About this place? So far I’ve managed to ascertain that it’s on NW Natural Gas property, but that’s, like, boring. I’ve got a call into them, but in the meantime, I was thinking those who have lived here longer than I might have some local knowledge. So: help!
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Blog-Off 2008: When Nessie Attacks
Today’s challenge for the Red Cross-Water Bureau Blog-Off 2008 came from a Blogtown reader: I’d like to hear a response plan from each agency on a Nessie-esque beast in the water reservoirs. Assume it is dangerous, eating skinny dippers, dragging dogs underwater, etc. I upped the ante for the bloggers, challenging them to illustrate the […]
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Homeless Clean Up After Each Other
Homeless advocate Larry Bishop said he was tired of reading about homeless people being “dirty” in the comments on blogs all over Portland, and decided to get down to the East End of the Hawthorne Bridge with a clean up crew this afternoon. I stopped by at 2pm, to find Bishop, along with 3 others, […]
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Business Journal Runs Sit/Lie Poll
Which is interesting. Because shockingly, 60% of their readers are in favor of renewing the controversial law in October. Of course, they could easily acquire some new readers. Like you. With voting intentions. Just thinking out loud here.
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Milepost 5 By The Numbers
People. If there’s a guaranteed way to get my attention, it’s to quote something I said, and write about how right it was. Not only that, but also, DO THE RESEARCH TO PROVE IT. Yesterday, one of my favorite bloggers over at Portland Gentrification did just that, referencing something vague and half-assed I shot off […]
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The Blog-Off Begins!
Remember the Blog-Off between the city’s Water Blog and Red Cross Blog? It starts today. Are you ready for this? We’ve got five genius challenges. Today’s challenge for bloggers at both sites is to do a post related to the top international news of the day, President Pervez Musharraf resignation in Pakistan. Make it relevant […]
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Enter Two-Minute Film Contest, Win $1,000, Move to Hollywood, Live the High Life with Cocaine and Wannabe Starlets.
Here it is: Your chance to make it to the BIG TIME. The Mercury and the Art Institute of Portland are presenting the “My Pretty Portland” film and animation contest, in which you–yes, you–can submit your two-minute-long film, and possibly walk away with $1,000, or a bunch of other cool prizes, or a swift kick […]
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Bikini Coffee Draws Sexism Protests
“We’re not puritanical stereotypes,” says interior designer, Danielle Colonna, left, who came to Portland from France. “I’ve been topless on the beach in France, but I feel that for a business environment, this is like the proverbial nude calendar round the water cooler, which this society has decided is no longer acceptable. This is about […]
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NW Institute For Social Rage
UPDATE, 3:30pm: I should stress that in no way am I implying that these students had been bought off financially, to make their film about Milepost 5 a certain way. I do feel, politically, that by lending credibility to the students’ efforts by being on the board of the institute, Sam Adams must have been […]
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Overwhelming Majority of Public Speak Out Against Sit/Lie Ordinance
It’s official: Almost everybody hates the sit/lie law. As predicted, the mayor’s Street Access for Everyone oversight committee listening session this afternoon was separated into ten groups, each attended by a facilitator who presented back to the larger group at the end. This made it difficult for me, as a reporter, to listen to all […]
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Portland: The City That Pays People to Pretend To Listen While The Mayor’s On Vacation
In a city where people are paid to listen, but the real power brokers never have to show up, let alone open their ears, you have the illusion of public involvement. It’s an insult to all of us, and we should all speak out. Mayor Tom Potter can talk all he likes about “involving the […]
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Smug British Man Goes To Timbers Game
As a soccer side, the Portland Timbers are truly shit. Woeful. Terrible. I’m used to watching half-assed football, but this was something else. TIMBERS: Eye-bleedingly unwatchable this season… Nevertheless, don’t let the fact that the on-pitch action is less skillful and inspiring than watching Bruce Willis act sincerity, put you off. Because the atmosphere at […]