Dave Knows: Portland

Portland’s summer weather generally skips over June but lingers through September. So far so good this year. While I’ve no problem huddling under the tent in the rain (with my beer!) during the festivals that populate every weekend in September, the tradition is that I get my last sunburn of the year this [...]

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The first time we camped this summer, the weekend after Memorial Day, we expected crowds but had the rain soaked Spruce Run campground to ourselves.
The second time we camped this summer, the weather was beautiful and we left early on Friday, but were supremely fortunate to snag the last available campsite at Green Canyon.
So did [...]

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Thursday - Sunday
Festa Italiana at Pioneer Square, all weekend!
Saturday
The 4th annual Montavilla Brewfest takes place Saturday, noon-9 in the parking lot behind Thatchers (where you can order your hamburger with pepperoni!) (7915 SE Washington). In Montavilla, of course. Music, barbecue, and over 40 beers. The Beer Here has more details.
Saturday - [...]

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Festa Italiana kicks off Thursday with Opera in the Piazza at 7pm. The festivities continue through Sunday.
Festa Italiana celebrates Italian culture and heritage of Italian-Americans in the Portland metropolitan area. Local Italian-American organizations have united their efforts to produce this unique event with a special invitation to friends of Italy (wannabes) of [...]

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The first item on my list of things to do this weekend probably won’t lead to any heat related maladies, because the wee hours of the morning are relatively cool.
The English Premier League starts regular season play early Saturday morning. For places to watch check out Wednesday’s post on the topic, and make sure [...]

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Heather and I briefly joined 79,998 other people Saturday at Waterfront Park to observe the 2008 Portland Flugtag.
Go to Mile73 to find out how much fun we had.
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Redbull’s Flugtag (not to be confused with the Bognor Birdman) returns to Portland this Saturday, August 2nd.
In 2004 Portland hosted a Flugtag at Waterfront Park. I joined about fifty thousand other people getting sunburns, drinking beer, and watching the silly people wearing funny costumes launch their harebrained contraptions (and themselves) off the end of [...]

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Apparently we aren’t the only ones to notice that Portland’s summers are spectacular; every weekend from June through September a street fair or festival or some other event (often with beer garden!) tempts the rain weary Portlander. Last weekend Heather and I pulled ourselves away from several such events; the Portland Highland Games and [...]

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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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The Mississippi Ave. Street Fair is the best street fair in Portland. Five blocks of the avenue, from Skidmore to Fremont, will be closed to cars from 10am to 7pm. In place of traffic you’ll find “Live Music, Dance Lessons, Storytelling, Beer & Margarita Gardens, BB’Q Rib Off, Dunk Tank and much more.”
And [...]

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