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There is a music that is made for me. I’m a girl who drives infinite miles on long dusty roads in an old 4×4 in search of treasure. My profession is to hunt the high deserts for rocks, gems, and fossils, and eventually lead people to the places of their hiding. I am often adrift […]
As simple pleasures are gay and hiking is gay, it feels easy to declare that the sport of rockhounding is also a gay activity. And the Pacific Northwest is home to the pros. For this guide, I have collected some recommendations for where you might find beautiful rocks, and eventually build your own rainbow. Let […]
Are these corn maze reviews? Yes. Are these corn maze contemplations? ALSO YES. Here are five Portland-area corn mazes, ranked by difficulty and quality of rustling stalks.
ranked by navigational difficulty and the quality of their stalk rustling.
The Alien TrilogyThere have been more than a few film recommendations made over the past two months, recommendations made with the intent of reflecting our current situation through a camera’s lens, and a visionary’s eyes. And really, is there any more appropriate trilogy to our current moment than the three-film story of Warrant Officer Ellen […]
Sasquatch might have folded up its tents, so to speak, but if you’re still thirsty for a woodsy wonderland arts experience, fret not: THING is here. What is THING? THING is an all-new festival experience in Port Townsend, WA blending music, comedy, art, podcasting, dancing, food, and more, into one weekend’s worth of entertainment bliss, […]
Our Trails Too As anyone who’s recently been on a trail in the Pacific Northwest can attest, hiking, backpacking, and camping in Oregon and Washington are more popular than ever. But as trailheads within driving distance of Portland become crammed with a very specific kind of hiker—day-trippers with selfie sticks and still-creased Patagonia gear—something else […]
Portland’s got great parks! Okay, so we also have some creepy, super sketchy parks. But most of our parks are great! Regardless of how you want to waste your days this summer, there’s a place in or near the city that’s the perfect spot. BEST PARKS FOR HIKING There are a ton of great hiking […]
One of the things that’s gotten increasingly difficult to enjoy as Portland’s population swells and great swaths of Oregon catch on fire: HIKING. Luckily, there are still plenty of ways to hit the trail in and around Portland. It’s good to keep a few tricks in mind to help avoid the crowds (go early in […]
“It is worse, much worse, than you think.” So begins journalist David Wallace-Wells’ The Uninhabitable Earth: Life After Warming, a book about climate change that reminds you, chapter after chapter, that even if you think you know how bad things are, and even if you think you know how much worse they’re going to get, […]
Oregon’s Taylor Creek and Klondike Fires, August 2018. U.S. Forest Service – Pacific NW Oregon’s first notable wildfire of 2019 is currently burning. Yesterday, it was still officially winter. The Santiam Park Fire started yesterday at the North Santiam State Recreation Area, a fishing and camping spot located to the south of Highway 22, just […]
Portland’s crows are back. So are the laser-guided hawks that scare them off.
One of the things that’s gotten increasingly difficult to enjoy as Portland’s population swells and great swaths of Oregon catch on fire: HIKING. Luckily, there are still plenty of ways to hit the trail in and around Portland. It’s good to keep a few tricks in mind to help avoid the crowds (go early in […]
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