Have you seen these?  A collection of 4 new sculptures were just installed in Northwest Portland. Collectively, they are called “Nepenthes” named and styled after a carnivorous plant.  These are the latest addition to the City of Portland’s public art collection.  Trimet, the Regional Arts & Culture Council (RACC) and the artist Dan Corson, were [...]

Peanut butter.  Pickle.  Bacon.  Burger.  Don’t be scared.  Try not to be grossed out.  This is actually GOOD!  My first thought when I heard about this creation was “DISGUSTING”  But I was totally wrong!    This is a surprisingly good burger.  The flavors and the textures mix together to create an something really original. The combination [...]

Everybody in Portland loves the summers.  They’re the reason we all stick around through the other nine months of grey skies and rain.  I think you may even be able to make that case that the northwest has the best summers in the country.  No extreme heat, no humidity, cool nights, warm days.  Perfect. And [...]

Friday after work I was doing some shopping downtown, so I popped over to see the new candy store that just opened.  I’d seen it from the bus a few times and finally decided to stop by and see what they had to offer.  Rocket Fizz is the name and it’s right on the bus [...]

Hiking season is totally here and it’s time to start hitting the trail.  I keep a list of hikes going year round of great trails for the summer months.  This is by no means a definitive list of summer hikes, just putting it together I realized they’re are pretty much all in the Columbia River [...]

The real highlight of our trip to Bend during the Memorial Day weekend was our tour of their “Ale Trail”.  The city has a fast growing beer scene and they’ve quickly learned how to market it.  The beer scene is not quite the size of Portland’s (yet), but still really impressive.  In fact, in the [...]

I just got home from a really fun weekend in Bend.  I haven’t been there in years so I was really impressed with how beautiful and fun that city is.  Our main reason for driving over was a orienteering meet in the Arnold Ice Cave area.  It was a fun event, but very hard and [...]

Well the rain is right on schedule.  The cruel spring teased us again, taunting us with a glimpse of sunny days, warm nights and  life without a coat.  But as always, the rain has returned just in time for June, “just in time for Rose Festival” as people always say.   I knew this was [...]

Fashion is something I totally struggle with.  I really admire people who know how to dress.  I just get by with stuff from the mall.  Express, Macy’s, Old Navy.  I just don’t like shopping that much.  I wish cool clothes would just magically appear in my closet, but until I get a personal shopper that’s [...]

I’ve had my eye on this place for months. I’ve been checking it out every afternoon as my number 12 bus drive past on my way home from work. The skeeball machines inside always glowing, beckoning me to come play. “The Wurst” is such a great name too. Reminds me of when strip clubs are [...]