Local blogs

Portland is a place where lots of people post information on the best (and worst) of the City. These blogs cover food, beer, bicycling, neighborhoods, photography, news, history, culture, art, gossip, music, technology, advocacy, personal musings and more. Please add to this ever-growing list of weblogs.

• A Girl Worth Saving - A 30s something mom blogs about Parenting, Paleo and Frugal Living
• A Portland Landscaping Blog - Small Portland landscaping company talks about landscaping and small business.
• Active Right of Way - a community of advocates, activists, and professionals dedicated to safe, equitable and responsible use of the public right of way in Portland, Oregon
• A Well Crafted Party DIY, Crafts, Parties, and more.
• ADX, a local Makerspace - Blogs about art, design, community, events, DIY, and making.
• AIGA Portland - The Professional Association for Design
• Around Portland w/ PDX Guy - News and everything weird around Portland
• Around the Sun - A guide about saving money in Portland
• Back Fence PDX - Storytelling and Entertainment for the People of Portland
• Bar Camp Portland
• Bike Portland
• The Black Portlanders - Street-style photo blog of Black People in Portland
• Blog For Oregon - A real estate blog for people considering moving to Oregon.
• Blue Ruin - A Portland photo blog
• Body, Mind, Freedom - Vegan Recipes and Healthy Eating from a Portland girl!
• Burnside Writers' Collective Blog
• Calagator blog - Calagator Portland tech calendar
• Cami Kaos - Portland tech scene blogger, weekly podcast host
• Cass & Merlune - Lifestyle Blog with quirky DIY, recipes, reviews, and decorating (especially Halloween)
• Cart Attack - Food cart aggregator great for finding nearby eats.
• Chronic Times The Planet Forum - Because We are Living in Chronic Times
• Concordia Neighborhood Association
• Cooking In Socks - A food blog of a Portland girl's cooking adventures.
• Crappy Indie Music - The Blog
• Culture Mob Blog
• Daily Wireless
• Dave Knows Portland
• davydog | It’s a doggy’s life. - Commentary, gallows "humor" and snide remarks
• The Deli - Portland - All about the local music scene
• Describe the Ruckus - unique content about life and culture in Portland
• Diamond-Cut Life - How to be Rich in What Matters, Portland style
• Dining out in Portland - "Eating my way across Portland, OR."
• East Portland Blog - A Rose City Juncture of the Popular Arts and SuperDeep Thoughts
• Eater PDX - Portland restaurant, bar and nightlife blog
• EdgeLink - IT Staffing, Tech & Career Blog - Portland Tech Market, Career and Job Articles
• Ether Bomb - Portland Oregon Indie Music Blog
• Everyday Runaway - Portland Oregon Travel Blog
• First Friday - Portland's Eastside Galley Guide
• Food Carts Portland
• Frugal Portland Blog about living simply and enjoying the fun things Portland has to offer
• Girl Parties PDX - Portland live art and burlesque shows
• Hamell.net|Portland History History from around Portland
• Heard in My Cab - The Fare City of Portland, Oregon, blog
• Humans of Portland - Inspired by Brandon Stanton’s Humans of New York, I set out to meet the people of Portland and share their stories.
• Hungry Eye Ball - Portland art scene blog
• I Heart Art: Portland - Advocacy, Education and Support for Portland's Vibrant Community of Makers
• I'm In Your Water - "a personal web oubliette and a look at internet media and all kinds of art/culture"
• Incredibly True Facts - Walking, eating, and meeting dogs in Portland.
• Ignite Portland
• ignOregon - Oregon blog aggregator
• Jack Bog's Blog
• John's Other Blog - "Ramblings of the not quite sane"
• Jolie Pagaille - Lifestyle Blog "A BEAUTIFUL MESS: BEAUTY + FASHION + FOOD + LIFE + LOVE"
• JMA Properties Blog - JMA Properties real estate blog.
• Laura Lawrence blog - "I like Portland, Oregon – Don't you?"
• Leif's Blog - Travel Tips and Itineraries for Portlanders from Leif's, a Northwest business
• Light and Sound - blog on E-Rock music, posters and DJs
• Leave the Laundry for Later Lifestyle blog about a creative new mom and her son
• Lost Oregon - documenting the disappearing Portland and Oregon of recent past
• MLK in Motion - a photorecord of a street in Portland undergoing dramatic change: Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard
• Make Me Some Pie - A Pie Blog in Portland, Oregon (mmmm!)
• Mama & Me from PDX - A blog from Jackson, MS, to Portland, OR
• Marina's Blog - Marina posts fat feminist commentary, sketches, and lists 5 times a week.
• Marshall Kirkpatrick - Technology Journalist
• Milan Cole - Personal musings and Internet marketing blog.
• My Whim is Law - "where a single parent in Portland still believes that wishing will make it so..."
• the Nature of Portland & wiki page: PDX Nature Nut by Matthew Nenninger (PDX Nature Nut) - "A blog about all things related to the natural side of Portland."
• NWMusicPDX -Indie LoFi Shoegaze Psych Garage Noise Pop Post Rock Drone. News, reviews, PDX event dates, and more
• Open Source Bridge - "The conference for open source citizens"
• Oregon Independent Film - Independent filmmakers in Oregon and Portland
• Oregon Trial Advocate - Oregon Trial Advocate will update you on legal decisions, current events and legislative actions that may affect your rights or your legal claims. We also will provide practical advice for workers, consumers and everyday citizens.
• Oregon Startups - Information for startups
• Pacific Northwest Photoblog - Photos, History and Travel information centered on Portland
• Overheard in PDX - eavesdrop in Portland, Oregon
