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Winter Olympics in the NW

In case you have been living in a small cave for the past few years, the 2010 Winter Olympics, hosted in Vancouver, British Columbia (that’s in Canada!) begin Friday, February 12. Though I don’t follow professional sports, I have always been a huge fan of the Olympics in general, and the Winter Olympics in [...]

The Writing Was on the Wall

by jgx

I’m going to follow the lead of my (soon to be) great new friend Zanger!
On January 6th, I woke up and had a stark realization.
I’ve been unemployed for 16 months?
Then I went to lunch with a former colleague. Now I am employed! I’m going to step back a bit and [...]

01.13.2010 See the rest → 2 comments

Another Bet Lost: Nuts

by zanger

Being half Italian, I seem to have this gene that precludes me from not making wagers.
Seahawks in the Super Bowl this year? Sure, I’ll take that.
Partly cloudy and 43 degrees? Yeah, I’ll take that one too.
As you can guess, I don’t win very much. But, when I do make these little forays into competitive guessing, [...]

01.12.2010 See the rest → 2 comments

17 Years Flies

by zanger

(Consider this my introduction.)
Yesterday, I woke up and had a stark realization.
I’ve been here for 17 years.
On January 5, 1992, I drove a beat-up Chevette (is there any other kind?) into Portland from Denver. I remember it well. I actually screamed out loud when I saw the “Entering Portland” sign on I-84. I had no [...]

01.07.2010 See the rest → 8 comments

Portland and Curling

by Rabbi David

Last night Eva and I tried something new: Curling at Lloyd Center with the Evergreen Curling Club. Now, I’m not referring to hair, but rather to 42 pound stones on ice. Curling is a “sport” that came out of Scotland. It involves sliding heavy stones down the ice and hitting other heavy stones. Oh, yes, [...]

01.06.2010 See the rest → 4 comments

Behind the Beard – Washington Square Santa

by Radio Gretchen

Washington Square has long reigned as Oregon’s premier shopping center. It says so right on their website — and who am I to argue with that? So it would only stand to reason that Oregon’s premier shopping center would also have Oregon’s premier shopping center Santa, right?
I know someone who would [...]

12.17.2009 See the rest → 4 comments

Portland Shopping Mall Santas – A Comparative Study

by Radio Gretchen

I did not believe in Santa when I was a little girl. For some inexplicable reason, my parents told my brothers and me that there was no such thing as Santa Claus. We did not hang our stockings by the chimney with care. We did not write letters to or leave cookies [...]

12.07.2009 See the rest →

Portland Police: The Problem is Perception

by PAgent

Governer Kulongoski decides to invite several Portland-area police departments to a friendly competition. The Beaverton Police Department, the Gresham Police Department, and the Portland Police Department all take part.
A jackrabbit is marked with blue dye, then released into Forest Park. Each of the Police Departments in turn is given a chance to locate and [...]

12.07.2009 See the rest → 3 comments

What is the Sound of One Man Clapping?

by Radio Gretchen

A series of misadventures have kept me from attending Blazer games lately, so I was pretty excited to be back at the Rose Garden for Tuesday night’s game against the Orlando Magic Miami Heat. I needed this game. I needed to sit in the stands and watch something that would take me out [...]

12.04.2009 See the rest → 7 comments

Splendor on a Gloomy Monday

by Radio Gretchen

Portland is such a beautiful city during the sunny summer months, but the transition into the darkness of winter is not a pretty one. My Monday morning Twitter stream was full of tweets about heavy rains and self-diagnosis of various diseases. It was as if I could actually hear bottles of Zoloft being [...]

10.27.2009 See the rest → 2 comments

PDX in Your Pictures: They Left Out Snow…

by Aaron

They left out snow… by jbreweral2or
Everyone is invited to share Portland photography with the OurPDX community by participating in the OurPDX Flickr group.

10.09.2009 See the rest →