Rain and Portland are as natural as peanut butter and jelly. So when it came time to visit the shops along Southeast Hawthorne who was I to put it off for another day just because of a little rain? I took the photographs you see in this post while waiting on the Tri-Met bus 14 to take me across the river into the east side neighborhoods along Hawthorne. Granted, by the time I got home I was thoroughly cold and damp but my pride as an Oregonian prevented me from complaining. And in all honesty, I love this weather.