Dave Knows: Portland

I’m off to the hinterlands this weekend for some good ol’ fashioned car camping. We’re hoping to see some old growth forest and to stay dry (we weren’t so lucky last time).
Meanwhile back in and around Portland y’all will be . . .

Drinking beer at the Portland International Beerfest
Averting your eyes as kilts fly [...]

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My brother Steve grew up and spent most of his life in Portland before moving to Elko, Nevada a few years ago. He and his family are enjoying their new home town, and Steve is blogging about it on one of my subdomains:
Elko.DaveKnows.org
Recently he and the family took in the 45th annual National Basque [...]

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I make a point of attending as many street fairs and festivals as I can and the Mississippi Avenue Street Fair is always one of the best. This year’s was no exception.
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The overgrown lot Twilight Theatre in the Garden behind Moxie RX is hosting a series of events this summer, including music, dance, films and Puppetstock, a summertime puppet theatre extravaganza!
The current schedule:
Friday June 27, 10 am:
Mudeye Puppet Company
Penny’s Puppet Productions
Thursday July 3, 8 pm:
The Dim Sum Puppet Opera Company
Thursday, July 10, 7 pm:
The Joe Cocker [...]

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Yesterday Feministing and Matthew Yglesias asked the more general questions “what is the first concert you ever went to?”, which elicited numerous cool and a multitude of embarrassing and amusing answers.
I figured this would be a good question to steal borrow for my blog, but since my blog is about Portland, I’ll ask:
What is the [...]

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I miss summer and fall in Portland; the fantastic street fairs, festivals (Beer, French, Greek, Mexican, Polish, German, and more), and Timbers matches. When every weekend provides so many opportunities for fun that even the most obsessive festival frequenter can’t contemplate visiting them all. But then we hit November like a wall, and [...]

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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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