Blog: melophobe

If Pioneer Square is Portland's living room, the Oregon Zoo amphitheater is its backyard. And on pretty nearly perfect summer nights like Friday's, the amphitheater attracts Portland residents to the grass like bees to honey. "We got here at three o'clock and there was already a line!" reported one concert-goer. When I arrived at half past six, I was lucky enough to lay claim to a narrow strip of green on the upper lawn way back by the elephant house. The bustle and hum around me make me feel part of a whole even as I sat alone [...]