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=== Sunday | August 22, 2010 === | |||
'''Vancouver B.C. Blonde Does Her Part To Help "Keep Portland Weird"'''<br /> | |||
Beer, Jimmy Hendrix and a "sunny and stinking hot" Saturday Market are all part of her plan.<br /> | |||
Go to story: [http://ontheblogbandwagon.blogspot.com/2010/08/perfectly-portland.html Perfectly Portland] | |||
=== Saturday | August 21, 2010 === | === Saturday | August 21, 2010 === | ||
'''Portland's Mayor Takes Aim At Loose Cannons'''<br /> | '''Portland's Mayor Takes Aim At Loose Cannons'''<br /> | ||
Mayor Sam Adams asks [http://www.portlandonline.com/attorney/ openly female city attorney] to come up with new strategies for reducing gun violence in city. Local firearm fanatic [http://www.keepandbeararms.com/information/XcIBViewItem.asp?ID=1123 Kevin Starrett] derides proposal as "a desperate move by a disgraced mayor."<br /> | |||
Go to story: [http://news.opb.org/article/11231-portland-mayor-proposes-gun-restrictions-after-rash-shootings/ Portland Mayor Proposes Gun Restrictions After Rash Of Shootings] | Go to story: [http://news.opb.org/article/11231-portland-mayor-proposes-gun-restrictions-after-rash-shootings/ Portland Mayor Proposes Gun Restrictions After Rash Of Shootings] | ||
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*Drill baby drill!<br /> | *Drill baby drill!<br /> | ||
Go to story: [http://blog.oregonlive.com/myoregon/2010/08/get_a_transportation_plan_oreg.html Get a transportation plan, Oregon] | Go to story: [http://blog.oregonlive.com/myoregon/2010/08/get_a_transportation_plan_oreg.html Get a transportation plan, Oregon] | ||
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News
Sunday | August 22, 2010
Vancouver B.C. Blonde Does Her Part To Help "Keep Portland Weird"
Beer, Jimmy Hendrix and a "sunny and stinking hot" Saturday Market are all part of her plan.
Go to story: Perfectly Portland
Saturday | August 21, 2010
Portland's Mayor Takes Aim At Loose Cannons
Mayor Sam Adams asks openly female city attorney to come up with new strategies for reducing gun violence in city. Local firearm fanatic Kevin Starrett derides proposal as "a desperate move by a disgraced mayor."
Go to story: Portland Mayor Proposes Gun Restrictions After Rash Of Shootings
Friday | August 20, 2010
Get Folked Up This Weekend!
Over twenty venues co-host Portland's first annual Folk Festival.
Go to story: Portland Folk Festival: For the family
Thursday | August 19, 2010
A TV News Channel To Oblivion
Local corporate media propaganda claims bicycling bad for business. Portland's business community claims otherwise.
Go to story: Bikes bad for business? Not in Portland
Wednesday | August 18, 2010
"Mob Mentality" Breeds "Irrational Hatred" In Portland, Oregon
Facebook comments threatening "fat, sick, twisted bitches" with "a tall tree and a short rope" invoke memories of "Salem Witch Trials," when "innocent women were condemned" for supposedly making a "covenant with the devil." Exposes Portland's "ugly side."
Go to story: Why a Mob Mentality, an Irrational Hatred for DeDe Spicher and Terri Horman?
Tuesday | August 17, 2010
Portland-Area Home Sales Plummet 30%
"...it feels like the bottom just fell out..."
Go to story: Portland-area closed sales of homes fall 30% in July
Monday | August 16, 2010
Let's Widen The Expressway To Hell!
Responses to call for a rational, long-term transportation plan:
- Step hard on the gas pedal.
- Rack up more frequent flyer miles.
- Drill baby drill!
Go to story: Get a transportation plan, Oregon
Places to go near Portland
Mt. Hood, Mt. St. Helens and the Pacific Coast are all within a two hour drive from Portland. These are all great places to be during the few months of the year when it is not raining - basically, July 4th - October 4th.
Multnomah Falls is the biggest waterfall in the region. You will be pleasantly surprised if you take the Old Highway along The Gorge. There are dozens of small, beautiful waterfalls.
Things to see in Portland
Start Downtown and visit the Ground Kontrol for a great experience for the kids, at any age, or drop by the Living Room Theater to check out a show. If you are not into movies and want a cool hangout, drop by Backspace.
The first week of the month offers First Thursday. Head towards Fareless Square for many galleries, then onward to the Portland Police Historical Museum for historical events known as the start of the Portland State University campus.
Things to do in Portland
- Do something yourself
- Grab a beer
- Go to Powell's Books
- Go to Forest Park
- Walk around
- Go to Waterfront Park
- Go to Pioneer Square
- Go to Lloyd Center
- Ride the Max
- Ride a bike
- See a concert
- Watch a Blazers game
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