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Only 6 More Days ‘Til Pie Nirvana!

Sure, you may love your @whiffies fried pies. Line up to score full pies at places like Random Order or Bi-Partisan Cafe. But the ultimate Pie Event of the summer is happening this Sunday (Sundayyy….Sundayyyy….)
Yes, the second annual Portland Pie-Off moves to a new location — Peninsula Park — starting at [...]

OurPDX shared links for June 4th

by Betsy Richter

Here’s what we’ve found as we’ve traveled the local PDX web (complete with our comments) for June 4th:

Sad news: Oregon Media Insiders blog calling it quits | Silicon Florist
Rick's got the scoop, including a link to Lynn's goodbye post: "OMI has been the go-to resource for the pulse of the media scene around here. [...]

06.04.2009 See the rest →

Portland MEAT Pies – Pie Off

by Dieselboi

Arlington Heights, Aug 30, 2008
Originally uploaded by dieselboi
Such a wonderful day of baking pie. Congrats to Zoe and Tricia for winning in their categories….well done. Since Betsy didn’t mention me in her post, I’m gonna promote my own pies. I decided to go outside the box and make MEAT PIES. Yep, [...]

08.30.2008 See the rest → 12 comments

Pie-Off: Our Eyewitness Report

by Betsy Richter

We went (my young daughter and I, that is.) We brought pies. We joined the predicted hordes (over 100 people there to witness the event, with 49 pies entered into the competition.) We watched carefully as the judges were put through their paces trying said 49 pies (I understand from Gary’s wife [...]

08.30.2008 See the rest → 14 comments

My Winning Pie-Off Strategy

by Betsy Richter

Yes, I’m one of the hordes of people who will be baking a pie and taking it down to Washington Park on Saturday for the Pie-Off.
Yes, that Pie-Off—the one WWeek featured earlier this week, the one that had potential contestants on Twitter grousing about how “intimidating” it sounded now.
Intimidating? Who cares that [...]

08.28.2008 See the rest → 11 comments

OurPDX shared bookmarks for August 9th

by Betsy Richter

Here’s what we’ve found as we’ve traveled the local PDX web (complete with our comments) for August 9th

Peterson’s saved (Jack Bog’s Blog) – Thanks to Bojack, The Merc & others for keeping the spotlight on this story until justice was done!
The Bite of Oregon: Day 1 Photo Gallery – The Lunch Lady over [...]

08.09.2008 See the rest →

Mmmm…pie!

by Betsy Richter

It started (as all good things do lately, it seems) on Twitter.
The pie smack talk, that is.
Lelo may have been boasting about the blackberry pie she had cooling on her counter just then. Or RadioGretchen might have been talking about never, ever having made a peach pie before. Maybe it was [...]

07.29.2008 See the rest → 3 comments