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New Year's Eve! | Friday | December 31, 2010
Suction For Life
Are you a gossip hound? Do you like to eavesdrop on stray bits of chat-chat that swirl around you? Well, today is your lucky end-of-the-year day! Now you can document the li'l tidbits that catch your ear.[1] Here's today's aural captive:
(Two women exit a hospital emergency room and walk towards our gossip hound.)
Woman 1: So I said someone better get in there and suction him before he dies...
Woman 2: HAHAHAHAHAHA!
Woman 1: ... because I sure ain't gonna do it!
- Go to story: Suction him
Thursday | December 30, 2010
Thug World Order
Lookin' to get an early start on New Year's partying this eve of New Year's Eve? How 'bout some hip-hop straight outta Cleveland? Krayzie Bone, Layzie Bone, Bizzy Bone, Wish Bone and Flesh-n-Bone with Bone Thugs-n-Harmony appear tonight at Berbati's Pan. This Mike Thrasher Presents show also features Tragedy and Mikey Vegaz. Show starts at 8:00 p.m. at Berbati’s Pan; $25.00 advance, $30.00 day of show; All Ages!
- Go to calendar: Portland Show Guide @ PC-PDX.com
Wednesday | December 29, 2010
Food Foragers Frequently Favor Farm Fresh Feasts
Portland's farmers markets attracted 700,000 food shoppers this past year, up from 620,000 in 2009. In addition to opening new markets at Pioneer Courthouse Square and on Northwest 23rd Avenue, Portland Farmers Market doubled the size of its Portland State University location. Portland Farmers Market closed for the season on December 17th and reopens on Saturday, March 19, 2011.
- Go to story: Farmers Market gains traffic, sales
- Go to market: Portland Farmers Market
Tuesday | December 28, 2010
Spreading Holiday Joy With The Joy Team
Do life's little aches and pains--like endless wars, predator drones, bailed out Wall Street casinos, CIA torturers, chronic unemployment, teabagger takeover of Congress, more bad news from WikiLeaks and whatnot--leave you feeling a bit less than chipper every now and then? Take heart! A cabal of area business interests feel your pain and are ready and willing to step up to the plate and thrust out a helping hand. Who? Why, it's The Joy Team of course!
- Go to story: Could Portland, Ore., be the Holiday JOY Capital of the World?
- Go to Joy Team: The Joy Team
- Go to Joy Adventure Club: Joy Adventure Club
Monday | December 27, 2010
Yellow Pages Replaced By "Google Pages"?
Heck, who even uses a land line anymore? And even those of us who do, the last thing we want kicking around our living spaces is that huge, ugly, unwieldy telecom-age dinosaur: the yellow pages directory. Unfortunately, countless main street businesses operating in their local communities once depended on the print ads they ran their local yellow pages directory to drive new business. Although most "mom & pop" shops hated to do it, they would often agree to pay outrageously exorbitant rates the directories charged in fear of the business they'd lose to their competitors if they refused. But the overall usefulness of yellow pages ads has steadily declined for nearly a decade, with few viable alternatives in sight.[3][4] Until now?
- Go to story: Ring, Ring. Hi, It's Google
- Go to Google Boost: Advertise your local business with Google Boost
Sunday | December 26, 2010
What's Your Zip Code?
Sure, the post office is largely an anachronism; hardly anyone remembers how to address an envelope, much less actually mail a card or letter. But this post-Christmas, why not express your gratitude for all the gifts you received by actually mailing your thank-you cards, rather than simply blasting out a quick email, text message, Twitter or Facebook post? To see if you're ready for such a dramatic leap into the unknown, try answering this simple riddle: What is your zip code?
- Go to Portland zip code map: Portland Oregon ZIP Code Map
- Go to Portland neighborhood zip code chart: Portland Area Zip Code Chart by Neighborhood
Christmas Day | Saturday | December 25, 2010
Merry Post-Consumer Christmas!
Sure, spiritually bereft, mindless consumerism is a Christmas tradition as American as apple pie and preemptive air strikes. But as "Western Society" descends into post-enlightenment neofeudalism,[5] and shakes off over-consumption in favor of finance industry-coerced "austerity" for the bottom 98%, Portland's "post-consumer advocate" has a plan. Thriftilicious! Merry Christmas Everybody!
- Go to story: Merry (Thriftilicious) Christmas!
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