One of the odd results of the national healthcare debate has been a vociferous boycott of Whole Foods. The boycott was organized after Whole Foods CEO John Mackey wrote an op-ed in the Wall Street Journal arguing that what America needed was not more government control of healthcare, but less. While a few of the […]
Patrick Alan Coleman
Posted inUncategorized
A Fine Mess
Ruining Khakis at Kenny and Zuke’s SandwichWorks
Ruining khakis at Kenny & Zuke’s SandwichWorks.
Posted inUncategorized
Sandwich Sanctuary
Simplicity and Quietude at Petisco
The simplicity and quietude at Petisco.
Posted inFood and Drink
Learning to Make Stuff and Do Things
You can make sauerkraut Tomorrow Ecotrust welcomes Portland’s first Fermentation Festival. If you don’t know where Ecotrust is, it’s more than likely that you’ll be able to track it down by smell as home picklers, preserves, and brewers trade ideas and cultures for kimchi, kosher style dills, kefir and everything in between. Of course the […]
Posted inDrunk
Fort George, Tonight at Green Dragon
From the Ft. George blog Not a Ball jar Of all the brew I swilled during my month of Oregon beer, I’d say that the most consistently pleasing came out of Fort George Brewery in Astoria. Over the month of July I tried the ultra-summery hop-less Spruce, which used pine tips in place of hops, […]
Posted inFood and Drink
Vandals Volunteers in the Garden
This week’s Last Supper is concerned with the sad tale of the vandal-ravaged Earl Boyles Community Garden. When I visited almost two weeks ago, the destruction was still fresh; the remains of violated vegetables and the shattered remnants of garden structures littered the plots. A mid-summer garden that should have been full of bushy plant […]
Posted inBikes
Best Use for Memorial Coliseum
It’s been suggested that a velodrome be installed in the Memorial Coliseum. Frankly, that sounds more than a little boring. However, if the Coliseum were turned into the Northwest’s premier Indoor Synchronized Bike Riding venue, well then, that would be a whole different story. As you can see from the video below, Synchronized Indoor Bike […]
Posted inUncategorized
Vandals in the Garden
The Aftermath of the Earl Boyles Garden Attack
Vandals not only ravage a community garden in Southeast Portland, but
also destroy an important food source.
Posted inArts
The Portland Mercury‘s Guide to the TBA Festival 09:03:09-09:13:09
It’s that Time…
Pullout: TBA 2009
Introducing Cathy Edwards and TBA:09
Posted inArts
The Many Screens of TBA
Exploring TBA’s Film Offerings
Pullout: TBA 2009
An overview of TBA’s film programming.
Posted inArts
The Fruits (and Vegetables!) of Our Labor
Picnic with TBA and Slow Food Portland
Pullout: TBA 2009
Slow Food Portland and TBA team up for a Labor Day picnic.
Posted inFood and Drink
Pietopia Tomorrow
from Pietopia Blog Rabbit Pie Print by Derek Franklin Tomorrow the Eastbank Farmers Market plays host to Pietopia, the second pie contest in the last five days. The big difference between Pietopia and last Sunday’s Portland Pie-Off, however, is that the Pietopia pies come with one additional ingredient: symbolism. Contestants submitting pie recipes to Pietopia […]