Drea
From Acme
1305 SE 8th
www.acme-pdx.com

Acme's got booze, healthy food, music, outdoor seating, and WiFi, but most importantly, the bartenders are well-versed documentary film critics. Check out Drea's faves:

• Dancing Outlaw (1991): "Its about this guy who lives in the South. He has this obsession with Elvis and tap dancing to Southern rock songs. You may die laughing."

• Project Grizzly (1996): "Imagine you are a Canadian man who has been attacked by a bear and survived. You then devote your life to creating a bear-proof suit of armor."

• Gates of Heaven (1980): "It's another movie about obsession—super bizarre people who spend thousands of dollars to bury their beloved pets in a pet cemetery."

• Devil's Playground (2002): "This movie's about Amish kids who are faced with the question: To Amish or not to Amish?"

• Pimps Up, Ho's Down (1999): "If you are secretly obsessed with hookers, this is your flick."

Ryan Stowe
From The Know
2026 NE Alberta
www.theknow.info

He's got time to run The Know—a cute neighborhood bar that hosts a mishmash of shows—play guitar in Swords, AND read constantly. Here are his favorite capitalist/rocker/bookworm reads of all time:

• Hawkline Monster by Richard Brautigan: "It takes place in Eastern Oregon. The author ended up committing suicide, and one of the reasons I moved here is to see some of the country he wrote about."

• Life is Elsewhere by Milan Kundera: "The author talks about people who don't listen to the story, but rather think about what they want to add. We all know somebody like that, don't we?"

• If On a Winter's Night a Traveler by Italo Calvino: "It's about sex, or a love story. The love stories are beautiful, but really it's about the sex."

• Anything by Pablo Neruda: "The most beautiful words you'll ever read. I learned all the Spanish I know from it."