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Going to PDX on Tri-Met? Travel Tips.

Obviously, these are tips for getting to PDX during Snowpocalypse ‘08. Getting to the airport on Tri-Met under normal circumstances is generally a breeze. Not so yesterday. Here is my experience and some tips, from someone who spent 3.5 hours on slogging her way a few miles from inner NE Portland to PDX and then [...]

At least someone loves us!

by A. L. Venable

Last week, we learned that BlogHer wouldn’t be visiting our city in 2009. But guess who will be visiting? MEETin!
MEETin will hold its annual celebration in PDX next August 13-16.
In case you’re going, “Er, who?!?”
MEETin, an organization based in Washington, DC, has over 90 chapters across the globe with each chapter run [...]

11.18.2008 See the rest →

BlogHer’s not coming to PDX in 2009

by A. L. Venable

First, cue up the Sad Trombone.
BlogHer, a online community for women who blog, will not be coming to Portland…or any of the other finalists selected for the 2009 conference. As you’ll recall, the final three cities, as voted on by members of the BlogHer community as well as thousands of others across the Web, [...]

11.10.2008 See the rest → 8 comments

You’re living in your own private Writaho

by Metroknow

(C’mon – where else but OurPDX do you get titles like that?)
Every time the global economy collapses, I always do two things: Stop showering, because what the hell for, and start writing a potentially unfinishable novel, because why the hell not. Well, that and an ancillary task that involves solace in the company of [...]

10.10.2008 See the rest → 8 comments

Will BlogHer ‘09 happen in PDX?

by A. L. Venable

8/7/2008 Update: BlogHer has closed the poll after receiving thousands of votes. The top three contenders are Portland, St. Louis, and Philadelphia. BlogHer’s conference organizers will now begin the task of locating a venue, hotels, ensuring the space fits the conference’s needs, and so on.
Original post: Last month, I traveled to San Francisco [...]

08.07.2008 See the rest → 1 comment

Traveling to Seattle soon?

by Dieselboi

Hey you, yeah you standing there seething in the TSA line at Portland. Yep, gotta take your laptop out. Oh, and the power supply. Lastly, your shoes. Wearing sandals? Sorry, gotta walk where everyone else has barefoot because we don’t have the footies anymore. And we are taking your toothpaste away because it is 3.2 [...]

06.17.2008 See the rest → 1 comment