Nice views on top of the Central Library.

Fill a paper grocery bag with books from the store for only $10, until they run out of books!

I think this whole Keep Portland Weird thing is trite and unoriginal. Never the less, the Keep Portland Weird Festival 2009 this upcoming Saturday, November 14 looks like it will be a fine time.

The Wordstock Book Fair takes place this weekend at the Oregon Convention Center (777 NE MLK Jr) from 10am-6pm Saturday and Sunday, October 10-11.
Other festival readings and workshops are ongoing, but good luck finding the information you need from the website, which just like last year, is thoroughly irritating (flash, awful navigation but [...]

It’s not just soccer festivities this weekend; there are a lot other things to do:
Friday through Sunday the Bite of Oregon celebrates the food and wine of Oregon at Waterfront Park.
An impressive lineup of restaurants from all over the state will be preparing all manner of food, and of course craft beer and wine will [...]

I’m an avid Netflixer and I don’t at present have a TV, so I rely on my Mac for all my video watching needs. Naturally I was delighted to read this morning that Multnomah County Library offers movies for free via the Internet. My enthusiasm waned a little after I perused the meager [...]