Dave Knows: Portland

Come to PGE Park tonight and see grown men cry.
Of course you know already that the Portland Timbers kick off the 2008 season tonight at PGE Park. But this match also marks the retirement of the iconic Timber Jim.
Allison Andrews has posted a series of excellent and heartfelt articles in homage to Timber Jim at [...]

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I’ve traipsed through Ape Cave, on the southern flank of the mountain, a few times, but I’d never in my thirtyish years living in Portland viewed Mt Saint Helens from the north. The dramatic crater*, almost 10 years younger than me but much more impressive, is on the north side of the mountain.
Heather’s car [...]

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The Portland Building is ours!
Walking / Drinking Tour of Portland by pickled Berkely wine writer, Tim “Blind Muscat” Patterson
Just in time for the beautiful weather, the Portland Area Patio Dining lineup from Portland Food and Drink
North Portland’s got a podcast. This week’s discussion: North Portland Streetcar
Great new blog: Trimetiquette
TriMetiquette covers personal TriMet stories [...]

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One more week of preseason, then next Thursday, April 17th, the mighty mighty Timbers host Puerto Rico at PGE Park in the season opener for both teams. A halftime ceremony celebrates Timber Jim’s retirement and the first 1000 fans to arrive at the stadium receive a Timber Jim Farewall T-shirt from Shindaiwa. The only [...]

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On occasion, when there’s a festival or sporting event or some other extraordinary reason to drink beer with friends, I’ll blog a recommended weekend itinerary. But sometimes there isn’t a critical mass of events to satisfy my blogging urge, or there is truly nothing going on, or I’m lazy*, and I blog nothing about [...]

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