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The Truest Thing Ian Karmel Said This Week
Or at least one of the truest things. From this week’s “Portland as Fuck” by Ian Karmel: The people stomping around and claiming that homosexuality is wrong because it says it’s wrong in the Bible are the religious equivalent of those Japanese soldiers on remote Pacific islands who never found out that World War II […]
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Musical Chairs at the Black Box
Alas, you can’t win them, and when the Portland location of Seattle men’s clothing stalwart Blackbird quietly closed its doors at the end of December, it chipped away at what has been a recent (and arguably overdue) surge in men’s-focused boutiques. It also freed up a spot in the primo Black Box building, which perfectly […]
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Sneaky Peeky: Pendleton’s Fall 2013 Portland Collection
Last night the PR mavens behind Pendleton’s Portland Collection posted a teaser image from the next season’s lookbook: The Portland Collection Coincidentally, I recently got my hands on a hard copy of the lookbook, a lengthy tome of over 40 new looks and a slew of new accessory designs. Aside from the fact that this […]
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Re: Portland Nerds
As Rachel Edidin has pointed out, few things in geek culture are more toxic than the “Fake Nerd Girl” meme—something that Portlandia is either blissfully oblivious of or blissfully unconcerned about. Their new “Nerd PSA” sketch (thanks, Gizmodo) ignores the issues surrounding the meme and instead jumps in to say, “Hey, real nerds are awkward, […]
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Pop Art Pinup
In a town with this much love for vintage, it comes as little surprise that there’s a photo studio that caters specifically to fans of retro-style pin-up photography, in that they have a huge studio, an enormous wealth of wardrobe, hair and makeup services, and experienced assistance to help you model for your own classic […]
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Portland City Club Announces New Boss: Sam Adams
Former Mayor Sam Adams has kept a low profile since leaving city hall last month—practically vanishing on Twitter—even as speculation about his eventual landing spot has continued to percolate all around city hall and other political circles. Adams, turns out, didn’t wait too long to figure out his next act (what, he’s got bills like […]
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That Woman Who Got Stuck Between the Buildings This Morning? I WAS THERE.
Some of you may recognize my name from the… eclectic end of the Mercury film section. But my rent gets paid via the graveyard shift at a downtown apartment building. You’d recognize that as one half of the two buildings a local woman got stuck between this morning. I was working when that happened. I […]
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From the Mercury Mail Bag: Please Advise
I don’t know why this kind of question annoys me so much, but since this person is not specifically inquiring about a job at the Mercury (at least I don’t think so, unless he is being extraordinarily backhanded about it), it’s not really my duty to advise him on such matters. More importantly, since I […]
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Portland Made
You are probably already familiar with Supportland (if not you can read up here—don’t skip the comments, which both raise and answer questions that didn’t make it into the main article). Up until now it has largely functioned as a local business-specific rewards card, but its potential has always held more. In the next few […]
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Someone is Changing Portland Stop Signs to “Poop”
A very simple and effective sticker has popped up in Old Town: Someone spotted the poop-aganda campaign at the Joan of Arc statue in the Laurelhurst neighborhood, too.
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Sword + Fern Is Closed—Don’t Panic! It’s Temporary
In the feast or famine world of retail we’re in the middle of famine, with the long post-holiday winter slog upon us. And while the idea makes me uncomfortable, Emily Baker of Sword + Fern is opting out this year, with plans to remain shut until the end of February or thereabouts. Says Baker, “I […]