Residents of the Marshall-Wells Lofts would like to invite you to our Centennial Celebration. Please join us for an evening of music, food and festivity. Date: First Thursday, August

For a second month in a row, the Portland housing market shows that it is clearly returning to its pre-tax incentive pace. This means low sales volumes when compared to historical averages in what would normally be the peak home-buying and selling season. It’s as if everyone moved their calendar up by a couple months.

My bride and I celebrate our 18th wedding anniversary today with nine holes of golf at Glendoveer, dinner at Il Piato and the premiere of the fourth season of “Mad Men” at 10:00. Beverly is as lovely today as the day we married and I’m re-upping for another 18! I am a lucky man to have [...]

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Did you read Ted Sickinger’s article about Oregon’s Public Employee Retirement System (PERS) in OregonLive friday? …the PERS board (was told) Friday that systemwide, the payroll rates paid by cities, counties, school districts and state agencies to cover their employees’ pension and health care ben

Part of me wants to believe that John Callahan willfully chose this weekend to pass away at the age of 60. With his bold, confrontational, hilarious and unabashedly wicked sense of humor, John Callahan died on the weekend leading up to the twentieth anniversary of the passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Di

Publisher's Weekly just announced that Portland beer writer Christian DeBenedetti just signed a deal with National Geographic Books to write a book called (at the mment) "Portland to Portland:The Craft Beer Lover's Guide to the 500 Greatest American Watering Holes." Pub date is planned for fall 2011.

No, it's not open yet, the new Hair of the Dog Brewery and Tasting Room at 61 S.E. Yamhill, but a private party Friday(no beers were bought or sold) in conjunction with the Oregon Brewers Festival gave some of us a chance to get the feel of the place and the universal reaction was something like "this is great...I ca

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. Peterson’s is happy to announce the arrival of Yogi Chips and Yogi Snack bars to its lineup of healthy and nutritious snacks. Many people will recognize the Yogi brand from shopping in Whole Foods or New Seasons, that is if there is any left in stock, as these tasty snacks are quite popular and [...]

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Around mile 25, my left knee started feeling a little sore.  Around mile 26, I felt the first sharp twinge in there. By 27, the sharp pains were frequent unless if I shuffle or walked. I dropped at the mile 28 aid station (which was also the start finish area). I took about 4:20 to [...]

According to police, a man was STABBED IN THE FACE yesterday afternoon at Comic-Con, allegedly over a fight about (what else) seating for a popular panel. Says EW: Police are investigating an alleged assault inside Sa

"Conspiracy theorists claim to believe that global warming is a carefully constructed hoax driven by scientists desperate for ... what? Being needled by nonscientific newspaper reports, by blogs and by right-wing politicians and think tanks? I have a much simpler but plausible ‘conspiracy theory’: the fossil

"If we invest an additional $3 billion a year or so on clean energy, that’s roughly 50,000 jobs over the next five years."-- Lew Hay, the C.E.O. of NextEra Energy, which owns Florida Power & Light

In the new Health Care law is a new rule that requires a 1099 form for everyone a business pay more than $600 in a given year. The video below explains on the new rule’s difficult implementation.

NCBA Summer Conference to Address Shrinking U.S. Cattle Herd By  National Cattlemen’s Beef Association WASHINGTON (July 20, 2010) The National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA) will be hosting its Summer Conference July 28 through Aug. 1, 2010, in Denver, Colo. According to NCBA President and Illinois cattle producer

New Profanity Filter Battles the F-Word in Living Rooms ROGERS, Ark.,– Just one week after a federal appeals court opened the door for the F-word to be used freely on broadcast TV, an Arkansas company says they have a solution: Filter the words out on your own.  TVGuardian, LLC is just this week receiving shipment [

The Longer You Sit, the Shorter Your Life Span: Study HealthDay News The more Americans engage in one of their favorite pastimes — sitting around — the shorter their average life span, a new study suggests.  The effect remained even after researchers factored out obesity or the level of daily physical activity

Taxpayers want lawmakers to understand legislation before voting on it

From the large Portland weekend event list compiled by Leigh Feldman & supplemented by Pipeline. We have put events in red (blue = linked!) that we think will be good, well attended, or should be interesting. Reminder: We give out free tickets to our Portland Facebook Group including to many of the top music and [...]

