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Overlooked chainsaw art at the Portland Deschutes Brewery

April 30th, 2008 · 2 Comments

Last week I got a sneak peak at the new Deschutes Brewery pub in the Pearl District.
Brian Libby at Portland Architecture has a much more thorough, and informed, description and review of the Emmons Architects designed space than I could muster, however.
You could tell there was a real architect behind the design in terms of […]

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Tags: Architecture · Blog · Art · Restaurants · Portland

Portland gets dissed by Goal.com, but The Offside Rules has our back

April 24th, 2008 · No Comments

Goal.com has compiled a list of their Best Places in America to Watch Soccer, and inexplicably they have failed to mention Portland. This is doubly crazy as we not only have the best supported club in the country, in our beloved Portland Timbers, but we also have collegiate powerhouse University of Portland and the […]

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Tags: Blog · Timbers · Soccer · Portland

Timber Jim retires his chainsaw 4/17/2008

April 21st, 2008 · 4 Comments

Heather’s first Timbers game was, sadly, the night Timber Jim retired from mascot duty. She filmed (from section 107, row N) the last log sawed, for Chris Brown’s 71st minute game winner.

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Tags: Blog · Timbers · Soccer · Portland

Mt Saint Helens: Dave gets out of town (and state)

April 17th, 2008 · 2 Comments

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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Tags: Blog · Out of town · Travel

Rosebuds* for 4/11/08

April 11th, 2008 · 4 Comments

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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Tags: Architecture · Rosebuds · Blog · Transit · Booze · Restaurants · Portland

A blog to guide your Rose City weekend

April 4th, 2008 · 1 Comment

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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Tags: Blog · Weekend · Portland

The Gorge: Dave gets out of town again

March 20th, 2008 · 3 Comments

To make the life of a lazy blogger easier, I recommend finding a non-lazy blogger with whom you can do bloggable activities.
Heather of Mile 73 fame has done such a great job of writing up our day trip to the Gorge (and she also has a camera), that, once again, I’ll steal her map image […]

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Tags: Blog · Weekend · Out of town

The Portland Hipster Cocktail?

March 17th, 2008 · 1 Comment

If you were tasked with translating the smoky, beery ambiance of, say, the Crow Bar, into a sophisticated drink, it might look like this:

3oz PBR Reduction
2oz Cigar Infused Whiskey — don’t try this at home
1oz Meyer lemon juice

Shake with ice, strain into martini glass
Read the whole post by Lance J. Mayhew at My Life on […]

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Tags: Blog · Booze · Portland · Beer

Our Own Private Idaho

March 13th, 2008 · 6 Comments

Gus Van Sant’s My Own Private Idaho is the film I recommend to all my Portland transplant friends. It provides a glimpse into the city almost two decades ago. The Pearl, for example, didn’t exist; Blitz-Weinhard’s malty steam suffused the area. The loading docks were loading docks by day, prostitute promenades by night. […]

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Tags: Film · Blog · Gus Van Sant · Portland

Spring has arrived: Tuesday Timbers Tidbits

March 11th, 2008 · 1 Comment

Monday training camp started at PGE Park. Today the soon to be semi-regular Tuesday Timbers Tidbits starts. And now on with the show:

The Nerd is the Word reminds us to mark the calendar for Saturday, March 29th: Timbers Season Kickoff Party
A good new Timbers Blog: Nasty Challenge
My fellow Jesuit alumnus Chris Brown may […]

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Tags: Blog · Timbers · Soccer · Portland