This past weekend I took a trip up to Portland from Eugene with my bike. I really appreciate the fact that I can bring my bike on the train, as it gives me the choice to do whatever I like when I arrive at Union Station. Upon arrival, one can bike to the nearest bus line to [...]
Filed in Bikes, Community, Downtown, Government, Northwest, Pacific Northwest, Portlandesque, Transportation
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Also tagged Amtrak, Bike, Bikes, Eugene, ODOT, Oregon Department of Transportation, Portland, Seattle, Train, Union Station, Vancouver B.C., Washington State Department of Transportation, WSDT
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In an attempt to quantify the unquantifiable, I will begin to quantify my PDX soujourns, or “PDXjourns,” if you please. Here is one such PDXjourn from this past weekend, sarcasm included! Be sure to check out my other PDXjourns on the new PDXjourns page. You will ask: why is the difference between this and the [...]
Filed in Bikes, Community, Current Events, Downtown, Northwest, Portlandesque, Site, Southeast, Southwest
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Also tagged Aida, Bike, Hawthorne, Leanne, Made in Oregon, Made in Oregon Sign, Maggie, Mom, Northwest, Ottavia, Otti, Pearl, Quincey, Weekend
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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: wilting.
Rectangular fans silhouette [...]
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 [...]
Filed in Community, Downtown, Northwest, Portlandesque, Southwest
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Also tagged Broadway Café, Broadway Coffee, Coffee, Eugene, Floyd's, Floyd's Coffee Shop, Full City, Full City Café, Poesy, Poetry, Stumptown, Stumptown Roasters
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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 (UO) [...]
Filed in Community, Controversy, Current Events, Downtown, Government, Northwest, Politics, Portlandesque
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Also tagged Chinatown, City Council, Made in Oregon, Made in Oregon Sign, Nancy Stovall, Old Town, Old Town Chinatown, Portland, Portland City Council, University of Oregon, UO
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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 [...]
Filed in Community, Downtown, Government, Politics, Portlandesque, Southwest
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Also tagged 6th Avenue, Block 169, Hotel Portland, Jackson Tower, Jewel Lansing, MAX, PDXHistory, Pioneer Courthouse, Pioneer Courthouse Square, SW 6th Avenue, Transit Mall
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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.
PDXppl is the first in a series of profiles of Portlanders and what they do. Be sure to take a look at the new PDXppl page on the right-hand sidebar of this page where you can keep up on the urban gens of Portland!
When I was growing up in Southwest Portland, I never rode [...]
Filed in Bikes, Downtown, Site, Southwest, Transportation
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Also tagged Barbur, Beaverton Hillsdale Highway, Bikes, Commute, Multnomah Village, OMSI, Portland State University, PSU, Sauvie's Island, Southwest, Spring Water Corridor
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Let’s not call them liars, but they live in the suburbs, and I’ll admit, I am almost one of them. These are your “I’m from Portland.” – “Oh really, where?!” – “Gresham,” – “Oh, I see, you’re not” ilk. Forgive me if this is a little harsh, but if you’re not from Portland and someone [...]
When I was growing up in Portland, which oddly enough seems like forever ago, I attended Robert Gray Middle School and Wilson High School in SW. My senior year of high school I had begun to continue higher coursework in Spanish at Portland State University. Three mornings a week I would carpool with my friends [...]