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PORTLAND EXPERIENCES TO WRITE HOME ABOUT

Portland experiences come with Airbnb. The Portland Monthly has a list of the Top 5 Airbnb Experiences. Oddly enough, riding around town with me isn’t listed, but milking a cow in Sandy is? Let’s cruise in my ride and I’ll point things out you need to know.

VISITING PORTLAND CHECKLIST

Visiting Portland? Google it and to see how things look before making plans. Travelportland.com comes in as the ‘official city guide.’ It shows food, books, and Portland activities.  Looks like a nice place, but what will the updates say after the next demonstration? Keep looking.

PORTLAND WEED: A SHORT HISTORY

Portland weed once came out of Goose Hollow Inn men’s room. A dealer worked from a stall with a full waiting room outside, according to sources. Like all good history, BoomerPdx relies on primary sources and historical relevance to reflect past life. If that life takes a turn into hardcore drug addiction, it’s a life […]

DIVISION STREET, NOT DIVIDED PORTLAND

Division Street is not some hotbed of urban problems with people taking sides. In the southeast 30’s it’s a home stretch for Portland people moving to Oregon. Even better, it’s been a neighborhood, a changing neighborhood, for people who put down roots decades ago.

GREATEST PLACES IN THE WORLD: PORTLAND, ORE?

Greatest places? In the world? Portland? Ore? The civic booster in me recoils at calling a city one of the greatest ‘places’ in the world, then having it echoed by the newspaper of record, the Oregonian. It’s got to help public relations, but Time Magazine didn’t help with their image of Portland. Neither did the […]

THE GREAT LEAP FOR SPORTS DREAMS IN PORTLAND

The Great Leap is on stage in downtown Portland, Oregon. It’s a solid jumper, a score for the home team. Who would have guessed four actors could show history so well? And do a basketball game without players and made it feel as real as any last second drama. No fouls called on this play.

TRAIL BLAZERS? WHY NBA PLAYERS SHOULD LOVE PORTLAND

Portland Trail Blazers talk gets louder during a team in transition, which is where they are in 2022. Is it a reload or a rebuild? Will Dame stay or will he go? Answer those questions and you may be a General Manager candidate. But there’s still one over-arching question that needs an answer: Why does […]

PORTLAND WRITING: WHAT TO SAY AFTER IT’S ALL BEEN SAID

Portland writing classes made it seem like everyone in town was a writer. Publish a book and that’s good enough to fill a teacher’s role? Yes it is. Word of mouth got around, a friend offers space, and people pay to show up and listen. And learn. But what do you learn?

PORTLAND CROSSROADS: SW 3rd AND ALDER

The Portland crossroads are the same at every intersection. North, East, South, and West. It’s the same where you live if you don’t live in Portland. Pick a side and proceed with caution. Why SW 3rd and Alder? Why not. What’s your favorite? Burnside and Broadway? Too easy. Burnside and the Willamette? Here’s the deal: […]

TRAVEL OREGON STARTS WITH TWO BOOKS

Travel Oregon the right way? If you live here you know the drill: Fill up the gas tank, or unplug the battery, and head for the big north to south roads. Take in the coast on Hwy 101. Head out on I-5 for the Willamette Valley sights. Or aim your ride over the the mountains […]