Archive for the ‘Portland’ Category
A tale of two festivals
Pirates, socks, juggling, bridges, comics, tulips… is there anything this city doesn’t have a festival for?
Things I’ve been doing
Hippy tea, hate mail, chili-eatin’, damper making, hob-nobbing with famous actors and more…
Project America: Baseball
TAKE me out to the BALL-gaaame… something, something… la la. A field report from my first — and possibly last — baseball game.
Rag of the Week: Busted
A new series looking at some of the weird and wonderful publications available in Portland. This week: 20 pages of rapists, thieves and junkies.
Project America: Biscuits ‘n gravy
Road-testing Portland’s favourite brekkie (contrary to popular opinion, it’s not meth). With bonus expert commentary.
Say, Ruth, what else have you been up to?
Arm-wrestling, pie-eating, fake legs, one-armed guitarists, Romanian gypsies and more…
The curious case of the new Prime Minister and the missing seven-year-old
Missing: my sense of perspective. Please call the Multonomah County Sheriff’s tip line with any information.




