Like Mr. Trump, I own property. Unlike Mr. Trump, I don’t license property. Would I like to license property? Sure, who wouldn’t like the passive income of licensed property, until things go off the tracks. Is boomerpdx a licensed property? Yes. Licensed to me, based on the internet rules of the game. […]
PORTLAND HEAT: HOW TO CELEBRATE BREAKING RECORDS
Last August one of my partners in crime (aka one of my sons) and I worked on inventory inside a few Arizona warehouses in record breaking heat. At least it broke the record for heat outside a sauna. Yesterday’s record breaking heat was about thirty five degrees cooler, which was a nice […]
TAKE ME TO UNION STATION AND PUT ME ON A TRAIN
What is it about train stations, including Portland Union Station, that feel so mournful? The Rolling Stones caught the sorrow with No Expectations. Take me to the station And put me on a train I’ve got no expectations To pass through here again Once I was a rich man Now I am so poor […]
TRAIL BLAZERS ADDED TO PELICAN STEW
Could Portland Trail Blazers fans smell what Jrue Holiday was cooking? Since his dish was in New Orleans there was competition, just not from the Blazers. The other chef in the kitchen? The Brow, AD, Anthony Davis. What they dished up was a spicy gumbo of ‘Get Out Of Here And […]
HOW TO INTERACT WITH RAJNEESH CULT MEMBERS ON PORTLAND STREETS
Most days after work in the 80’s I walked the same way to my NW Portland apartment. The path took me past a place called the Martha Washington on SW 11th. I walked the same way so I could talk to an interesting woman from the museum. Note to remember: All museum […]
STARBUCKS BOOMER MORNING CHOICES
That feeling when you’re driving long distance and have to make a head stop and there’s no rest area? Find a Starbucks, buy a tall coffee, problem solved. Some of the best restrooms in public places are in Starbucks. Don’t like coffee? Then stop someplace else, like fast food, a gas […]
PORTLAND FEVER: 1980-1990
After walking around Manhattan and finding the perfect neighborhood, I wanted to find that neighborhood in Portland. When I did it started Portland fever. Northwest Portland in late spring reminded me of Greenwich Village on a smaller scale. Like most everything compared to NYC, smaller is normal. Smaller buildings, smaller stores up […]
PORTLAND 1980: HOW TO SETTLE IN A NEW TOWN
One song stuck with me on the bus ride from NYC to Portland 1980: The second verse of Lodi, by Creedence Clearwater: I rode in on the Greyhound I’ll be walkin’ out if I go I was just passin’ through Must be seven seven months or more Ran out of time and […]
PORTLAND PLANNING VIEW FROM SOUTH WATERFRONT
Does the top pic look anything like a Portland planning Christmas card? Stacked apartments dot the SW Portland landscape like a vision of Chicago from the Sears Tower. That’s not the welcome mat Portland planning rolls out for new pioneers. Where’s that world famous food cart court next to a tap room? […]