We’re #36 out of “40.” Not that bad if number one is supposed to be the worst of the worst, but it’s hard to tell since it stops at #6 (Philadelphia). It’s also a remarkably inclusive list, littered with plenty of wildly creative justifications, and its suggestion that “It may be time to plan that […]
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Win Tickets to Top Down: Rooftop Cinema!
TOP DOWN: ROOFTOP CINEMA Only slightly less fun than topless cinema. For this week’s paper, Mr. Ned Lannamann wrote up a quick piece about the Top Down: Rooftop Cinema series. Here it is: THE NORTHWEST FILM CENTER’S summertime series, Top Down: Rooftop Cinema, begins July 21 and continues each Thursday night for the next six […]
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Portland Copwatch to DA’s Office: Consider Assault Charges in Monroe Shooting
Portland Copwatch has sent an open letter this morning to Multnomah County District Attorney Mike Schrunk, asking the DA’s office to consider assault charges against Officer Dane Reister as it prepares a grand jury investigation into the shooting late last month of William Kyle Monroe. Monroe, a 20-year-old man from Washington reportedly dealing with mental […]
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Stormtroopers Seize Light Bulb Store
We’ve blogged about the store before, but perhaps not about the window displays. Every time I venture over to N Mississippi, I make sure and check out the amazing displays at Sunlan Lighting. Right now they’re boasting an alarmingly expansive collection of Star Wars Legos. Jenna Lechner For the full effect: Jenna Lechner Unfortunately, when […]
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What Would You Need to Hear Before You Decided to Dive Into the Willamette River?
Perhaps you remember reading something about a certain riverine event Sunday, July 31, that the good ol’ Mercury has decided to help sponsor: It’s called the Big Float—and it basically consists of several hundred people crawling onto their inner tubes, inflatable chaise lounges, giant alligator balloons, etc., and then spending an hour floating lazily down […]
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Hey, Prominent Oregonians! Come Get Your Money Already!
Apparently tired of holding the bag, vainly waiting for millions of Oregonians to figure out they’ve collectively left behind hundreds millions of dollars worth of their hard-earned money, the state has gone ahead and done the governmental equivalent of snapping its fingers in front our blank faces, hoping to get our attention. The state, joining […]
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Moonshine Kitchen & Lounge
Over the weekend I had the opportunity to attend the private soft opening of the latest NW watering hole to join the block occupied by Slabtown and Le Happy. It’s a new venture from Sepal Meacham, who some will recognize from her long tenure behind the bar at the Clinton Street Pub. (You’ll also find […]
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New Seasons Perfects the Art of “It’s Me, Not You”
Over on Portland Indymedia, someone has posted the most creepily polite “you’re banned” letter I’ve ever seen. It’s from New Seasons. And it’s a revelation all of us ought to behold. Dear Kristen, I want to thank you for coming to our Store Support offices to share the details of your difficult, genuinely painful experience […]
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Yep, We’re the Best Beer City
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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PDX Approved: Take the Mercury Survey, Win Prizes!
As you are painfully aware, we here at the Mercury have ample opportunity to express our opinions, however esoteric and/or belligerent they may be. That’s why we’re handing off the mic to you (for once) to weigh in on our first-ever PDX Approved Readers’ Choice Survey. I won’t lie: there are 83 questions, which is […]
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Portland Was (Maybe) Flooded With Celebrities Last Weekend
Rumors were swirling over the weekend about spottings of both Johnny Depp and Drew Barrymore hanging out on the streets of Portland, as reported by Byron Beck. (Oh just embrace the quaint.) The Merc‘s own Marissa Sullivan came bursting in this morning to announce that she saw Barrymore on SE Hawthorne herself. The Depp thing […]
