Same sex couples can begin to marry in California later today. Don’t forget to send a gift. Barack Obama celebrated Father’s Day by telling fathers to step up. “We need fathers to recognize their responsibility doesn’t just end at conception. Any fool can have a child… It’s the courage to raise the child that makes […]
Amy J. Ruiz
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Taking Office
Sam Adams has seven months before he moves up to the third floor of city hall and assumes mayoral duties. But the commissioner will get a taste of his newly won power this week: Current Mayor Tom Potter asked Adams to appoint two new Portland Development Commission (PDC) board members. “Apparently Mayor [Vera] Katz did […]
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Bike… to the Future!
We’ve Achieved “Platinum” Status. What’s Next?
The Bike Issue 2008
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Mercury Rose Festival Campout (Noun, One Word, No Hyphen): After Midnight…
Randy Leonard’s grandson Cole had the inaugural s’more: We’re almost onto the second package of marshmallows: Flaming marshmallows double as cigarette lighters:
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Mercury Rose Festival Camp-Out: Four Square Edition
And sailors! We have Battleship. Should we ask them for strategy tips?
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Mercury Rose Festival Camp-Out: The 11 o’clock Hour
We’ve started the fire, and are counting down to s’mores at midnight. How weird is it that we’ve got a bonfire going in a parking spot on SW Broadway? (Psst: We ran it by Randy Leonard when he visited, and he said we’re a-ok. Apparently so: Cops have passed without even a second glance. Who […]
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Mercury Camp-Out: 9 pm!
It’s bubble time! We have learned three things about bubble machines in the last few minutes. They are incredible. They inspire passersby (and pedal cab operators) to stop, stare, and leap up to pop bubbles. They are nearly impossible to photograph: (And that’s Ned’s mom!)
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Camp Out with the Mercury!
Rose Festival Parade Camp-Out 2008 has officially begun! That’s the corner of SW Broadway and Alder, if you want to stop by for the festivities. We’re in front of Portland Coffee House, about a block north of Pioneer Square. (Bonus: Portland Coffee House was very kind to us last year on the clean-up patrol, and […]
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“That is Quality of Life”
Today at the Convention Center, Svend Aukenโthe First Vice President of the Danish Parliamentโkicked off the Portland Plan with an hour long keynote speech. It was one of the best hour long speeches I’ve ever sat through. Detailing life in Copenhagen, Auken told great stories about biking, building walkable cities, universal health care (“when you […]
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Columbia River Crossing at Metro
Now, I’ll be the first to admit that I don’t attend Metro council hearings very often. But I highly doubt the regional body draws an overflow crowd, uh, ever. There about 60 people to testify on a trio of resolutions that will declare where Metro stands on this project. Metro president David Bragdon just told […]
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Your Guide to Pride
Check this out! The paper arrived yesterday, and page 25 of the Pride Guide appears to be in Russian or something: Yeah, that’s not right. Other than the first date saying 6/5, that whole page is a wreck thanks to a printer error. Here’s what it should have looked like! Ah, that’s much better. And […]
