Dave Knows: Portland

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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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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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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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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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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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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Just a day trip to the coast, but as I’ve mentioned before, one of the few disadvantages of being carfree is that the weekend jaunt becomes problematical.
And not only did I get out of town, but I found a new victim, er, friend to regale with my dubious information and silly stories for a whole [...]

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For the second edition of the Rosebuds* I present to you an eclectic mix of Rose City related items.

Join the Plaid and Proud Jax Saturday night at the Rose Garden
Tribune says Timbers are hungrier in 08
Timbers Keeper Josh Wicks presents his favorite 07 highlights
BikePortland.org runs down the Year in Bikes, 2007 edition
Non-Vegan item: The 2008 [...]

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Sometimes I find things I would like to share, but they don’t warrant their own blog post, or I don’t have the time at the moment to flesh one out. Lately I’ve been dealing with this by not posting, but I think I’ve stumbled upon a better solution. I’m a fan of Shawn [...]

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