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You’ll wonder why you don’t live in Portland after you’ve visited this laid-back and friendly city. With a reputation for manicured parks, eclectic nightlife, fine micro-breweries and distilleries, and nature that cuts right into the city, Portland’s a Pacific Northwest must-visit. Don’t miss the famous Japanese Garden, one of the largest and most beautiful of its kind outside of Japan.
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1. Napoli,that's amore Cooking Classes
Overall Ratings
5.0 based on 90 reviews
SMILING CHEF FOR SMILING TABLE MATES! Do you like Authentic Italian Food? Would you like to have your glory in the kitchen? Would you like to shock your guests? I will bring you in the streets of my beautiful Country just by tasting my gnocchi, my fresh pasta, my eggplant parmigiana....And most of all teaching you the secrets of a simple, but extraordinary cuisine! CLOSE YOUR EYES AND TASTE....You are in Napoli...That's Amore!
Reviewed By jenpete22
NOT OUR FIRST RODEO: A few years ago, my daughter and I took a pasta-making class at a farm in Tuscany. We enjoyed it, but it was a large group, more about the mechanics, and time wasn't spent ensuring it was edible (when the class was over, they tossed our sticky piles of flour and egg and served us their pasta). We didn't leave Italy confident in our pasta making ability (in fact, we were somewhat intimidated), SO we never tried it at home. Instead, I went back to spending top dollar on my favorite dish at a local Italian restaurant here in Oregon. When we saw the opportunity to learn with Renato, I wondered... could he teach me how to make that dish that I love so much? The answer... ABSOLUTELY YES. In fact... even better. IF YOU FALL OFF THE HORSE, GET BACK ON: Taking the class with Renato was a very different experience. My 4th grade daughter and I found RENATO to be incredibly warm, patient, encouraging, FUNNY... and created two aspiring Italian chefs. It was an experience that we will remember forever - a highlight of this time in history. He took his time... we never felt rushed... he answered all our questions and shared stories we enjoyed. Thanks to RENATO, we actually LEARNED a repeatable skill. As he explained, there are many different schools of thought on how to make pasta, and what we had learned at the farm was not as easy as how Renato taught us (and we LOVED the outcome of what we made with him). Doing the class from the comfort of our own kitchen, with Renato cheering us on from Rome, was INCREDIBLE. We learned how to make pasta and an amazing bolognese ragu, which we proceeded to gobble-up once we signed-off the call. The cost of the class was comparable to if our family of 4 went out to eat and ordered the dish we made... so it was a WIN! Am I talking Olive Garden? No. Gross. I mean that nice little Mom and Pop spot where they make it fresh, just like in Italy. I have every reason to believe Kate and I are capable of making this dish again, and since Renato made us so comfortable doing it, we might even tackle some new dishes! I wouldn't hesitate to take another class with Renato, and look forward to his family's return to Oregon so we can do this again, in person, with our friends and family.
2. Revocycle
Overall Ratings
5.0 based on 2 reviews
Revocycle is a a beautiful indoor cycling studio that merges the mindfulness of yoga and barre with the amazing cardio benefits of indoor cycling.
3. Hipcooks
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5.0 based on 4 reviews
Learn, Cook, Eat! Hipcooks offers hands-on cooking classes in a fun & friendly environment. Unlock the secrets of Thai cooking, learn to cook healthy food with impressive knife skills, or win over a special someone with a date night cooking class — we have 50+ classes to choose from! Private classes are great for celebrations, or choose a corporate cooking class for a lively team building event. Gift certificates for cooking classes & kitchen items are available online & in our store.
4. The Loaded Brush
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5.0 based on 1 reviews
Step-by-step painting classes taught by local Portland artists. Watercolor, Paint-Your-Pet Caricature, Needle-Felting, Turkish Paper Marbling & more!
5. Portland Culinary Workshop
6. Live Laugh Love Art
Overall Ratings
5.0 based on 266 reviews
Reviewed By teresaconroy - Tigard, United States
My family and I love Live Laugh Love Art. I take each of my children on mom/kid "dates" and Live Laugh Love Art is one of our favorite places to go together. They have both classes and walk-in activities. We love the diversity of different mediums - pottery painting, glass blowing, glass fusing, wood sign making, canvas painting, candle making, etc. The staff is always so happy and helpful.
7. Roosevelt's Terrariums
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3.5 based on 4 reviews
Come learn how to plant your own terrarium in this fun and informative 2-hour class for ages 5 to 105. Learn the history, science, design and maintenance of a true, science-based, self-watering, terrarium that can live for years. Our terrariums travel well by land, sea or air. Or if you like, you may donate your terrarium to a local school to support science education.
8. Northwest Woodworking Studio
Classes on elements of fine woodworking--turning, bending, joinery and furniture making. We host some of the finest woodworkers in the country so they can share their knowledge with our students.
9. Valen Tango
Legendary Portland ValenTango--non-stop milongas, mixers, practica, classes, lectures and performances.
10. High Low Art Space
The High Low Art Space is an artist run community in SE Portland featuring art classes, drop-in figure drawing, and private lessons.
