Dave Knows: Portland

Biscuits and gravy (b&g) are not hard to find. In fact, they’re ubiquitous. But Portland’s best?
Candidates
Arleta Library (5513 SE 72nd) claims to have Portland’s Best Biscuits-n-Gravy.
Slow roasted pork loin comes thinly sliced, nestled between two sweet potato biscuits and smothered in rosemary sausage gravy
They are pretty damn good, but the best? I [...]

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Heading into the Rose Garden last night I didn’t expect much from the Blazers. They’re my team, but the Mavs are an elite team with some of the best in the league: Nowitzki, Terry, Stackhouse, Howard (Josh; sorry Juwan!). The young Blazers have been looking good at home, but was there any way [...]

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Next Wednesday the winners of the City of Portland’s Courtyard Housing design competition will be announced.
Wednesday, November 14, 2007, 7pm (doors open at 6:30pm)
Announcement of winning designs
1900 SW Fourth Avenue, Room 2500A
Check CourtyardHousing.org in the days following the 14th for your opportunity to vote on the “Peoples Choice” designs. You can view the [...]

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A couple weeks ago I posted about the 2008 season’s resurrection. Rick from Beerdrinker.org posted a salient comment:
any tips for which game someone new to the sport…solid rivalries or whatnot?
Who are our rivals?
Which teams, players, or coaches do real LumberJax fans hate?
Please post comments!
After a few tough games, coupled with the playoff loss to them [...]

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Portland Ground is a good place to start, but the 2nd bloggiest city in the country also hosts many other fine photo blogs (phlogs?).
I’ve compiled a list of some of my favorites below, with brief descriptions.
Blue Ruin
A Portland photo blog.
Sly slices and bits of buildings with prominent sky. Portland grays and earthy colors [...]

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The 2007 Portland Timbers went out with a bang Sunday night, but the news doesn’t stop. Merrit Paulson continues testing the MLS-to-Portland waters, Gavin Wilkinson pursues a contract and prepares for next year, and John Canzano continues his clichéd asinine anti-soccer bloviating (but don’t worry, I won’t link to that).
the107report’s TimbersCast - The [...]

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