Well, well, well. It’s another Thursday. Kinda. And that means it’s time for another episode of memePDX. Lucky number 13, in fact.
So what did we cover? Well, a whole bunch of stuff. But we’ve got one favor to ask. Just pretend it’s Thursday, pre-Ignite Portland [...]
Today the Portland Police Bureau announced that Officer Christopher Humphreys had been placed on administrative leave pending an investigation into an incident this weekend – caught on video tape – that showed Humphreys’ shooting a 12-year old girl with a bean bag gun at a MAX stop. The girl [...]
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Have a great weekend!
Saturday, November 21
Enjoy a good story at the Tapestry of Tales Storytelling Festival.
Learn simple ways to save money at home at the Fix-It Fair.
I had two fixations in my head this last month—making a toy theater and making stuff out of old moving boxes from the garage. I made a crown and sword for Halloween out of these boxes and found it so thrilling (just using masking tape and a [...]
Don’t know where to go for Thanksgiving dinner this year? Here is our complete list from every press release I’ve gotten this year. I’ve also included some businesses selling turkeys, pies, etc.
Andina: This Thanksgiving, for the first time, Rodriguez de Platt and her family will honor the [...]
The Senate may vote as soon as Saturday on health care reform. Â The New York Times reports: Â
WASHINGTON — Democratic leaders in the Senate on Wednesday unveiled their proposal for overhauling the health care system, outlining legislation that they said would cover most of the uninsured while reducing the [...]
From thisto this An issue that has been simmering since April 2006 has finally reached some resolution. The River View Cemetery Association Board of Trustees has met several times in the last few weeks to address the issue of bicycle traffic going through their property. The issue reached a boiling point in [...]
From the Mercury:
“There’s a racial gap,” says CCC Community and Programs Director Alison Graves, who laments that the overwhelming majority of her bike shop’s customers are white despite its location in a neighborhood that is nearly 50 percent non-white, according to the 2000 census. “Why aren’t there young people [...]
Vancouver gives plenty of space andTonight, Portland is set to get schooled once again by the highly engaging and sharp [...]
Riding along the river on whatThe North Portland Greenway Trail is on the cover of the “InPortland” section of The Oregonian today. The exposure for the project is an important boost to the project — whose [...]
It’s time to gear up and hunker down — this weekend, take a ride to a nice, warm, indoor location. Build up your repair and riding skills, learn to make informed investments in winter gear, or have a warm drink while enthusiastically debating the big picture.
Or take the opportunities [...]
Should cyclists pay a road tax?Back in July a local web marketing company Webtrends wrapped a MAX train with the question, “Should cyclists pay a road tax?” I wasn’t too [...]
I make it to a pub about twice a month. Odd for a beer blogger, I know, but there it is. So generally I try to make the trip count. Last night, I made it down to the Widmer Gasthaus to try the new Collaborator beer--CXI, [...] 
Which one of these videos would win in a fight?Someone needs to explain why CafePress.com allows death threats against the president of the United States to be sold on their website. Â Or why in the world this website - run by the folks selling products that clearly call for the death of the president - is allowed [...]
Sometimes this content is so easy, it practically writes itself. Especially when I’m just repeating stuff I’ve written before. Again and again. But it bears repeating.
So you’ve reached that special time in your life. And you’re headed to Ignite Portland 7, tonight. Exciting isn’t it? You may be experiencing [...]
Another generation of parents can soon terrify its children at Farrell’s Ice Cream Parlour.
According to KPTV, Farrell’s Ice Cream Parlour is returning to Portland.
There’s no timeline yet, other than “as soon as possible.”
The first Farrell’s Ice Cream Parlour opened in Portland in 1963, followed quickly' [...]
If you count Thursday, there’s plenty to do this weekend!
Just for starters, both Ignite Portland 7 and Back Fence PDX take place on Thursday night.
(Can’t decide which one to attend? OurPDX’s Betsy Richter helps you in her post When Storytellers go Wild.)
In my previous article I shared several important tips for safely carving gourds. With those tips in mind, let’s get started on a gourd or two!
Today, we’re going to clean and prep a couple of gourds for our next project—making Christmas tree ornaments.
You may find that you already have [...]
Roger and me.Thanks to everyone who packed into Plan B tonight to listen to my interview with City of Portland Bicycle Coordinator Roger Geller. As a special bonus, we also streamed the event live [...]
[Full disclosure: I have consulted with ccSync in the past before they reconfigured their product offering. I was pre-briefed on the launch of this product, but I have not been involved in the launch planning.]
For all the cool Web apps, iPhone apps, and mobile technologies, few things beat SMS for [...]
Metro is getting heat forMetro’s update to the 2035 Regional Transportation Plan (RTP) — which will guide $20 billion of investments in our regional transportation infrastructure over the next 25 years — is coming under fire from advocacy groups, Portland Mayor Sam [...]
When my father was growing up, he used to hop freight trains to travel [...]
Frank Schaeffer is the son of the late evangelist Francis Schaeffer, who is credited with helping spark the rise of the Christian Right in the United States. Frank is a professed pro-life Christian who was a registered Republican his whole life. He’s an author, film director, screenwriter and public speaker. In [...]
I seems I’ll be bouncing over to Utah for Thanksgiving this year. It was a budget stretch but I don’t want to spend the holiday without family while Admiral Fubar is in Iraq. Also exciting is that my sister, Pha is pregnant and will be making the trip home for [...]
