rainbow,
or as my son would call it a "Visual Spectrum."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visual_spectrum
Take ANOTHER look . . . up above the arch is another Rainbow -- very faint, but it's there!
Hey, I'm UP for a Pot o' Gold!
CONGRAULATIONS are in order to a fellow Active Rain member:
~ BENJAMIN CLARK ~
Voted in as NAEBA's 2009-2010 PRESIDENT
The National Association of Exclusive Buyer Agents has elected a GREAT guy, and I personally wish Benjamin a tremendous year. NAEBA has over 3,500 active Exclusive Buyer Agents working nationally; solely, and exclusively on the behalf of buyers.
Benjamin Clark is the Broker of Homebuyer Representation, Inc, based out of Salt Lake City, UT.
Benjamin has been an Active Rain member since January 2007, and is an active blogger in the rain!
I wish you the BEST of LUCK in promoting our EBA cause. Thank you BEN, and congratulations!
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"Carla is a great realtor. I moved to Portland from the East Coast and needed to get acclimated to the area. Carla helped me determine which areas of the metro area would best fit my needs and life style. She took time from her busy schedule to show me the different neighborhoods and point out the positive and negative attributes of each. She has been kind, caring, patient and of the utmost personal integrity. She always provides honest, objective feedback. I'm recommending Carla to all my friends!"
-R.W., Beaverton, OR
"I would like to express my appreciation of Carla's skills in helping me find the home I wanted. She made astute, intelligent comments about each listing, and never tried to "sell" me. In fact, in some instances pointed out negative aspects that I might have missed. She had useful information to offer about neighborhoods, traffic conditions, access to the city center, etc. Carla was meticulous in preparing the offer, counter offer ... the whole shebang! She has kept me fully informed each step of the way, has always been available for questions, has responded quickly to messages I have left. In short, it has been a pleasure!"
-Shirley L., Portland, OR
"I bought my first home through Carla and I am glad I did. She saved me $8,000 off the list price. I bought a small condo that, I am sure, didn't generate a large commission check for her. But, she worked diligently for me as if I was buying a mansion. I'm a loan officer for Bank of America, and I only know the lending side of a transaction. Carla explained how a sale works and was very thorough in her explanations, assisting me through inspections, appraisals and closing."
-Edna H., Hillsboro, OR
Disclaimer
Carla Muss-Jacobs is a licensed Realtor® in the State of Oregon. EBA Portland, LLC is incorporated in the State of Oregon. Opinions, advice, are that of the author and are protected under the First Amendment of the Constitution of the United States of America. All comments posted on others' blog sites are the opinion of Carla Muss-Jacobs and are protected under First Amendment statute. Positions, comments, etc. are based on Oregon Real Estate Law and the Common Law of Real Estate. It is advised that the general public seek the advice of a competent licensed Realtor® in their State for answers to specific real estate questions they may have, and in assisting them on their home purchase, or real estate sale. For a referral to qualified Realtor® please contact Carla Muss-Jacobs, Broker/Owner of EBA Portland, LLC directly.
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