Oh look, another major news corporation is fellating Portland! How quaint! According to CBS, Portland is to pinball what Brooklyn is to wishing it was Portland. As videogame sales plummet (momentarily), CBS wants all of its elderly viewers to know that all the cool kids (that’s you guys) are spending their days getting sauced and […]
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What’s Your Story?: Duane P.
[Editor’s Note: Welcome to Blogtown’s newest series, “What’s Your Story?” wherein reporter Alec Quig interviews and photographs people on the street who are just like (or maybe nothing like) you. You’ll find “What’s Your Story?” right here every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday afternoons. Oh, and look for the following interview and more in this week’s […]
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What’s Your Story?: Michelle B.
[Editor’s Note: Welcome to Blogtown’s newest series, “What’s Your Story?” wherein reporter Alec Quig interviews and photographs people on the street who are just like (or maybe nothing like) you. You’ll find “What’s Your Story?” right here every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday afternoon for the next three months. Oh, and look for the following interview […]
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Go Skate! Now! HURRY!
As you may or may not know, the Dew Tour is in town this weekend to service all your skate/BMX needs. The main action starts tomorrow at the Rose Quarter, but they’re kicking things off today with something they call “Unlock Your Spot,” where they coax a city to open up a usually-forbidden spot for […]
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Today in Portland: Goat Meadow
Just when you think a walk around Portland couldn’t get any more charming, you stumble upon a two-acre meadow full of goats! That goat is smiling! It’s at SE Belmont and 10th, at the site of the old Monte Carlo building. Twenty-plus goats were goatin’ around and being ADORABLE. (And mowing the lawn, as a […]
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Thursday’s “Think Out Loud”: Pendleton High Fashion (and Me)
As of earlier today, I’m signed up (so far I’m the only guest listed) for Thursday morning’s “Think Out Loud” show, the first topic of which is “Pendleton High Fashion.” If the conversation I had on the phone earlier is any indication expect the conversation to cover things like why heritage brands like Pendleton have […]
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Ahora Mismo
No matter how many of them proliferate, street style blogs never get old, at least not any more than going new places and meeting new people gets old. Straightforward, tiny capsules of time/place/culture, I always like the comparison Virginia Heffernan made in a 2008 NYT piece between surfing the web and exploring a big city: […]
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Bridge? Yes. Brunch? Sort of.
Yesterday’s temporary transformation of the Hawthorne Bridge into a river-spanning park was impressive, creative, refreshing, unusual, fun, and cute. But the event’s name, Brunch on the Bridge, was something of a misnomer. Virginia Thayer In front of the event entrance, Voodoo Doughnut gave away all 666 pounds of their record-setting World’s Largest Box of Doughnuts […]
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Second Annual Brunch on the Bridge
If you read this paper (OF COURSE YOU DO), you may have noticed that festival season is in full swing around here. But one that we you may have overlooked, what with all the music going on, is the PDX Bridge Festival. Just in its second year, this little fest’s still flying a bit below […]
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Portland Fashion Week Announces (Some) Designers
Somebody’s press-release happy lately. Portland Fashion Week quickly followed its leak regarding the Emerging Designer Showcase auditions with a press release outlining this year’s programs. Fashion Week will run October 5-9, with a market day on the 9th. They are also launching a campaign called “Portland Fashion Week::Come Shop Buy.” The stated goal is to […]
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Dosha: Salon Workers Go Union
Lately there’s been news coverage about an unlikely union organizing in Portland: On March 30, the nail techs, hair stylists, and other workers of popular local salon and spa Dosha rallied to unionize, and won. This story is about how a handful of people came together because they wanted to improve their working conditions. I […]
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Wynde Dyer on What’s Next for Golden Rule
Earlier this week, I posted regarding some Facebook updates that seemed to indicate the impeding closure of Golden Rule, the vintage/consignment shop, gallery, and art therapy/”social experiment” project initiated last year by Wynde Dyer. This morning I received this lengthy, detailed, and frank explanation of the impending changes. The good news is that Golden Rule […]