dk / Alamy – photo via Travel + Leisure As the Mercury‘s Travel Editor (for those of you who peruse the masthead in the print edition, that is indeed my job title, although for next week I am thinking of changing it to Boat Cop), it is my duty to inform you that Travel + […]
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OMSI After Dark: The Beer-y Version
Science! Getting drunk is not only a magical experience, it’s scientific too! Just ask the fine drunkards at OMSI tonight, where they’ll be hosting an adults-only evening of drinking and sciencing. Learn all about the physics of beer pong, view hops and yeast under a microscope (am I the only one that would love to […]
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Reasons The World Is Fuzzy This Morning: Bulleit Rye
Before (an excellent) dinner at Cocotte last night I ordered a cocktail called the La Nella Moda. It’s made with Old Overholt Rye, Dolin Rouge, Amaro Ramazzotti, and Old Fashioned Bitters. Sounds good, right? “I should mention,” the bartender said, “that I’m not using the Old Overholt anymore. We switched to Bulleit Rye.” WHAT?!?! Of […]
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On This *Hiccup* Day In History…
…Bourbon was invented. June 14, 1789, Elijah Craig first looked out on those vast fields of corn and thought, “You know what? I bet I could drunk off that.” My fellow Americans, be proud. We are a pious people but a proud one too, aware of a noble lineage and a great inheritance. Let us […]
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On Oregon License Plates, “Wine Country,” “Wine,” and Hypocrisy
So there’s a bill winding its way through the state legislature, SB 442 A, that would create a new specialty license plate in honor of Oregon’s wine country. The Oregonian, in a short piece last week on this bill and another license plate proposal, says it has a good chance of passing. If the bill […]
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So This Happened.
Courtney, commenter Atomic, and a buncha sailors fresh of the “McClusky.” Which is the name of a boat. Apparently. Hope everybody had fun at the Blogtown meetup/bike issue release last night. Nice meeting commenters JoeStreckert, tk, and Fruit Cup, and seeing some regulars as well. Personal karaoke highlights: “Suddenly Seymour,” by a couple of guys […]
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Weekend Drinking: Portland Fruit Beer Festival
Maybe you’ve seen Michelle Obama’s (probably fascist…I haven’t listened to much talk radio this week) plate-shaped replacement for the food pyramid, and maybe you’re worried that you aren’t getting enough fruit to fill up that red wedge. A good place to start is this weekend’s first annual Portland Fruit Beer Festival. Burnside Brewing has partnered […]
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Public Service Announcements: Public Drinking
If you haven’t noticed, the weather’s been pretty nice lately (and if La Nina would back the fuck off it might stay that way). Regardless, I was working out my triceps in Laurelhurst Park the other day, trying to get ready for Horseshoes/Bocce season, when I noticed the big NO ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES sign right by […]
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Meanest Name For A Strip Club?
Last week Sarah asked which of Oregon’s 58 strip clubs had the best name. (The big winner, The Great Alaskan Bush Company, is only quick jog from my parents’ house!) Scanning the OLCC notifications for new restaurants, I came across my vote for the meanest name for a strip club, and place I’d least like […]
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Live Blogging the Blast (by Colt 45)
In an idiotic turn of events, Ezra somehow talked us into drinking the entirety of his left-over liquor supply—on the day before we move… on the day before our office will be CLOSED. So it’s not like we’re BUSY or anything, right? Or have to stay sharp and on our game, right? But on the […]
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Dan Aykroyd Is Either Well Insured or Bad at Business
While we have yet to taste the wonderment that is Dan Aykroyd’s Crystal Skull Vodka—there’s really no excuse, we should be drinking it right now—it looks like some thieves have taken a whole bunch of it off the market. TMZ reports: “Dan Aykroyd is the victim in a MASSIVE vodka heist—we’re told over 21,000 bottles […]
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Donald Trump’s Hair Care Secrets Revealed!
Just one more thing about Donald Trump, guys. I always thought it was a toupe! But today, he revealed his hair styling methods to the Telegraph. And even though I shouldn’t have to, I’ll go ahead and make a personal appeal to everyone reading this not to emulate this styling trick for anything other than […]