Dave Knows: Portland

Camping close to town with no reservations was no problem. In fact no more than 3 of the 30+ campsites at Henry Rierson Spruce Run Campground were occupied all weekend. The rain, the Rose Festival Grand Floral Parade, and Fleet Week were all going on in Portland. These are all good reasons [...]

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The Oregon Brewers Guild has a new website. One of the new features is On Tap: the OBG Blog. Judging from the nascent posts (first post was on May 31st, 2008), it looks to be the One Stop Shopping place for Oregon beer news, events, and factoids; the Fred Meyers of Beer Blogs, [...]

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I’m addicted to Oregonlive.com’s Reddit. Apparently I’m not alone.
Steve, at More Hockey Less War, noticed an Oregon Reddit button on Mike Vogel’s blog, and investigated.
The fruits of his efforts is a freely distributed Oregon Reddit button Wordpress Plugin, which you can download from his site.
Oregon Reddit//

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First a special thank you to Heather at Mile73.com for the new rose image!
Portland Architecture asks: Can We End Gas Mowers In Portland? Leaf Blowers?
Black velvet paintings from the Velvetaria on display in the Pearl Room all month
Neverbeencool offers us Justin’s Guide to Driving In and Around Portland
Two Timbers away-match viewing parties this weekend, [...]

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The Portland Timbers and the Army made the trip north Saturday and came back with one shiny point. Despite the anemic Sounder fan support, visitors rarely win in Jet City. A draw is a commendable result, though disappointing to Timbers fans after the strong start to this season.
We got into Seattle a few [...]

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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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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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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.

Oregon Reddit//

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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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