DON'T DIET HERE!

If you desire gourmet breakfasts, The Fulton House is the place to stay.

Here's what's on tap tomorrow morning: 3-cheese quiche; granola and 2 kinds of creamy yogurt (vanilla and plain); home-baked fresh biscuits with preserves, jams, butter and honey; fresh fruit bowl (cantaloupe and honeydew, strawberries, peaches and orange sections); coffee (decaf or hi-test), tea, milk, and orange and cranberry juices. This is a typical breakfast, served every day from 7:30-9:30 or just tell Wendy or me what time works for you.

You can eat at our beautiful formal dining room table (Stickley dark oak), in your room, on our back patio where it's cool, outdoors on our front porch, or in the sunroom for two.

We always have incredibly delicious cookies (double chocolate and white chocolate with macadamia nuts) as well as a coffee cake or other sweet baked surprise available for a late afternoon treat.

Your refrigerator, a private one for every room, is loaded with soft drinks, bottled water, individual juice packages, and a bottle of wine for your enjoyment, all complimentary. (Take that, Hilton Hotel with your tremendously over-priced snacks and drinks in your guest rooms!) Or you can purchase the bottle of your choice of fine red or white varietal or table wine from California, Oregon, Washington or imported from our extensive wine cellar.

For lunch and dinner, there are more than a dozen restaurants, from gourmet to neighborhood, from American to most ethnics, all in the neighborhood, many within walking distance. And, if you really develop a thirst in the afternoon, there's one of Portland's famous microbreweries within walking distance of The Fulton House. You can enjoy a pint or two with no danger of a DUI. There's also a gourmet grocery store with all sorts of deli products a three-minute walk away, if you want sandwiches and cheeses on our patio.

Finally, if it's downtown dining you crave, it's about an 8-minute drive to Portland City Center from The Fulton House or about a 10-minute bus trip, starting only a half-block from us.

So, please, don't start a diet when you visit us.