The aim of the site is to provide a resource for locals and tourist alike.

French fries. Cheese Curds. Gravy. We have much to learn from Canada.

The Golden Spurtle trophy will be coming to Oregon!
Matthew Cox, of Milwaukie, Oregon’s own Bob’s Red Mill today was named the 2009 World Porridge Making Champion.
A spurtle, besides just a fun word to say, is a wand-like thing usually made of wood that is traditionally used to stir porridge while it cooks (and yes, [...]

My brother Steve, a Portland native and lifelong Trailblazers fan like me, moved to Elko, Nevada a few years ago. He’s still a BLZRFAN, and he blogs at Dave Knows: Elko.
Here are some of his preseason thoughts and predictions on the 2009-2010 Portland Trailblazers season:
Last year’s Portland Trailblazer season was pretty amazing. 54 [...]

Light posting this week, we’re visiting my brother and his family in Elko, Nevada. We’ll be back in Portland in time for Saturday’s Belmont Street Fair: Heather will be selling more of her paintings!
Meanwhile, follow Heather’s Twitterings of our trip, and visit my brother’s branch of the Dave Knows empire to learn all about [...]

Last week the Portland Sucks podcast listeners were asked to send in lists of their top five Portland blogs. And on yesterday’s podcast the Portland Sucks host, Robert Wagner, announced the winners:
5. Red Cross PDX
4. Jack Bog’s Blog
3. Silicon Florist
2. Bike Portland
And the top blog of Portland Sucks listeners, and included on 88% of [...]

Daveknows.org was born June 22, 2007. So as of last Monday, the blog is two years old!

I had completely forgotten about this most auspicious date, until reminded by the first birthday celebration going on over at OurPDX. It will probably take OurPDX’s anniversary posts each year from now on to remind me [...]

I suggest you get your tickets now.
You can get them online, but I always like just walking up to the PGE Park box office ticket window (20th and Morrison) – no friggin Ticketmaster fees! It’s open 10am to 5pm Monday through Saturday.

My brother Steve, a Portland native and lifelong Blazer fan, moved to Elko, Nevada a few years ago. But he’s still a Blazer fan. He blogged yesterday about Tuesday night’s preseason game against Sacramento, which he was fortunate to track down on Northern Nevada cable:
But the team we have now is HOT! Greg [...]

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 [...]