Sobriety is sweeping the Portland service industry.
Heather Arndt Anderson
Posted inFitness
Free Self-Defense Classes at Bridgetown Aikido
Free self-defense classes for teens and adults
Posted inFood and Drink
Hot Shit for the Chilehead on Your Holiday Shopping List
ISTOCK/HANA76 FUN-HATING Sylvester Graham called spicy foods “some of the most powerful of the class of artificial stimulants” and warned good Christians against them. Maybe that’s why chileheads have a bit of a wicked streak? Taboos are such a kick. And so are edible gifts! Got a chile-lover on your shopping list this year? Add […]
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Eat This!
Hot Shit for the Chilehead on Your Holiday Shopping List
Hot shit for the chilehead on your holiday shopping list.
Posted inFood and Drink
Don’t Miss the Mercury‘s Annual CHILI JAMBOREE!
GET READY to split yer britches on some of the best chili Portland has to offer—at the Portland Mercury Chili Jamboree, this Saturday, November 19, noon-4 pm at White Owl Social Club! GET YOUR TICKETS HERE. If this is your first rodeo, let’s get you up to speed: Twelve of Portland’s best chefs go head-to-head […]
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It’s Time for the 4th Annual Portland Mercury Chili Jamboree!
Holy smokes, it’s that time of year again!
Holy Smokes, It’s That Time of Year Again!
Posted inTrue Parent
Dangerous Parenting
My Kid, the Pantywaist
Everybody knows that raising kids with consciousness is hard. But it is especially tough to raise a woke, patriarchy-smashing son when you grew up with a misogynist father and a mother who was a corporal in the US Marine Corps. I vacillate between wanting to cultivate my son’s sensitive, emotionally in-touch side and telling him […]
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Big Mother Is Watching
Apps to Help You Keep Tabs on Your Kids
Okay, admit it. You’ve been a little curious about your tween’s or teen’s private social life, especially if they have a phone of their own. A lot’s changed since the old spin-the-bottle days, and unfortunately for our selfie-obsessed culture, the internet is forever. That said, kids deserve to have private lives—but should we be in […]
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Food and Ink
Cooks Tell the Stories Behind Their Tattoos
Cooks Tell the Stories Behind Their Tattoos
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Eat This
Screw You, Pumpkin Spice! These Are the Gourds You Want
Pumpkin spice can go fuck itself. These are the gourds you want.
Posted inFood and Drink
Chocolate + Beer = Choktoberfest
Missing Oktoberfest already? Here’s another way to celebrate the best beer, chocolate, and German food that Portland has to offer. Rub elbows with Portland’s local chocolatiers and brewmasters (who happen to be some of the BEST IN THE WORLD) in the most indulgent food pairing event of the year—the 4th annual Choktoberfest, put on by […]