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Jeremy Towsey-French

So Bazaar

Whether you’re a secular humanist or a devout southern baptist, the winter holiday has always been a fascinating time. It also provides a platform for events that you certainly won’t find any other time of the year (Tuba Christmas anyone?). If you were somehow able to stumble upon one of these holiday shindigs in [...]

12.04.2009 See the rest →

Lights Out, Uh-Huh

by Jeremy Towsey-French

Portlanders, welcome to the dark ages. That’s what I was told by a bus driver after moving to Portland back in 1997. The driver told me to enjoy the summer, because Portland typically gets six to seven months of gray days and long nights, which he referred to as Portland’s dark ages.
The shift in the [...]

10.22.2009 See the rest →

The Daily Environmentalist

by Jeremy Towsey-French

Several years ago I was turned on to a book that made a big impact on my life — an impact that helped to nourish the roots that eventually formed the foundation for many of my decisions, which then became fodder for my website. Oddly enough, I was skeptical of the book due to its [...]

10.10.2009 See the rest →

Street of Dreams

by Jeremy Towsey-French

The quest to rename a Portland City street to Cesar E. Chavez Boulevard has rumbled on for two years –testing the City’s collective patience. What was once a somewhat well-honed, targeted effort to rename Interstate Avenue after the late workers’ rights advocate, has turned into an attempt to rename the street-of-least-resistance –whatever street that may [...]

06.18.2009 See the rest → 5 comments

Low-Car Lifestyle Clinic @ Portland Farmers Market

by Jeremy Towsey-French

The recent shift to sunnier skies has many Portlanders dreaming of cruising down stumptown’s tree-lined boulevards on a bike. For many, these visions might also be accompanied by questions about how to best take advantage of a bicycle to meet the needs of everyday life –like a simple trip to the grocery store, or a [...]

05.11.2009 See the rest →

Strollin’ for Art

by Jeremy Towsey-French

This Saturday, May 9, the annual Laurelhurst Art Walk kicks off at 10 a.m., running through 5 p.m. The Art Walk provides an opportunity to walk, bike or ride your llama down the lovely tree-lined streets of Portland’s historic Laurelhurst neighborhood and gawk without the fear of being labeled a voyeur.
The concept behind the Art [...]

05.05.2009 See the rest → 1 comment

Reminder: Low-Car Diet Clinic Tomorrow!

by Jeremy Towsey-French

The Low-Car Diet Clinic is taking place tomorrow –Saturday, May 2, 2009– rain or shine!

Location: Sunnyside School park / SE 34th Ave. and SE Taylor St., Portland
Time: 11 a.m. to 12 p.m.
Details: see the specifics at Upcoming. Don’t forget that Joe Bike will have plenty of cool cargo bikes (and cargo!) on-hand to test –not [...]

05.01.2009 See the rest →

Hollywood Farmers Market Premiers

by Jeremy Towsey-French

Spring has certainly sprung. The city is in full bloom, with endless rows of cherry trees coming into their own in a cycle of pure brilliance; as one tree gracefully halts, the next begins its surge.
For many in stumptown, springtime in Portland is marked by the start of the Portland Farmers Market. For those of [...]

05.01.2009 See the rest → 1 comment

Livin’ the Low-Car Diet

by Jeremy Towsey-French

As the sun begins to creep over the mountains and spill down into our otherwise gray Pacific Northwest lives, many folks are dusting off their bicycles in hopes of enjoying another of Portland’s fantastic summers –via two wheels.
If the human-powered call of the road has you thinking about sun-drenched weekend cruises down stumptown’s tree-lined boulevards, [...]

04.27.2009 See the rest → 1 comment

Grease on Earth

by Jeremy Towsey-French

For those of us who may not make regular trips to the Metro recycling station, it may come as a mild surprise that individuals can recycle their used cooking oil at several locations throughout the Portland metropolitan area and beyond.
Encore Oils, a subsidiary of Sequential Biofuel, collects waste oil from these locations, transporting it to [...]

04.16.2009 See the rest → 2 comments

Props to the `Ville

by Jeremy Towsey-French

Living among giants and facing the effects of one of the nation’s worst economic depressions, Oregon’s Burgerville restaurants are forging ahead without fear. Always paddling against the current in the fast food burger market, Burgerville’s 39 restaurants continue to press the notion of how good fast food can taste, and how sustainable and community-focused their [...]

04.14.2009 See the rest → 7 comments