Amy just started a new job as the executive assistant to the president and former CEO of Translux. The job has a great part-time schedule and is located two blocks off the Santa Fe Plaza. The best part is that we get free passes to go see movies at the local Translux movie theatre!

The first thing I need to say is that it's so nice to see so much green. Portland's downtown is beautiful with big maple and oak trees lining the downtown streets. The riverfront park that separates downtown from the Willamette River stretches quite a ways and provides the path from the hotel I'm staying at to the conference location. It's hard to believe that Portland and Oregon have the highest unemployment rates for US cities and states. It's such a great town, who wouldn't want to locate a business here?