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BRENDA TRACY, UNDEFEATED

June 28, 2016 by

When you need help, Brenda Tracy is right here. How many times have you had problems no one understands? Every time you’ve had a problem? If you’re like most of us, you see half an inch of water and think you’ll drown. Brenda Tracy sees half an inch of water and walks right through. She’s […]

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MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S SUSHI

June 25, 2016 by

When a birthday dinner turns to Shakespeare and Midsummer Night’s sushi. Imagine if you will a birthday dinner, but not just a regular birthday dinner for a regular birthday. Instead, it’s a milestone birthday dinner, a biggie, so you plan and time and schedule and connect. Because it is an older birthday, one idea is […]

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FATHER’S DAY LONG REMEMBERED

June 20, 2016 by

My wife’s dad passed away when she was nineteen. That’s him with his eyes wide open. Looks like a fun guy. From all reports he was a fun guy. Outgoing, loud, opinionated. He’d have fit right in with my group. He moved to America from England with a stop in Canada along with his wife […]

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MUHAMMAD ALI AND MARCUS MARIOTA, MOST BELOVED SPORTS FIGURES ON BOOMERPDX

May 31, 2016 by

Muhammad Ali and Marcus Mariota lead the way. No surprises. Why do readers love Muhammad Ali and Marcus Mariota? Because of their shared fierce competitiveness? We’ve already seen the best of Ali, and he was everything he promised he’d be, floating like a butterfly, stinging like a bee. He came up fast, won early, retired […]

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NBA PLAYERS RETURN TO OREGON ROOTS

May 29, 2016 by

Would the Blazers be better with local NBA players on the roster? Sometimes it works out when the guys come back home to play, sometimes not, but who wouldn’t want Klay Thompson and Kevin Love on the Blazers? Minnesota and Cleveland see Love close up. Oakland gets their fair share of Klay. In Portland they’d […]

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LOVE LESSON MEANS KEVIN LOVE

May 27, 2016 by

The perfect Kevin Love sequence: Rips the rebound away from Biyombo, runs the court, drills a three, gets back on D. This is Kevin Love, Oregon kid, son of Stan Love, Oregon Duck. He’s related to Mike Love, Beach Boy, and Stan Love’s brother. That’s old news. The new news is he’s a part of […]

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HISTORY, OREGON HISTORY

May 18, 2016 by

You could walk by this building on NW Everett and just keep walking. Nothing to see here, just a worn out facade in a beat down part of Portland with chips and stains. A couple of radiator shops across the street complete the view. If there was anything special about it, there wasn’t a sign, […]

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FUKUSHIMA FEVER OR BEER

May 17, 2016 by

That red line aiming for Oregon hit me with a wave of Fukushima Fever. If you don’t live on the Oregon coast, you drive to the Oregon coast. That’s how it works. If you don’t like the drive, you move there. I grew up on the Oregon coast so every time I go to the […]

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COMPASS ROSE CITY PORTLAND

May 13, 2016 by

Compass Rose As Eight Ball? You Are Correct. The eight ball works with some people better than others. Ask a question. Smack a stooge. Repeat. For these explorers it works best. Not so much for the rest of us. We need direction. We need a compass rose city Portland sort of direction. And there’s only […]

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CALLE 16 MURAL PROJECT AND BARRIO CAFE PHOENIX

April 23, 2016 by

Art, Food, Desert. Barrio Cafe To The Rescue. After rice and beans, chips and dips, what’s next in Mexican food? The Barrio Cafe. With a fusion of French influence, Chef Silvana Salcido Esparza writes a new book every night. The chapter I read came with the crew from 431 Stapley. It started in Mesa. “Did […]

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