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CANCER RESEARCH THROUGH BETTER BEER

July 2, 2018 by

    “I’m buying you a beer,” G said.   “That’s awfully nice, but you don’t have to,” I said.   “It’s that one,” he said.   “Which one?” I asked.   “At the bottom of the Daily Specials.”   I looked at the beer menu and didn’t see it.   “Where are the specials?” […]

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LADY DAY PLAYS BOOMERPDX BAR AND GRILL

June 14, 2018 by

“Most men won’t go to live theater with their wives,” was an observation my wife shared. We were walking out of Portland Center Stage at the Armory on NW 11th by Powell’s Tuesday night when she said it. I was revved up after seeing LADY DAY AT EMERSON’S BAR AND GRILL. “Did I ever thank […]

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WRESTLING WITH CANCER via Coping With Cancer Magazine

May 31, 2018 by

      (The following is the text from Wrestling With Cancer. The article appears below.)   Cancer and the sport of wrestling have at least one thing in common: there are situations you get in that you can’t easily get out of. At least wrestling has a final whistle to end the match. Cancer […]

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SASQUATCH BIG RIG vs REAL LIFE RIG

May 31, 2018 by

    How does the Sasquatch Music Festival pull off a three day stand without the drama of conflict and violence? It is America, but no violence? How can that happen?   The rest of the world needs to know and maybe they can tamp down the problems in their neighborhood.   It starts with […]

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KNIGHT CANCER vs THE HUTCH

May 18, 2018 by

    Portland and Seattle have a storied rivalry throughout history, especially sports history.   Now it’s competition to find the cure for cancer. Let the games begin.   The Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle has a super story out yesterday, huge story in the Seattle Times.   “The Hutch closes in on […]

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MORE PORTLAND PLEASE

May 11, 2018 by

    In a snap shot of urban life, Portland looks best in large format. Walking the northwest streets of The Pearl a few hours before the curtain rose inside The Armory showed a city with connections between the dots, enough dots to create the web of destination we read about all over the country. […]

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PIATTINO (small plate) PORTLAND

May 10, 2018 by

  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 […]

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PORTLAND MOLE REMOVAL

May 5, 2018 by

  You’ve heard about the importance of the right words at the right time?   The following is a patient review that every professional dreams of.   One day we should all be so lucky.  

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BOOMERPDX WORLD IN WRITER TIGARD

May 5, 2018 by

    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. […]

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PORTLAND CROSSROADS CULTURE BETWEEN SCIENCE, AGE, AND ATTITUDE

April 30, 2018 by

    All towers growing around Portland have at least one thing in common: At one precise moment they could either be a building going up, or on the way down. Like bomb exploded landscapes resemble a controlled demolition after the dust settles, a first glance can be so misleading.   Click the link to […]

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