Monday in Video Tutorials - Sometimes it’s nice to just watch over another artist’s shoulder as they paint. Drop in tomorrow to see how Jean Pederson dials up the contrast in a watercolor portrait by adding

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The New York City landmark restaurant, Serendipity 3 has created the world’s most expensive hot dog dubbed The Serendipity Foot-Long Haute Dog which will sell for $69. The beef dog is grilled in delicate white truffle oil and placed in a salted pretzel bread bun toasted with white truffle butter. The Haute Dog will be

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DC Universe Online is the only next-generation massively multiplayer online action game that delivers unparalleled physics-powered combat set in the DC Universe. This genre-defining game puts the power of the DC Super Heroes and villains into the palm of your hands. Game Features: - Experience the power of visceral combat w

Among the many fine features of a great day today was some serious quality time with this guy. He brought along a road guitar and a bottle of

Nightlife Of Weeds XLI. Portland, OR. Photo by Zoe Hoeltzel. …………

Stumptown greeting cards are the perfect thing to send to friends who have left the city for one reason or another; school, work…stupidity. For Facebook friends, we’re giving away a 6-pack of these cards with every shirt order. Pick any shirt in the new Facebook...

On Friday I attended a memorial service at our church, for a 60-year-old member who had a horrible motorcycle accident. He left behind a loving wife, four children, and a grandson. I didn't know him well, but recently I had begun to get to know his wife on our church green team. His death was another reminder of the t

When we regard the interaction of an oppressor and an oppressed, the two obvious options are to sympathize with one of the other -- favor the whale or the plankton, the cheetah or the gazelle, the priest or the child, the jack-booted thug or the placard-carrying marcher. Alternatively, we can decline to take a side and call

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Marvel brought out its all-star cast for its superhero team movie, The Avengers,” confirming Mark Ruffalo as the actor to play the Hulk. The move was the topper to what was probably the most boisterous Comic Con panel of 2010, and followed closely by the incredibly well-received presentation for “Captain America” and

Some time ago, I highlighted the Vladi Worm, whose primary characteristic is the use of a condom. I had not tied it, but did go buy the materials…condoms. The pattern is usually depicted in pink. I sorted through a condom bin, much to the counter guys interest. I didn’t try to explain. I found red, [...]

The perfect gift for the grilling enthusiast, Planet Barbecue! ($22.95) will introduce America’s passionate, obsessive, smoke-crazed live-fire cooks to a whole new world of grilling adventures. Barbecue! Bible series author, TV-show host and grill expert Steven Raichlen’s newest book is his most ambitious yet. Raichlen

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Portland, Oregon—Nick Gefroh will host the Jim Pepper Hour of Power from noon until 2:00 on Wednesday July 28.Here’s the link for live streaming audio:http://kboo.fm/

We eat ICEE Popping Candy and a Pop Rocks Chocolate Bar!

Day Thirty-four: I’d pretty much given up the day for lost when I stumbled across this stash at a yard sale. Sometimes, you make a lucky find.

Ida is back. She was a caustic visitor last we saw her, though she promises to be gentler this time around. We shall see if she keeps her promise. We are back in the hospital for consolidation round one. Karen’s air mattress is blown up, we walked what we think might be a mile around [...]

PDX Bridge Festival – Fabric and Lighting Install (2010) Video by Kevin Balmer Description: Watch the PDX Bridge Festival production team stop center lane traffic on Multnomah County’s 100-year old Hawthorne Bridge to install tension fabric and motion triggered lighting in preparation for the ‘Hit the Ligh

my sis and I did some beach combing in Lincoln City when we were at the coast visiting my mom. There weren't many shells - ok, you'd be hard pressed to find any, but there were lots and lots of...

The humidity– and the constant transition from air conditioned environs into the great outdoors and back inside again– finally caught up to me, rendering me feeling less than stellar.  Since yesterday, I’ve been coughing and sneezing, have had the sniffles, and my throat has been needing a constant shot o

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