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Entries from June 2007

Timbers take on the Sounders in US Open Cup match Tuesday

June 26th, 2007 · 1 Comment

Bob Kellett has a rundown of the US Open Cup history between the rivals on his Oregonlive Timbers Blog (required Timbers fan reading).
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If you’re not traveling to Seattle, er Tukwila, you can listen to the game on PortlandTimbers.com (7pm kickoff).
If the Timbers win they face Chivas USA, current team of the despised Preston Burpo!
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Tags: Portland · Soccer · Timbers

Happy hours in Portland

June 25th, 2007 · 1 Comment

It’s easy to find happy hours in Portland, with several local sites dedicated to the subject. In particular Bar Fly and Unthirsty.
My favorite is UrbanDrinks.com.

The happy hour time charts (downtown’s for example) make it easy to map out your drinking travels throughout the day.
But my favorite feature is the user submitted pub crawls. I [...]

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Tags: Beer · Booze · Cheap · Portland

Dumpster diving in the 21st Century

June 24th, 2007 · 1 Comment

Looking for an online source for dumpster diving prospects in the Rose City? Me too!
Pdxnikkie’s PDX; Waste Not, Want Not map
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Tags: Cheap · Portland

Turtlefox is less crappy

June 23rd, 2007 · No Comments

Check out Turtlefox.
Yeah, it’s another social networking site. But it’s less crappy than MySpace and less idiosyncratic than Facebook. Plus it’s easy enough to figure out that I’ll bet grandma could even use it.
(It also happens to be the brainchild of a former co-worker, Geoff, and his brother)
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Tags: Social Networking

Budvar, a.k.a. ‘Czechvar’ available on tap in the Rose City!

June 22nd, 2007 · No Comments

It’s hard to find the original ‘Bud’ in a bottle, much less on tap; but now we have it . . . apparently only at a couple places so far:

Jimmy Mak’s, 221 N.W. 10th Ave; 503-295-6542
The Blue Monk, 3341 S.E. Belmont St.; 503.595.0575

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Tags: Beer · Portland