Scenario: Fifty people are coming over to your house or military compound and you must feed them; you are having a party. While there is a certain amount of grace within the pastoral aesthetic of the furnished patio–arranged just-so in the warm, safe glow of an even-cooking gas grill amidst a yard replete with croquet […]
Lance Chess
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In Town Holiday
Catalina’s Coastal Fare
Catalina’s 517 NE Killingsworth St 503-288-5911 We’re lucky here in Portland. When it comes to south-of-the-border fare, we don’t do too badly for a city that’s so far north. We’ve got taquerias out the ass. Lucky, yes, but sometimes you want to go to an actual Mexican restaurant–a place that offers table service, without forcing […]
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The Happy Family
Pho Jasmine: Cheap and Great!
Pho Jasmine aka Pho Dza Thao 714 N. KIllingsworth 283-0398 It’s a fairly common occurrence in a “resurgent” neighborhood–those places you’ve come to rely on, your places, are often chased away or forced into exile by more affluent, comely establishments. Such may be the case with Pho Jasmine. They’ve already changed their name (restaurant suicide) […]
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Happy Friggin’ Birthday
The Best Party I Ever Missed
The best party I ever had ended up like a cross between the Beasties’ “Fight” video and the party from Weird Science; or at least that’s what everyone told me. It’s probably because all three took place during the ’80s. I was 16, and my mom and step-dad went out of town for the weekend. […]
