What Will You Miss Most About Winter?

Our favorite looks on Portland's streets this week.

(Sam Gehrke)
By Sam Gehrke

"We're both going to miss being able to wear a ton of coats."

"I'm gonna miss wearing puffy jackets."

"I've never had a real winter. I just moved here from Florida. I'm not gonna miss it. I'm ready for the sun and the flowers."

"Definitely gonna miss layering my clothes. I feel like my wardrobe kinda goes to waste when I can't just pile stuff on anymore."

(Left) "Hot toddies." (Right) "Can't disagree with that, ha ha."

"I'm gonna miss having an excuse to go to bed early."

"No longer being able to call the depression 'seasonal.'"

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Sam Gehrke

Sam Gehrke

Sam Gehrke is a photographer born in Milwaukee, WI in 1990 and raised in Eugene, OR. He moved to Portland in 2016 to pursue photography, quitting his full time job and diving head first into an independent career. His work has since appeared in Vice Magazine, OPB, The Fader, Vortex Music Magazine and Premier Guitar Magazine.

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