Mmmm, Heinrich’s Inauthentic Thai Food . . .

Proprietary Microsoft project or home grown, community maintained Portland project?

Oregon State Fair, Festa Italiana, Old Town Block Party, Biketobeerfest, Nano Beer Festival, and the Timbers – what a weekend!

Corndogs and carnies, livestock and live music! From August 27 through September 6 in Salem!

This is one of my favorite Portland festivals, and not just because of the strolling accordionists.

Another epic summer weekend in Portland: Alberta Street Fair, Multnomah Days, Baconfest 2010, a beerfest, movies, belly dance, and a charity kickball tournament!

Wherein I call bullshit on marketing speak.

An epic, hot summer weekend’s activities include a bike race, a crawfish festival, India festival, Hawthorne Street Fair and Sunday Parkways, Soapbox Derby, and the Central Library Block Party

Did you know that Oregon is the second largest commercial producer of crawfish in the country (with 10%), after Louisiana (90%)? I didn’t know either, but that’s impressive, eh?

Accanto, Clark Lewis, Wildwood, Olympic Provisions, and Nostrana are the formidable Portland restaurants that garner accolades for their fine happy hour food specials in the article.