With the Coupe Grey in Montreal fast approaching, this seems an opportune time to revisit my favorite French-Canadian invention: poutine!
Over a year ago I beseeched the blog readers of Portland to reveal to me the location of poutine in Portland.
And the bloggers of Portland heard my call! (Well, at least altportland’s VJ and Cuisine [...]
November 19th, 2008 by Dave | Posted in Canada, Cheese, Portland, Québécois |
Overheard the day after election day
Middle-Aged co-worker about Obama: What are those letters after his name? What are they? B... I... D... E... N...? What are those letters for?
- South Waterfront
-- Overheard by Sarah D.
November 19th, 2008 by rich | Posted in Uncategorized |
I think I’m nearing the end of my book. I’ve written what I can, save for three chapters, only one of which I’ve actually started. So maybe by the end of this year I’ll have something to send.
The final three, as I’ve outlined them are past, present, future pieces. The future’s a little tricky in [...]
November 19th, 2008 by alan | Posted in Crime, Police, anonymity, clue, foetry, legal, memoir, poetry, uncw |
My goodness, but someone could've drawn this with Dylan in mind.
Just his size, just his coloring.
And he loves boats.
He tolerates dogs.
November 19th, 2008 by MissKris | Posted in Uncategorized |
This seems pretty grubby.
November 19th, 2008 by Jack Bog's Blog | Posted in Business, History, Law, National |
I find it interesting how intuitive people can be. I know that intuition often gets handed over to the Woo Woo zone where inhabitants go to psychic fares, read tea leafs, tarot cards, horary charts and have faith in reflexology.
Sometimes one can simply observe things and impress people with patterns you notice, like you can predict that there will be a plane crash and the plane will have the color red on its tail. It sounds impressive until you realize that 90% of commercial air-liners...
November 19th, 2008 by The Guy Who Writes This | Posted in Uncategorized |
Pirates have generally been a good source of comedy. But maybe not so much any more.
November 19th, 2008 by Jack Bog's Blog | Posted in Crime, International |
The recession is starting to take a heavy toll, and it will be a deep and long economic trough. Some prognosticators warn that we won't fully recover in our lifetimes. I tend to agree.
Bean over at The Vig had a great post about this on Friday -- a YouTube video of Peter Schiff, who called the...
November 19th, 2008 by Jack Bog's Blog | Posted in Business, National |
Discount tickets are available for this weekend’s performances of James and the Giant Peach, a play by the Oregon Children’s Theatre.
You can buy two tickets for the price of one, which brings the cost down to $8.00, $9.50 or $12.00, plus service charges.
Performances are at the Newmark Theatre. Show times are:
Friday, 11/21/08, 7:00 pm
Saturday, 11/22/08, 2:00 [...]
November 18th, 2008 by Amy | Posted in Discount, Entertainment, Frugal living, Kids, Portland, Theater, children, events, theatre |
by Earnest "Nex" Cavalli
Capcom's gorgeous remake of Super Street Fighter II Turbo comes to the Xbox Live Marketplace and PlayStation Network on November 27 and to celebrate (read: convince you to buy the damn thing) the company has released two official trailers, each radder than the last. Combining Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix's classic combat and gorgeously redrawn high definition aesthetics with Joe Esposito's Karate Kid track "You're The Best" may be...
November 18th, 2008 by Portland Mercury | Posted in Blogs/Blogtown, PDX |
It's hard to believe, but we're already at Week 12 of the pro football underdog pool in which I play. Last week I over-studied the pickings and went with Baltimore -- a poor choice -- and two players right around me correctly chose Cleveland and Denver. (Nobody took the Jets, which was way easy...
November 18th, 2008 by Jack Bog's Blog | Posted in Entertainment, National, Sports |
The hammering, rattling, humming, grinding MRI scan that I had last Wednesday (and wrote about here) has produced images of my brain that show it (and me) to be "normal."
Oh.
I'm not sure how to...
November 18th, 2008 by Rick Seifert | Posted in Glaucoma, MRI |
When my husband is far away, it is the dailiness of daily tasks that peels me away, every little have-to torn off, stripping from me a bit of my meat, like the leaves of an artichoke, leaving nothing but tender heart and bitter, spiny choke. There is a flat tire on my bicycle, and I know that this time I must patch it, myself, though it is the complex back tire and it will cause great frustration. But it is the only sensible way to get to People's Co-op, and I need things from there that I...
November 18th, 2008 by Sarah Gilbert | Posted in Uncategorized |
By Rowan Wolf
The U.S. has been fighting a war inside of Pakistan. These actions, which have resulted in the death and injury of civilian populations have drawn the ire of the people of Pakistan, and condemnation (and attacks) from the government of Pakistan. The perception was that this was Bush unilaterally engaging in invading yet another country. However, then the news leaked that Bush approved the raids.
