Minmae Thurs Sept 23 Red & Black Café 2138 SE Division I hear complaints from both directions: “[Band Name Here]’s new record is so boring, it sounds exactly like all their old stuff.” Or, “[BNH]’s new album is terrible, I mean what are they trying to do, become electro-Floyd?” As the saying goes, you can’t […]
Katie Shimer
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Downers Are the New Uppers
I don’t want to get high anymore. I want to get down. I know, I’ve proclaimed myself as a dedicated cokehead, and I’ve enjoyed cocaine plenty of times, but my love affair with uppers is over. Thankfully, I’ve found a lovely replacement: downers. God. I love downers. I can pop a pill and in a […]
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Together at Last
Slow Bar Unites Sluts and Snobs
Slow Bar 533 SE Grand 230-7767 In Portland, for the most part, bars fall into two categories: dive and swank. Club 21s and Aalto Lounges. Mouse Traps and Vault Martinis. North Portland Paragons and Pearl District Paragons. It is a city divided between two classes of people: People who drink shots of Rebel Yell, smoke […]
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Exotic Spice
Saffron Romances Your Tongue
Saffron 1126 SW 18th 241-1141 It’s 10 in the morning and I’m already hovering over my Saffron leftovers, devouring the rest of what was a beautiful meal. I’m not one of those wusses who needs to eat fruit and yogurt in the morning–a turkey sandwich is just as good–but even if I was, the addictive […]
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Starred Attractions
Entertaining With Style
I pride myself on being a good entertainer. When friends come to town, I make sure they see the most of Portland, so they can tell all their buddies how cool the city is and what an exciting life I have. Of course most of my entertaining has to do with drinking and eating, so […]
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Fair is Fair
It’s Simple: Buy Fair Trade Coffee, Save People From Dying of Cancer
Between eating organic produce, natural beef, cutting back on carbs, and ordering sweatshop free T-shirts, all while buying products from local small businesses and donating to the Human Rights Coalition, I simply haven’t had time for “fair trade.” In fact, I’ve never really even had a clear sense of what “fair trade” means–other than it’s […]
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Chowderhead Craziness!
Getting Stuck Without a Paddle
Without a Paddle dir. Brill Opens Fri Aug 20 Various Theaters Without a Paddle takes place in a fictional Oregon, on a fictional camping/canoeing trip down the fictional Spirit River. Three friends–Seth Green, Matthew Lillard, and the curiously funny Dax Shepard–embark on a trip after their childhood friend Billy dies. Their journey serves as homage […]
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Say Hi to the Big Guy
Sal’s Satisfies North Portland
Sal’s Famous Italian Kitchen 2731 N Killingsworth 247-0500 I love the little guy. The independent restaurant where the owner works the bar or grill. A place like No Fish! Go Fish! or Navarre, where an individual person genuinely appreciates your presence in their restaurant. But sometimes I also like the comfortable anonymity of a restaurant […]
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Bloody Sunday
Hair of the Dog Heals What Ails You
It’s always been my belief that a little “hair of the dog” is the only real cure for a hangover. Of course there’s also strenuous exercise, but involving myself in that reminds me too much of the book Drinking: A Love Story, about some lonely lady who hid liquor bottles in the back of the […]
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I Want My Baby Back…
Portland’s BBQ Scene is Smokin’
Since the first time I heard the words barbecue and Portland uttered in the same sentence, it’s been a given that Campbell’s (on 87th and SE Powell) is the best this city has to offer. In fact, it’s so ingrained in Portland lore that Campbell’s smoked meats and sides are unbeatable, I’ve recommended it to […]
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Metallica Meltdown
Getting Old and Sucking Sucks
Metallica: Some Kind of Monster Opens Fri July 30 Cinema 21 Since the first time I rolled my eyes at my parents or slammed my bedroom door, I’ve been listening to Metallica. I love Metallica unconditionally, and I really never gave a shit about the haircuts or that whole Napster thing, because to me, Kill […]
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Discovering New Life
MLK’s Echo Restaurant Fills a Gap
Echo Restaurant 2225 NE MLK 460-3246 When a new food crosses my path, especially a strange, exotic new seafood, I’m thrilled. No–better than thrilled. Ecstatic. I feel something like Darwin must have felt when discovering a new species of bird on the Galapagos Islands. Unlike Darwin, however, I eat my discovery. My latest find is […]