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Portland Timbers Roundup (09/24/2010)

September 24, 2010 by Dave Knows Leave a Comment

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Game 29: Crystal Palace Baltimore v. Portland Timbers by mao at the Portland Timbers USL Blog at The Offside

An eight-game unbeaten streak goes on the line on Saturday when Portland Timbers travel across the country to face Crystal Palace Baltimore. The two clubs have met three times earlier this season with Palace claiming the first two and the Timbers winning 3-0 in the most recent edition. Those two victories for Palace are fully one-third of their season total, leaving them tied for the least number of wins in the league. Baltimore have lost six straight, including being outscored 0-16 in the first five of that run. [more]

Looking ahead to the playoffs

Timbers playoff tickets on sale Friday by Geoffrey C. Arnold at The Oregonian

The Timbers announced that playoff tickets will go on sale Friday at 10 a.m. The tickets will be sold through the club’s ticket office.

The first-round playoff series will be a two-game, aggregate-goal series, with the winner advancing to the semifinals. The Timbers’ playoff game will be played at the University of Portland’s Merlo Field. First-round games will be played the week of Oct. 4 and the date for the Timbers’ first-round playoff game at Merlo Field will be announced at a later time. [more]

The Rose City Project by Timber Jim at SoccerCityUSA.com

Soon our beloved Portland Timbers will be finishing their U.S.L.
regular season play on the road.

Upon their return I respectfully request that The Timbers Army welcome The Portland Timbers Football Club home with “A day in the Sun for the Rose”

Please bring a Rose of your choice for ALL remaining Portland Timbers matches for our run for the USL League Championship. more]

Looking ahead to 2011

Fifteen season ticket sections sold out for 2011 at Portland MLS 2011

PORTLAND, Ore. — The Portland Timbers today announced that season tickets in 15 different sections are sold out for the team’s inaugural Major League Soccer (MLS) season in 2011. Additionally, all but one suite for the team’s first MLS campaign have been sold on a multi-year basis. [more]

Stadium renovation ground breaking, and Don Garber, news

MLS commish optimistic for Timbers success by Paul Danzer at The Columbian

PORTLAND — Dignitaries shoveled some symbolic dirt on Tuesday at PGE Park.

Addressing gathered media and invited supporters, Portland Timbers owner Merritt Paulson talked a little about the “long, strange trip” it took to get the deal that will transform PGE Park from a multi-use facility to a soccer-specific venue. [more]

A Conversation with MLS Commissioner Don Garber by Brian Costello at Portland MLS 2011

Amidst all the hubbub and activity yesterday around the Timbers stadium renovation groundbreaking ceremony, Timbers Digital Media Director Brian Costello managed to sit down with Major League Soccer Commissioner Don Garber to chat a bit about his thoughts on Portland’s debut in MLS, regional rivalries, and season schedule challenges. While the 2010 season is still in full swing, Garber has very strong ideas about what 2011 and beyond shall bring for the Timbers and for the league. [more]

Portland Timbers stage ceremonial groundbreaking at PGE Park by Kip Kesgard at OregonLive.com

The transformation of Portland’s PGE Park from a multipurpose facility into a premier soccer and football venue has already begun in earnest, but the Portland Timbers took time on September 21 to celebrate the beginning of this new era. In front of over 300 people, Timbers owner Merritt Paulson, MLS Commissioner Don Garber, and Portland City Commissioners Nick Fish and Randy Leonard participated in the ceremony and ushered in the launch of the new stadium. [more]

Visit Dropping Timber and The Nerd is the Word for PGE Park renovation photos and updates.

Team news

Timbers Lend Support To Grant High Fundraiser at KPTV.com

PORTLAND, Ore. — Grant High School officials and student athletes said the northeast Portland high school’s athletic fields are in desperate need of renovating. Now, a group named Friends of Grant Athletics is trying to raise money to fix them. [more]

Player news

Go A-to-Z with Bright Dike at PortlandTimbers.com

In his first professional season, forward Bright Dike has steadily become one of the Timbers’ highest scoring rookies in modern franchise history. Get to know more about the Fighting Irish alum off the field in a special edition of the feature A-to-Z. [more]

September 18: Hall of Records Grand Opening!

September 13, 2010 by Dave Knows 3 Comments

The official Grand Opening party at Hall of Records (3342 SE Belmont) takes place Saturday, September 18 2010 from 2pm until Midnight!

