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MICRO MEMOIR II: LEAVING TOWN CHRISTMAS PARTY

Leaving town used to be easy, if I remember right. Pack a bag, get in a car, hop on bus, and leave. “I’ll be there in a few days.” Same story going out to Brooklyn as leaving:

PIATTINO (small plate) PORTLAND

  The Piattino menu says, * you don’t ever age while seated for a meal *   I’ll take it another step: ‘you become as ageless as Roman gods while seated for a meal inside Piattino.’   Is invoking Roman gods in an Italian restaurant sacrilege? Not a bit when it comes to a bite […]

Portland Italian Festival, Portland Haute Couture

    Not Little Italy, but Big Italy, Portland’s Italian Festival swinging in the biggest living room in Oregon, Pioneer Square.   Food, beer, and music mix to show the city in the best light possible, like an Italian chandelier.   Is it fun? Educational? Mesmerizing? All of that along with beautiful Italian women in […]