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30 Years of Loving Portland

2010 marks an auspicious moment in my life–I have officially been a Portlander for 30 years. Learning about Portland is somewhat of an obsession for me, and has hit a new height recently, when I was hired as a Travel Advisor for Travel Oregon. I work at the Oregon Welcome Center at Portland International Airport, [...]

Food Carts Portland on NBC Nightly News

by Betsy Richter

We knew NBC had been in town in late August to follow Dieselboi around on a typical food cart odyssey. We knew that they’d been at the food carts at SE Hawthorne & 11th late on a Friday evening to observe the scene for themselves. And we knew they’d been by Strange Love [...]

11.10.2009 See the rest → 3 comments

And So It Goes…

by Dieselboi

I’m sitting here, drinking a beer, ruminating on all the enjoyment I have had blogging for the likes of OurPDX and previously with some of these fine bloggers at Portland Metblogs. Both venues have allowed me to tell Portland about my experiences and my story in this fine town. I’ve had the opportunity to meet [...]

10.08.2009 See the rest → 7 comments

From Our Mailbox: Pedalpalooza Pie Champ Challenge 6/23

by Betsy Richter

My friend (and Whiffies owner) Gregg passed this along to me in hopes I could help get the word out, since it’s another example of gluttony for a good cause.
Seems that one of the organizers behind Pedalpalooza is rallying a horde of bike-riders (many of them vegan) to be the next contenders to [...]

06.20.2009 See the rest → 2 comments

OurPDX shared links for April 25th

by Betsy Richter

Here’s what we’ve found as we’ve traveled the local PDX web (complete with our comments) for April 25th:

Northwest Palate Magazine | Food Carts a Go-Go
Our own Lizzy Caston writes in this article: "This is everyday dining in Portland. From American comfort food to international specialties, Portland is home to more than 170 food carts [...]

04.25.2009 See the rest →

Have Your Sugar and Eat it Too

by Tricia

The Sugar Cube
Originally uploaded by tb222

Update 9/11/08: The Sugar Cube has now started selling soup! Go get some!

I made my way down to the food carts downtown at lunch (at SW 9th and Alder) to be sure to get some goodies from a new food cart, The Sugar Cube. Opened by Kir Jensen, a celebrated [...]

07.07.2008 See the rest → 4 comments

OurPDX shared bookmarks for June 27th

by Betsy Richter

Here’s what we’ve found as we’ve traveled the local PDX web (complete with our comments) for June 27th:

City of Portland Food Cart Study | Portland Food Carts – We could have saved someone some money here – when there's a cluster of food carts, for example, extra trash cans are a necessity, no?
Man found dead [...]

06.27.2008 See the rest → 1 comment