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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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LUMINEERS PLAY PORTLAND

June 1, 2016 by

Once you’ve seen a Lumineers concert your baby boomer brain starts working. It might happen with others, too. If so, leave a comment. Are the players in Lumineers channeling their inner Grateful Dead? Phish? Who do they sound like? At some point all bands share a common note, a thread of recognition. Then they played […]

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CLYDE DREXLER: GREATEST TRAIL BLAZER IN PORTLAND HISTORY

May 25, 2016 by

Proof of greatness? Wheaties says it all for Clyde Drexler. The Glide is as close to the best that ever was that will ever wear a Blazer jersey. And it’s not even close. The only thing missing on his teams was a Robin to his Batman. Put him on another team with a near equal […]

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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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PORTLAND HARD, BLAZER HARD

May 8, 2016 by

Hard Portland turns into Blazer Hard. Fans who watch Portland from a distance see the Trail Blazers avoiding a sweep from the Warrior broom instead of playing a five game series. It happens when you lose the first two game in the Bay Area. Now the Warriors, still Steph-less, come to Portland. This isn’t the […]

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PIANO PLAYER POUNDS PORTLAND

May 1, 2016 by

The Lure Of The Piano Player. My Amazing Mother in Law, or AMIL, will be 90 and she’s active by anyone’s standards, not just for 90. But even she has an off day. One of her off days came the same time as her and my wife’s stage night out at Portland’s Gerding Theater. Would […]

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NBA SECOND ROUND FOR PORTLAND BLAZERS

April 30, 2016 by

NBA Second Round For Second Time In Sixteen Years. Has it been that long? Can it be that long? Sixteen years and twice to the second round, none to the third. Right now, the Saturday before Sundays game against the Warriors, the Blazers have a chance. They might break through, which doesn’t mean they’ll get […]

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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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