Archives for May 2009

May 16-17: Mount Tabor Art Walk 2010

May 14, 2009 by Dave Knows 1 Comment

Here’s another event to add to our list of weekend activities.

The 2010 Mount Tabor Art Walk takes place this Saturday and Sunday, May 16-17, from 11am to 5pm at various location around Mount Tabor.

The Mt Tabor Art Walk showcases the many artists who live in this neighborhood. This annual event is sponsored by a community of artists supporting each other. It is designed to promote high-quality visual art in a variety of media within the unique setting of the MT Tabor neighborhood.

A printable map of the artist locations is available at the website. A hard copy is available at these Mount Tabor area businesses: Albina Press (5012 Hawthorne Blvd), Bipartisan Café (7901 SE Stark), Common Grounds (4321 SE Hawthorne), Cooper’s Coffee (6049 SE Stark), and Muse Art + Design (4224 SE Hawthorne).

The Frugal Traveler goes golfing at Edgefield

May 13, 2009 by Dave Knows Leave a Comment

My one experience golfing occurred at the pitch and putt course at the McMenamins Edgefield.

I was surprised I actually enjoyed it. Beer helps.

Seems the New York Times’ Frugal Traveler had a similar experience on his recent trip to Portland:

Near Portland, Ore., Golf For $1 a Hole.

May 14-17: Timbers, a records sale, Zompire films, and Alberta Art Hop

May 13, 2009 by Dave Knows 4 Comments

Timbers Your Portland Timbers face the Rochester formerly raging Rhinos in a Thirsty Thursday matchup May 14th. Kick off for this game is 8pm – time for several more Sessions at Bitter End Pub (1981 West Burnside).

Brent Sancho, Trinidad and Tobago International, Peter Crouch victim, and former Timber (2001-02) suits up for Rochester. As does Andrew Gregor – a former Timber, Portland native, former Sunset high school and U of P star, and USL journeyman.

Also, both Friday and Saturday nights at 7pm, the Timbers U-23s face opponents in US Open Cup qualifying matches at PGE Park. Spokane visits Friday and Yakima on Saturday. Hat tip to Paul!

Zompire: The Undead Film Festival takes place this weekend at the Hollywood Theatre (4122 NE Sandy Boulevard) Friday through Sunday. Andrew Migliore, the creator of the H.P. Lovecraft Film Festival brings us films of zombies and vampires this time.

Friday Hall of Records throws its third record sale and dance party.

Like the first two, this one will also be hosted by It’s a Beautiful Pizza (3342 SE Belmont). And once again DJ Standing 8 will be mixing while you enjoy a beer and dig for records (mainly soul, funk, jazz and breaks from the 60s and 70s).

The party is true to the (eventual) store concept: blending records with beer – don’t forget to track Hall of Records’ progress towards this goal at their blog: The Creation of a Record Store.

And finally the 10th annual Alberta Art Hop takes place Saturday, 11am-6pm on Alberta.

The 2009 featured artist for 2009 is Thelma Johnson Streat (pdf), and the theme this year is Coming Home.

Check out PDX Pipeline‘s write up for more information: Coming Home: 2009 Alberta Art Hop | May 16

Late additions:

Mount Tabor Art Walk, Saturday and Sunday 11am-5pm around Mount Tabor.

Celebrate Norwegian Constitution day Sunday, May 17 at the Norse Hall.

National Train Day 2009 in Portland with the SP 4449

May 9, 2009 by Dave Knows 2 Comments

Update: 2010 National Train Day info here!

The star attraction at the National Train Day event at Portland’s Union Station was the SP 4449, which used to pull the Southern Pacific Coast Daylight coaches from LA to Portland. It’s one of three locomotives owned by the city. Visit the Oregon Rail Heritage Foundation website for more information about the other locomotives and learn about the foundation’s efforts to build a permanent home for these historical locomotives and other rolling stock.

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New York Times travels to Frugal Portland

May 8, 2009 by Dave Knows 1 Comment

In the latest installment of the New York Times‘ obsession with our fair city, Matt Gross writes about Frugal Portland.

The Ace Hotel, Broder, and Bunk Sandwiches get mentions, and surprisingly the Acropolis and Ground Kontrol do too.

There’s a video about Portland’s burgeoning foodcart scene that’s worth watching. I do believe I’ve eaten at every food cart shown, and the excellent local blog Food Carts Portland gets a mention.

The article is the culmination of the Frugal Travel Blogger‘s recent visit to Portland, where he requested readers to twitter him recommendations. He got some pretty good tips.

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