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Good Morning, News: Police Chief News, Brexit is Bad for Pets, and Donald...
by Megan Burbank The Brexit vote is really cramping this cat's style.Peter Forster via Wikimedia CommonsICYMI: Following news that he'd once choked his stepson, Portland's new police chief, Mike...
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Burger Week 2016: Here Are the Restaurants Where You'll Cram Burgers Into...
by Erik Henriksen BURGER WEEK IS COMING. Set aside August 8-August 13, because that's when you're going to be doing little more than cramming burgers into your face."BUT WHERE?" you scream. "AND WHO'S...
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“Get ‘Em Out By Friday” by Genesis Is the Best Song About Getting Kicked Out...
by Morgan Troper Peter Gabriel as "The Flower."Last week my house was served a 90-day, no-cause eviction notice, meaning I’m one more Portlander who has been fucked by the city’s cabal of evil...
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The annual summer reading series is back—with Joy Williams, Michelle Tea, and more! by Joshua James Amberson OF ALL the events that make Portland summers ecstatic and overwhelming, Tin House’s outdoor...
View ArticleAmy Miller Is Back
To record her first comedy album, that is. by Robert Ham TECHNICALLY SPEAKING, Amy Miller doesn’t live here anymore. Back in March, she and fellow stand-up Sean Jordan held a big "Friendship and Pizza...
View ArticleGood Luck Not Eating Everything in Sight at the Addictive Hat Yai
Thai. Fried chicken. Thai fried chicken! (And curries! And roti! And spice!) by Andrea Damewood I'D ALREADY downed a cup of gelato and two sizable tacos when I found myself near Hat Yai on NE...
View ArticleDrink This! Townshend’s Pacific Northwest Fernet
Portland has a fernet of its very own. by Andrea Damewood Critic’s note:This occasional entry is about stuff that I eat or drink that you should eat or drink, too. It may be about items that are...
View ArticleLetters to the Editor
"Here's an idea: Find your own up-and-coming shithole."BOND. HOUSING BOND.RE: “City: Proposed $258.4 Million Housing Bond Amounts to 1,300 Units” [Blogtown, June 28]. “The City of Portland now has...
View ArticleLush Life: Bloody Mary vs. Michelada
Portland’s best spots to get your red on. by Thomas Ross THE MEAL-IN-A-GLASS mishmash of ingredients in a Bloody Mary is important for a truly successful hair-of-the-dog hangover cure, because if...
View ArticleFor All The Alton Sterlings Of The World
by Anonymous I hope in my lifetime to see the American people rise up against their police forces. The Police are the biggest threat to the American people, hands down. We do not need their...
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There’s (Finally) A Homeless Shelter Coming to East Portland
by Dirk VanderHart The Hansen Building—either a vital shelter or a death trap, depending on which county official you ask.Multnomah CountyThere's been a flurry of activity around homeless shelters...
View ArticleSavage Love Letter of the Day: Taking a Break, Breaking a Heart, Casting a...
by Dan Savage I hate to bother you with this issue but I lack the relationship experience to properly understand what is going on right now. Heterosexual male, 22, dating a heterosexual (assuming)...
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Republicans Harrumph Over "Un-American" Acts Such as Breathing
by Matt Baume Amber waves of smog.Phonix_a Pk.saroteGo ahead and take a deep breath, ahhhh, in and out. Feels good, doesn't it? YOU COMMUNIST.House Republicans hassled the EPA at a hearing this week,...
View ArticleHouse Dems Boo Sanders
by Dan Savage Politico:Sen. Bernie Sanders is still talking like a guy who's running for president. But frustrated House Democrats—who booed him at one point during a morning meeting—say it's time to...
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City Commissioners Just Shot Down Proposed Minimum Parking Requirements for...
by Dirk VanderHart Alex DeSpainWhat a difference a housing crisis makes. A little more than three years ago, faced with neighbors beset by new apartments and tightening on-street parking availability,...
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Good Morning, News: NW Portland Parking, Damian Lillard's Concert, and Yet...
by Doug Brown The Hansen Building, a new homeless shelterMultnomah CountyGood morning, Portland. ICYMI: "There's (Finallly) A Homeless Shelter Coming to East Portland." The Hansen Building, the...
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Pickathon Starlight Series, Episode 5: Tinariwen
by Ned Lannamann Todd CooperWould you believe that Pickathon is less than a month away? It is, and although that's very good news, it also means we're getting closer than ever to the end of our...
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This New Multnomah County Library Logo Cost $30,000. Thoughts?
by Dirk VanderHart Multnomah County LibraryIn case you haven't seen, your Multnomah County Library system unveiled a brand-new logo this week! It's three interlocking polygons, each of them costing...
View ArticleSavage Love Letter of the Day: Bonus Advice From Esther Perel for...
by Dan Savage The first question in Savage Love this week is from HAD, aka "Heartbroken And Devastated," a man who discovered 17 years into his relationship—and 14 years into his marriage—that his...
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Furious Police Officer Speaks Out: "How Dare You Stand Next to Me in the Same...
by Ansel Herz "You have no business being a police officer."Nakia Jones/YouTubeWatch this whole thing. The woman speaking is Nakia Jones, the only black and female police officer in the Cleveland...
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