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END OF THE CHEESE STEAK TRAIL IN OREGON

January 30, 2015 by

NW 23rd and Northrup. A food obsession isn’t a pretty thing. It makes you do things you’d rather not do, go places you shouldn’t. The best example in Portland, Oregon is the famous Poc Poc in SE. Where do you go after Poc Poc? Thailand, of course, and take Anthony Bourdain with you to get […]

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HUNTING THE ELUSIVE PHILLY CHEESE STEAK IN PORTLAND OREGON

January 22, 2015 by

Ask And You Don’t Always Receive When It Comes To Cheese Steaks. After living in South Philadelphia in the mid-70’s I became a fan of the locally named delicacy. The Philadelphia cheese steak isn’t limited to Philadelphia. They’re nation wide. But the question remains: Can you get a good sandwich this side of the Mississippi […]

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1080 THE FAN GOES ON A HOST HUNT

January 19, 2015 by

Admit it, you’ve been in someone’s car with sports talk radio on and thought, “Please just shut up.” But they don’t turn it down. The driver won’t change the station. You don’t ask. The radio hosts keep repeating things three times. You wonder who the last two are for since you heard it the first […]

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PORTLAND CONSTRUCTION ARTS

December 23, 2014 by

Why It’s Called Art? The canvas is real estate, the brush is material. Engineers and builders turn a big mess into something beautiful. But the mess has a beauty of it’s own. The image above shows electrical conduit headed from the floor level box up four stories. Is has the look of the movie Brazil. […]

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THE BIG CHRISTMAS DANCE

December 1, 2014 by

Dance It Off No Matter Who’s Watching. From the first junior high dance to your wedding day dance, music and movement play a bright spot. Embarrassingly bright? Probably, but only if you do it right. Take all the dance shows, from Dick Clark’s American Bandstand, Soul Train, and the current Dancing With The Stars, and […]

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BIG FROG MILLENNIALS FOR THE FUTURE

November 25, 2014 by

Special events have one thing in common: they’re special. The only problem is remembering how special. Sure you’ve got pictures to break out. Nothing refreshes memory like images. Video is even better. But what drives things deeper into meaning is talking about it. “Remember the time when…?” We’ve all heard stories that began that way. […]

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PORTLAND’S LITERARY AND CULTURAL DISTRICT?

September 11, 2014 by

What Does Google Say? Boston becomes the first city to designate a literary cultural district. Portland can’t be far behind since the choices at the original coin toss to name the city was either Portland, Maine, or Boston. That might not be enough to kick start a lit-district into gear, but just knowing another city […]

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THE BOOMER BOULDERING TEST

September 6, 2014 by

A Low Risk, High Reward Haven. Like all good football fans you take care of yourself. You watch what you eat and drink, then watch some more while imagining yourself capable of performing at the same level as the players you watch. That’s a lot of watching and imagining. Guys a little further away from […]

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VISITING WASHINGTON COUNTY JAIL, pt. 2

August 25, 2014 by

To visit a prisoner in Hillsboro, you need to get on their visitor list. It’s not a drop-in deal. Then you need to provide your address and Oregon Drivers License number. No one wants a squirrely visitor raising hell on the block. They’ve got enough problems. I want to visit one of my son’s friends […]

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HOW TO VISIT THE WASHINGTON COUNTY JAIL, pt. 1

August 21, 2014 by

Take The Road To Recovery. Copy and paste the How-To to google and you’re done, except for the important part. A reason to visit. My reason bounced in and out of jail for problems related to heroin addiction. Right now he’s in. In order to visit, my name needs to be on his visitor list. […]

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