November 18th, 2008 by Uncommon Thought Journal | Posted in Lies Damn Lies |
by Erik Henriksen
NATCHEZ, MISSISSIPPI: A complete and authentic vampire killing kit--made around 1800 and complete with stakes, mirrors, a gun with silver bullets, crosses, a Bible, holy water, candles and even garlic, all housed in a American walnut case with a carved cross on top--attained $14,850 in the Jimmy Pippen estate sale by Stevens October 3-4 in the new Natchez Convention Center. From Antiques and the Arts Online, via io9....
November 18th, 2008 by Portland Mercury | Posted in Blogs/Blogtown, PDX |
This afternoon we got this breathless e-mail message:
Portland Public Schools is planning to change their policy concerning the disposition of real property. They are planning to discontinue the notification of the City of Portland, Multnomah County, Portland neighborhoods, and the public when...
November 18th, 2008 by Jack Bog's Blog | Posted in Academe, Business, City of Portland, Taxes |
November 18th, 2008 by jaggy | Posted in Uncategorized |
by Patrick Alan Coleman
Something is burning at 928 SE 9th Avenue, and it ain't the pulled pork. "Last night, we were circulating a declaration of war against Rogue Nation," says Lorren "LoLo" Lancaster, 1/3 owner of the Green Dragon Bistro and Brewpub, "One person pulled out their Rogue Nation card and burned it at the bar." Lancaster, some Green Dragon employees, and patrons of the pub are upset at what they consider "sleazy" dealings by majority owner Ed Schwartz,...
November 18th, 2008 by Portland Mercury | Posted in Blogs/Blogtown, PDX |
by Patrick Alan Coleman
Something is burning at 928 SE 9th Avenue, and it ain't the pulled pork. "Last night, we were circulating a declaration of war against Rogue Nation," says Lorren "LoLo" Lancaster, 1/3 owner of the Green Dragon Bistro and Brewpub, "One person pulled out their Rogue Nation card and burned it at the bar." Lancaster, some Green Dragon employees, and patrons of the pub are upset at what they consider "sleazy" dealings by majority owner Ed Schwartz,...
November 18th, 2008 by Portland Mercury | Posted in Blogs/Blogtown, PDX |
by Matt Davis
Before he fell victim to schizophrenia, and ultimately, death in police custody. These photos were just developed yesterday by his childhood friend, Steve Doughton, who shot them on a Rolleiflex camera and never got the shots developed. It's an honor to post them on Blogtown. And there are, like, 20 more....
November 18th, 2008 by Portland Mercury | Posted in Blogs/Blogtown, PDX |
by Matt Davis
Before he fell victim to schizophrenia, and ultimately, death in police custody. These photos were just developed yesterday by his childhood friend, Steve Doughton, who shot them on a Rolodex camera and never got the shots developed. It's an honor to post them on Blogtown. And there are, like, 20 more....
November 18th, 2008 by Portland Mercury | Posted in Blogs/Blogtown, PDX |
by Marjorie Skinner
If you don't blow your wad on rum to spike the eggnog with on Thanksgiving, take the cash down to Phlox from the Friday-Sunday following Turkey Day. You'll get 20 percent off your total purchase--I suggest taking a look at what's left of the in-house Isaac Hers line for fall/winter, full of snappy tweeds and tartans, as well as the latest from another local, Emily Christensen, whose PDX-via-Santa Cruz tunics and dresses in stretchy hemps and linen...
November 18th, 2008 by Portland Mercury | Posted in Blogs/MOD |
by Marjorie Skinner
If you don't blow your wad on rum to spike the eggnog with on Thanksgiving, take the cash down to Phlox from the Friday-Sunday following Turkey Day. You'll get 20 percent off your total purchase--I suggest taking a look at what's left of the in-house Isaac Hers line for fall/winter, full of snappy tweeds and tartans, as well as the latest from another local, Emily Christensen, whose PDX-via-Santa Cruz tunics and dresses in stretchy hemps and linen...
November 18th, 2008 by Portland Mercury | Posted in Blogs/MOD |
My post of July 9 about the City of Portland ticketing parked cars that display only one license plate is getting some attention, mainly because a reader posted a link to it on Bimmerfest, a site for BMW drivers, but...
November 18th, 2008 by Isaac Laquedem | Posted in Law, Courts, and Cases |
You know how I spent a great deal of time investigating the nature of the wet hop earlier this year, surmising that some of the constituents of the hop cone affect flavor in out-sized proportion when added wet to the boil? Well, based on two years of data collection and 15 beers with known hop varieties, I have discovered ... nothing.
Well, not quite nothing. I lined up every hop used in these beers (9 of them) and looked to see which ones with the "decomposition note" had various...
November 18th, 2008 by Jeff Alworth | Posted in fresh hop beers, hops |
