Movies, rollerskating, dance parties, dinners… there are still a few months of the year left to dream up indoor activities that are more interesting than warming a bar stool, before “sitting in the sun doing nothing” is once again a happy option. Well here’s one for you: Smash Putt is a pop-up mini golf course […]
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A Year of Supper Clubs at SE Wine Collective
The fun-loving winos winemakers of SE Wine Collective have announced a new series of small plates ‘n’ local urban wine pairings to run throughout the coming year. Unpretentiously named “Supper Club,” the guest chef for each edition is asked to “reach into food that is significant to their lives,” as opposed to serving up a […]
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Pics from The Mercury Presents Your Holiday Office Party!
Get a room full of the craziest Portland employees, fill their mouths up with booze, spin some good music, set up a “make-out cubicle” photo booth… and OF COURSE, this is what happens. Photo: Robbie Augspurger OH DEAR. (Luckily, there are poop tons of other people whooping it up and having the time of their […]
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Almost Sold Out! The Mercury‘s “Your Holiday Office Party” TONIGHT!
Guys! We’re very close to selling out all the tickets for tonight’s super fun party, “The Mercury presents YOUR HOLIDAY OFFICE PARTY (Attendance Mandatory!)” And it shouldn’t be surprising! We’ve got Silent Disco with DJ Gregarious, a special performance by Sex Life, hosting by comedian Gabe Dinger (as your a-hole boss), an “Ugly Tie, Uncomfortable […]
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Naughty List: Beers to Drink at The Holiday Ale Festival
Never mind the caveats. Never mind the $30 cost of entry or the fact that you have to leave your wristband on if you want to come back in the next day. Never mind the claustrophobic closeness of a crowd of drinkers in a tent. Never mind the odd insistence on a wintry pin-up girl […]
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Half-Off Tix to “Your Holiday Office Party”… Today Only!
People! The Mercury presents Your Holiday Office Party is gonna be soooooo fun! Silent Disco dancing, comedy, a Secret Santa raffle for charity, a business attire costume contest, a “make-out cubicle,” a Xerox machine for taking pictures of your buttocks, BOOZE, and so much more! BUT GET THIS! Buy your tickets today and you can […]
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Last Minute Wine & Cheese Score at Oso
If you haven’t already, it’s time/almost time to knock off at the office and hit happy hour, and if you are waffling on a location, and/or have been meaning to check out Oso—the new wine shop/bar tucked next to Dig A Pony on SE Grand—consider this: from 5-7 this evening they are offering an impromptu, […]
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Abbreviated Work Week!
Probably some of you have to work on Thursday. Still others don’t celebrate Thanksgiving, I’m sure. Me? I woke up today and realized I’m more excited for the holiday than common sense would dictate. If you still need a bit of prodding, check out this new video from the folks at Funnelbox Production Studios in […]
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Decisions, Decisions: Beer This Weekend
What to Drink This Weekend! It’s down to two killer events. And unless you’re a goddamn drinking superhero, you’ll have to choose. There’s a pretty killer 20th Birthday Party for Hair Of The Dog. It’s got a buffet, tons of amazing rare and vintaged world-famous HOTD beer to taste (Five Flavors of Fred! Cherry, Flanders, […]
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Toronto Mayor Rob Ford with Another Winner!
CNN has a new video of Rob “I Only Smoked Crack Because I Was in a Drunken Stupor” Ford. What’s new this time, Ford? And how do you explain it? Just days after admitting he had smoked crack cocaine, Toronto Mayor Rob Ford found himself trying to explain more bizarre behavior. A video obtained by […]
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Drink to the Memory of Your Favorite NES Games
Videogame nostalgia and drinking have finally met. What’s that? They’ve been together literally all the time for the last 20 years? Oh, forget I said anything, then. Seriously, though—some Portlanders are making NES Cartridge flasks—those are NES Cartridge replicas that you can now drink out of, with clever alcohol-themed labels. NES FLASKS Don’t drink and […]