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Though Stumptown (or P-Town or Bridge City or—wait for it—Beervana) is known primarily as the place young people go to retire, there are places around for the wealthier residents, even those of actual retirement age, and that’s where Andrew’s parents lived. They moved to Oregon from Virginia right around the time Andrew met Mark, much to Andrew’s chagrin. Anna Whittaker, Andrew’s mother, decided she missed her oldest child and only son too much, and one summer day she packed up Andrew’s then 14 year-old sister, Amy, and hopped on a plane to PDX (yet another city nickname because in Portland it’s cool to call your hometown after its airport designation). After visiting Andrew for a week, Anna and Amy decided they wanted to live there. When Corwin Whittaker, Andrew’s father, balked and sa
