The Hermiston Watermelon Association is making its annual trek to Portland to give away free watermelons at Pioneer Square (and cantaloupes and potatoes too) on Friday. This will be the 17th year in a row.
Like lots of good things in the Rose City, this tradition started when Bud Clark was mayor.
As Frank Harkenrider, a [...]
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Free Watermelon Friday!
August 1st, 2007 · No Comments
Miser Monday, Tall Boy Tuesday, Wine Wednesday
July 30th, 2007 · No Comments
First comes Miser Monday, then between Tall Boy Tuesday and Thirsty Thursday falls Wine Wednesday.
(Almost) every Wednesday the Hotel Vintage Plaza (422 SW Broadway) hosts a “Wine Wednesday” wine tasting. A winery representative conducts the tasting and gives a wine education presentation. Appetizers are provided, usually by the adjacent Pazzo Ristorante. It [...]
The city is your orchard - Part 2
July 19th, 2007 · No Comments
Urban Edibles is a community maintained database of wild food sources in Portland. Like Arifilahi’s Fruit and Nut Trees map, mentioned previously, anyone can search or add to the database.
The creators of the site tell us what it’s all about:
This project aims to make more available the natural food sources throughout the city that [...]
Two Timbers “Thirsty” Thursdays in a row
July 17th, 2007 · No Comments
Your first place Portland Timbers play home games the next two Thursdays.
This week the Timbers take on the Vancouver Whitecaps. The match starts at 7pm and will also be televised on Fox Sports Northwest.
Next Thursday the 26th, the Timbers take on the Atlanta Silverbacks.
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The city is your orchard
July 11th, 2007 · No Comments
Can’t (or don’t want to) pay farmers market prices for local produce?
Then this is the map for you: Arifilahi’s Fruit and Nut Trees in Portland, Oregon.
The trees are in the public right-of-way, and anyone can update the map.
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Happy hours in Portland
June 25th, 2007 · 1 Comment
It’s easy to find happy hours in Portland, with several local sites dedicated to the subject. In particular Bar Fly and Unthirsty.
My favorite is UrbanDrinks.com.
The happy hour time charts (downtown’s for example) make it easy to map out your drinking travels throughout the day.
But my favorite feature is the user submitted pub crawls. I [...]
Tags: Beer · Booze · Cheap · Portland
Dumpster diving in the 21st Century
June 24th, 2007 · 1 Comment
Looking for an online source for dumpster diving prospects in the Rose City? Me too!
Pdxnikkie’s PDX; Waste Not, Want Not map
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