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Monthly Archives: July 2009

PDXpoesy: Amélie Rousseau, Femme poétique

Friday, July 31, 2009

This week has seen quite the heat wave in the Portland area, causing a surge in power usage as well as a surge in poetic creativity! A friend of mine, Amélie Rousseau, responds to the rising temperatures. Portland in Heat by Amelié Rousseau Portland in heat: A blushing rose, propped up in its ornate vase: [...]

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Walking Bikes & Walking Publications

Wednesday, July 29, 2009

I read a lot of Portland news. Each day I try to keep up with the latest happenings of the “Rose City” while reading the online weeklies, including the Portland Tribune, Willamette Week and the Portland Mercury. The Oregonian, the state’s flagship newspaper, (with the most dreadful-looking website of any major publication I know) has [...]

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PDXpoesy- An Afternoon’s (Coffee) Reminiscence

Tuesday, July 28, 2009

When home in Portland, I go to cafés. And to the local ones I go. My favorites include the previously mentioned Broadway Café and the “Downtown” location of Stumptown Roasters. The World Cup in Powell’s is not that bad, nor is the one on NW Glisan and Floyd’s Coffee Shop in Old Town is a good place [...]

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PDXppl: Nancy Stovall, Vice Chair of the Old Town Chinatown Neighborhood Association

Sunday, July 26, 2009

PDXppl is a series of profiles of Portlanders and what they do. Be sure to take a look at the PDXppl page on the right-hand sidebar of this page where you can keep up on the urban gens of Portland! Over the past couple of weeks I have been a harsh critic of the University of Oregon’s [...]

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PDXpoesy: Marshall McFarland, A City’s Eyes

Thursday, July 23, 2009

When I started the PDXpoesy of PDXme, I didn’t how I would approach posting other people’s poetry. How would I introduce it? What would be its subject matter? I would think Portland. But no less, a good friend of mine here at the University of Oregon, and a graduate of Lincoln High School, Marshall McFarland, [...]

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What Change Brings

Tuesday, July 21, 2009

Pioneer Courthouse Square is my favorite place to meet someone. It’s also the best place to attend a public event, as we saw last Thursday. It’s got a long name, no doubt, but I find I have taken to shortening its name to “the Square” more than once. The space is often marketed as “Portland’s [...]

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PDXppl: Diana Banning, Portland’s Archivist

Friday, July 17, 2009

1937 intersection at SE Powell Blvd. & 39th Avenue looking north, one of the many street scenes in the Archives’ collections. Photo courtesy of Portland City Archives A2005-001.517 PDXppl is a series of profiles of Portlanders and what they do. Be sure to take a look at the PDXppl page on the right-hand sidebar of [...]

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I love NYC!

Wednesday, July 15, 2009

As the big GREEN apple, there is no mistake, I love my hometown. dalas verdugo’s Guide to New York City from dalas verdugo on Vimeo.

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The Tower Prevails (for a short while)

Tuesday, July 14, 2009

Via yesterday’s OregonLive article, it seems that the agreement on the proposed changes for the “Made in Oregon” sign and  ”Old Town” Water Tower have made it through yet another contentious Historic Landmarks Commission hearing. With no agreement made, the issue will again appear at the next scheduled meeting for the Commission which takes place [...]

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Who is your neighborhood bus driver?

Monday, July 13, 2009

I suppose this is a very general question. Which bus driver? The one that happens to be driving a bus I board from time to time? The one who drives the bus line near my house? The one that drives the bus on which I commute regularly? I don’t ride TriMet too often these days [...]

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