My Favorite Murder

This will probably make me sound sick and disturbed, but one of my favorite podcasts is called My Favorite Murder. It's two lady comedians, Georgia Hardstark and Karen Kilgariff, who get together in Georgia's apartment each week to record an episode. They'll both have researched a murder, the more mysterious the better, and tell each other about it. For anyone into true crime, I'd recommend it. It's hilarious too, which I know sounds terrible since it's about murder...but maybe you just have to listen to get it?

Anyways, they decided to do a national tour, visiting all the major cities to perform a show. I tried to score tickets to Seattle as soon as they went on sale, but was too late – they sold out in under an hour! So bummed! But then, I saw they added an additional show in Portland, and since that's not too far of a drive I decided to get 4. I knew Sarah and Heather would be down (the ones that turned me onto it in the first place), and of course Colleen my go to travel buddy.

Unfortunately, Sarah got the plague the day before we were supposed to leave – the sickest she's been in 10 years (worst luck ever), so she was unable to make it. So, Colleen, Heather and I headed out on our road trip to Portland, listening to My Favorite Murder episodes on the way down.

We stayed at the Vintage Kimpton hotel, which was super cute and in a great location. When we got there in the afternoon, we shopped (tax free!) and then back to the room for cocktails and get ready for the show.

Cheers! Missing Sarah :(

We grabbed dinner before heading to Revolution Hall, an old school that has since been turned into a theater, where the show was. There were tons of other "sick and disturbed" fans as we all waited in line to grab seats.

As fun as it was to see Karen and Georgia in person, I have to say the show itself was a little disappointing. The murders they told were unforgettable, and Karen's was even about mysterious things that have happened at Crater Lake – a stretch if you ask me. Come to find out (on one of the later episodes), Karen didn't realize they were doing three shows in Portland, and had only prepared two stories. I'm guessing her Crater Lake story was the result of procrastination. Regardless, we still had a fun time, and the banter between the two was fun to watch.

their sound guy Steven with a VooDoo Donut
made to look like him

The next morning, we headed to the McMenamins Kennedy School to check it out and have brunch. The place is pretty cool. We had brunch in the cafe which used to be the old cafeteria, checked out some of the hotel rooms (old classrooms), and peeked in to the movie theater and swimming pool.

The trip ended up being a blast, and fun to have some girl time!