• Portland Bloggers Master List of Portland Bloggers, Meet-Ups, and Blogging Tips
• PDX Building Ads - a collection of buildings with faded lead-paint-on-brick advertising
• PDX Cycling - Cycling routes, Portland bike culture
• PDX Direct Links - Free food stuff fashion fun in Portland
• PDX Pipeline: Portland Events - Music, Arts, Entertainment, Sustainability
• PDX Ren - Portland Oregon: A Window on the World blog
• PDX Web Innovators
• Parkrose Gateway - neighborhood blog
• Pedal Nation Events Blog
• Piedmont Neighborhood Blog
• Portland Acupuncture Blog - a community resource to learn about acupuncture & Chinese medicine
• Portland Afoot - A monthly newsmagazine about and an editable online guide on low-car life in Portland, Oregon.
• Portland Art - discussions and info through a lens of Portland
• Portland Bar Fly - Guide to Portland bars
• Portland By Trish - A local perspective on things to do in Portland
• Portland Beer Blog
• Portland Burrito Junkie - An eternal quest for Portland's best burrito.
• Portland Center Stage Blog
• Portland Dude: a blog about Portland
• Portland Fair Trade Blog
• Portland Fire & Rescue: Fire Blog
• Portland Food and Drink
• Portland Ground: Geo-Photo-Documentary - allows use of its Portland area images for non-commercial blogs
• Portland Hamburgers Blog
• Portland Housing Blog
• The Portland Intelligencer - Local news satire
• Portland Mercury Blog
• Portland Metro Blog
• Portland Monthly Magazine Blogs - Eat Beat, Bar Pilot, Culturephile, Plantwise, The Muddy Boot, Shop Talk
• Portland Neighborhood
• Portland Opera: Operaman's Blog
• Portland Oregon Backyard Birds - A blog devoted to all things birds
• Portland Oregon Blog
• Portland Oregon Daily Photo
• Portland Parks & Recreation: Park Talk Blog
• Portland Playground - Is a creative music/culture blog based in Portland, Oregon
• Portland Show Guide blog
• PSU Library "What's New" Blog - Portland State University Library
• Portland Things - perhaps the unofficial authority on blogs in Portland!
• Portland Transport - discussions on access & mobility in the Portland/Vancouver region
• Portland Water Bureau: The Water Blog
• Portland's Finest Restaurants Blog
• Portland's Search Marketing Blog - home of Portland's SEM community
• Portlanders blog - "to create the ultimate guide to Portland Oregon!"
• Portlandize - Cycling for everyone, here in Portland, Oregon.
• qPDX - Queer news, views and events for Portland
• Rainbow Reverie - An account of joyful living, eating, loving, adventuring and being queer and feminist in Portland.
• Rantings of a TriMet Bus Driver -
• Rose City Journal - Portland Oregon news and opinion blog
• Sara Loves Portland - Personal stories combined with local recommendations for food, shopping and more.
• SCRAP - School & Community Reuse Action Project
• - She Said, He Said: A Geezers Guide to PDX. You guys alive? Food and entertainment blog.
• Silicon Florist - covering Portland startups
• Slow Food Portland
• Slowly But Surely - "A 30 year old woman trying to get healthy, one meal and one workout at a time!"
• Sofoto - Features young Portland photographer's work, as well as a brief review of another photographer's or (or other artist's) work. Photographer Sofia Angelina generally weaves an interesting story in-between the new photographs she posts nearly every day.
• Stag Beetle Power! Homeschooling in Portland; with a monthly list of area happenings.
• Sound and fury, signifying nothing
• Street Roots - Blog and online community on homelessness and poverty in Portland
• Sublevel Transmission - Portland music blog covering Electronica and Indie Rock&Pop music
• Sunnyside Swap Shop - "a co-op that offers an indoor play space during the yucky, rainy months, a time-limit-free library, a free toy and clothing exchange...and an after-school program for teenagers..."
• Swap n Play - a cooperative community sharing space in North Portland for families to build intentional community through play and the sharing of resources
• Talkitect.com - a blog about architecture, art and design
• The RASH, of Gresham - "Your source for local stuff, and more."
• Things About Portland That Suck
• TriMet Diaries - a place to share the inevitably amusing, amazing, and horrifying tales gleaned by riding public transit in the Portland metropolitan area
• TriMet Transit Antics - formerly the Rantings from a Regular TriMet Rider blog
• TriMetiquette - TriMet & Portland Public Transportation Riding Etiquette Blog
• Uniquely Portland Oregon - "A Compelling Look at a Special City"
• Urban Honking - "is a community of writers, visual artists, musicians, filmmakers, and other great humans"
• Urban Weeds: Portland Street Style
• Weird Turned Pro - Portland law blog
• Where Camp PDX - unconference for anyone interested in geography and technology
• WikiProject Oregon - Wikipedia blog with frequent posts from Portlanders
• Willamette Week - Portland news, movies, music, restaurants, arts
• Woodlawn Neighborhood
• Words Cut Open - Portland Local Music blog

Weblogs of era gone bye bye

In fallow fields

• AboutUs blog - A Portland-based blog on musings of the web
• Adventures in Dressmaking Sewing, DIY Fashion
• Another Portland Blog - Another blog. About Portland. And other stuff too.
• Alt Portland - the eastside, up close & personal
• Bad Blogger - A personal blog with lots & lots of photo albums about Portland
• Beer & Blog - Bloggers helping bloggers over beers
• PDX Comedy - The Blog - "This blog is about Portland Oregon comedy. This blog isn't necessarily funny."

maybe in Archive.org?

• Portland Octopus - Everything Portland