The celebration features DJs all day, vinyl and gift certificate raffles, food samples, discounts, giveaways and more!

Hall of Records is a boutique vinyl shop, cafe & bar specializing in soul, funk, jazz, latin, hip hop, deep funk and rare groove records. It is a social environment to listen, share and discover new music, with listening stations, open turntables and beer & wine.

Hall of Records already had its soft opening, so stop by before Saturday too. Hours are 11am until 10pm on Sunday and Monday, 11am to 11pm Tuesday through Thursday, and 11am until 1am on Friday and Saturday.

There are specials throughout the week (and every week!):

Monday – 1/2 Price Sandwich Nite 6pm until close
Tuesday – Pint Nite! $3 local drafts from 6pm until close
Wednesday-Friday – Happy Hour 5pm until 7pm – $1 off beer and wine
Sunday Funday – Happy Hour all day, plus $4 Gerry’s

Heather and I stopped by Sunday during the Belmont Street Fair and snapped some pictures.

The storefront – the right side of what used to be It’s A Beautiful Pizza.

Justin and Katie manning the bar.

Dameian is the third partner in this venture – that’s him behind the bar.

Lots of good beer and wine available. Not pictured are two of my favorites currently on tap: Natian‘s Destination Honey Red and HUB‘s Organic Lager.

Make sure to check the specials board when you arrive. [Why yes, that is Moon Dog!]

A sample of what’s in store in the bins.

The DJ booth and record store take up one corner of the space. Browse and listen to records (there are a couple listening stations available) while enjoying your beer – genius!

See you Saturday!

Review: Belmont Street Fair 2010

September 13, 2010 by Dave Knows Leave a Comment

The 2010 Belmont Street Fair took place this past Sunday, September 12.

Belmont Street Fair 2010

Once again this year, Heather and I made it out to close-in SE Portland to take it in. At last year’s festival, we had a reserved vendor spot and sold Heather’s paintings. Meanwhile a block away, our friends Justin and Katie set up a vendor booth as well, to sell records under the Hall of Records moniker.

Things have changed this year. No vendor booth for Heather and me – we just enjoyed the fair, and Hall of Records is now a real, brick and mortar, shop and bar and cafe at 3342 SE Belmont!

Hall of Records storefront

Heather and I spent most of our time Sunday at the 2010 Belmont Street Fair enjoying a beer and sandwich at Hall of Records, but we found time too to explore the activities outside – it was a lovely day!

No hippy soap

This amused us.

Gah clowns

This disturbed me (I’m mildly coulrophobic).

Park

Throw some sod on a street – instant park!

Crowd

Nice weather brought out the crowds.

Music

And there was music of course.

Again this year we enjoyed the Belmont Street Fair immensely. I dare say, after the Mississippi Street Fair, this is my favorite. Plenty of things to see, music to listen too, and food options. Plus it’s not too crowded and Hall of Records is a fantastic oasis!

Review: Oregon State Fair 2010

September 12, 2010 by Dave Knows 1 Comment

Over at Mile73, Heather did a bang up job describing our honeymoon visit to the 2010 Oregon State Fair.

It was my first ever visit to the state fair, and we had a blast. We’ll be back next year for sure.

Really, I don’t have much more to add to what Heather posted, besides a bunch of photos – mostly of cute animals, with pithy comments!

I really liked the flag holders.

4-H confuses me.

Llama or Alpaca (or ET)?

Mario’s day job.

Do you think he went to the Stephenwood Finishing School?

*Sniff*

Piggies!

Cows!

And the bunnies begin . . .

Siamese bunny?

Stretchy Bunny.

And finally, the bunny hat-trick!

Portland’s Least Popular Food Carts

August 31, 2010 by Dave Knows Leave a Comment

Earlier today I wrote about the Battle of the Portland Food Cart Apps: proprietary Microsoft product or home grown, community maintained Portland project?.

But I didn’t mention my favorite local food cart project, which I can’t recommend enough: Portland’s Least Popular Food Carts

Some examples:

Purina Hipster Chow (SE 12th & Hawthorne)

Big-Buttocked Sandwiches (Now Family-Friendly!) (SW 3rd & Ash)

Heinrich’s Inauthentic Thai Food (SW 10th & Alder)

The list is compiled by @thatBillOakley (who you should totally be following on Twitter already – unbelievably he’s only got 112 followers as I type this!).

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