Visiting Pittock Mansion...

It's been a couple weeks since my last post. It's been a couple of busy weeks. Because of Jose's new diet, I'm not doing much cooking experiments either.
Today is Easter, a rainy Easter in Portland. The temperature is back to the 50s. The rain makes it even colder. We went to Lisa's place for brunch. She lives up in the hills around NW 23rd area, just straight west of us. I was never a big fan of living up the hills because of all the story we heard about icing driving conditions on the slops in winter seasons. But as we were driving up the hill, I was captivated by the amazing views and the absolute lushness. It was beautiful.
After food, Lisa took us to the Pittock Mansion, a French Renaissance style chateau on top of the hill just half a mile further. The mansion belonged to the Pittock family. More than half century ago the city bought the estate from the family and established the historic status and has been renovating it. Today you can pay $8 for a self-guided tour. I forgot my camera, so the digi-cam in my phone would have to do.

The music room. Some of the furniture piece were not from the Pittock family, but rather donated to represent the era

There are at least 2-3 full size dining rooms, 5 bedrooms and 3 full size bathrooms in the building. Most of the rooms occupy the first and second floor. There is a lower level, which seems mostly visitor info center and public bathrooms. 
There are also a dedicated music room, a family room, a writing room, two sleeping porches, a child's room and sewing room, two full size walk-in closets and a full-size kitchen, a full size pantry room and a full-size refrigerator room. I might have miss one or two smaller alcoves. Every room seems to have its own telephone. I thought the most fascinating rooms are the kitchen and the bathroom. Funny how that works...

The stove from the earlier 20 century

The full size refrigerator room and the pantry room

A predecessor of modern day body spray shower. But they had something we don't see today, a "Bidet" spray. Yes, you guessed it, it's for cleansing the private area. Unlike Toto's all-in-one super toilet, this is built as part of the shower.

Odd shape for a toilet tank; A dedicated sit-bath. Back then people seemed to take personal hygiene a lot more seriously