WHETHER YOU’RE NEW to Portland or a longtime resident, you need STUFF. And while you could always order things online, or purchase said stuff at a big-box chain, you can rest assured that if you do, your new stuff won’t be as interesting and the experience won’t be as rewarding. To help you find the […]
Bri Brey
In a perpetual state of about to go HAM on these chilipeno chips. Former social media manager for @portlandmercury, trying not to harvest hate clicks.
Posted inElection 2016
WATCH: Bernie Sanders Live in Salem Now
Here’s a live-stream of Bernie Sanders speaking at the Salem Armory Auditorium. Bernie’s speech should start around 7 pm. Aaaaand…another live-stream option if that one is slow or if you want Bernie in stereo. Read the Mercury’s endorsement of Bernie Sanders for President here. See photos from Bernie’s Portland rally at the Moda Center on […]
Posted inPortland
True Portland Dating Stories from Local Experts… and YOU!
ANDREA TSURUMI A FEW WEEKS AGO, the Mercury published a collection of advice and observations from some of Portland’s most experienced and hilarious dating experts—a smorgasbord of dating questions asked, and answered [“Dating State of the Union,” Feature, April 6]. We quickly realized that the story didn’t end after reminding you that it’s hard to […]
Posted inLuv
Portland Dating Dispatch
True Portland Dating Stories from Those Who Lived Through Them
True Portland dating stories from those who lived through them.
Posted inMovies & TV
My Misplaced Devotion to Space Jam and Ecstatic Enthusiasm for Space Jam 2
I’m sure you’ve seen it floating around the internet this morning: Space Jam 2 is really happening and it’s staring LeBron James. Getty This may be a symptom of being a garbage-brain millennial, but I am so excited. Now, before you start sending me clips (like the Mercury‘s managing editor Erik Henriksen did this morning) […]
Posted inFree Crap
FREE PIZZA (raft)
In celebration of #PortlandPizzaWeek—the biggest, best, celebration of the world’s most lovable food—we’re not only offering up $2 slices across the city at over 30 locations, but we’re also giving away this GIANT INFLATABLE PIZZA SLICE! Just think of all the fun adventures you will take your new best friend/pizza raft on this summer! ***CLICK […]
Posted inPizza Week
Pizza Week Preview: Sizzle Pie Northeast’s “Everybody Wants Some”
Sizzle Pie For non-carnivores who believe pizza isn’t pizza without real cheese, Sizzle Pie’s location on NE Schuyler has an exquisite treat—a classic vegetarian slice. The main attraction is the fantastically creamy vodka sauce, nestled between Sizzle Pie’s soft, floppy-in-the-best-way crust and a layer of stretchy Asiago cheese. Savory garlic wafts from the surface and […]
Posted inPizza Week
Pizza Week Preview: Old Town Brewing Co.’s “The Ballelujah”
Bri Brey Leave it to a brewery to incorporate beer into almost every element of this amply topped slice. Rather than the traditional sauce-and-cheese combo, the Ballelujah uses cheese as sauce in what the chefs at the Old Town Brewing Co. are calling a “beerchamel”—a play on a béchamel cheese sauce—deglazed with Kolsh ale. Atop […]
Posted inPizza Week
Pizza Week Preview: Hammy’s Pizza’s “The Athena” and “The Brekkie”
I can’t be the only one that knows Hammy’s as the late-night pizza delivery saints. But if you’re out and about, Hammy’s hearty take-out options are the perfect late-night, post-bar, sober-me-up choice. These take-out servings are a thick book of pizza that resemble an inside-out Hot Pocket more than anything else, but rest assured: the […]
Posted inPortland
Is the Portland Dating Scene a Dream… or a Disaster?
Kinoko Evans Unless something drastically changes by press time, I’ve been single for the entirety of my 26-year existence. I’ve never lived with a person I was dating. I’ve never declared my relationship status on Facebook. I’ve never said “I love you” to a partner and meant it. So, as far as dating is concerned, […]
Posted inSex
Dating State of the Union
Is Dating in Portland a Dream or a Disaster? Local Experts Dish on Their Experiences and Bust the Assumptions.
Is dating in Portland a dream or a disaster? Local experts dish on their experiences and bust the assumptions.
Posted inPortland
The Washington Post Reminds Us That We’ll Never Be Able to Afford a Home in Portland. Shut up, Washington Post!
Just a little mid-week reminder that we’re past the tipping point where Portlanders with average-or-below incomes could tangibly be able to afford a house here. That is, unless you have more than fifty percent of your income to spend on housing. (THAT IS ILL ADVISED!) <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2016/03/22/why-it-seems-impossible-to-buy-your-first-home/“>From the Washington Post: But across the country, the […]