Urban Chickens
There is another option for Portland’s roosters on the run: about 40 minutes from downtown, just off the Mount Hood Highway in the town of Boring, sits Geren’s Farm Supply. The feed store has long operated a small, low-ceilinged shed called the Critter Korner, where farmers bring unwanted livestock. Geren’s then sells the animals. [...]
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Portland Chickens in the Atlantic
Election Night Parties!
Portland likes its lefty politics, beer, and parties. Therefore, this Election Night will cause some heavy drinking, though I think I speak for most every sane person on the planet when I say it better be in celebration, not bitter disappointment and sadness.
All of the events I could find, in no particular order, after the [...]
Fear the Birds! - Nature has no love for cuteness
I’m borrowing a picture montage from the Mail News on Sunday (UK) and bringing it here, because my mother always loved Herons, and after many canoe trips and lake trips and trips involving herons that I did or (often) didn’t want to attend, I’ve learned why. My mom is secretly the world’s best interrogator, [...]
overheard in the portland interwebs
From my boy Setpiece Toebash over at the Timbers Army forums:
“As a dutiful employee of the city of Gresham, I can attest that most of my frost-tipped brethren have the slickest neon green sleds complete with spoilers and tailpipes with the tokyo drift effect built in. I’m unsure about what happens when the grid [...]
Bourdain is going back to Les Halles…. with company
UPDATE: This Episode airs tonight (monday, 3/10) @ 7pm. It’s going to be high-larious.
Tony’s got a new blog, and in the most recent posting, there is foreshadowing of destruction:
‘…I got the bright idea to return to Les Halles, the restaurant where I spent all my waking hours before the writing and the TV thing [...]
the Gayest moment in NBA history
Short Shorts, Baby Tees, Vintage 80s pop, Roller Skates and Baron Davis. I give you the Gayest moment in NBA history. I guess weird things happen to a man when he plays for Golden State for a few seasons.
I almost said something about how I’m not using gay in a pejorative sense, [...]
Best Sandwiches in america
According to Esquire, at least. The cool thing is that Portland Farmers’ Market’s own Pine State Biscuits made the top ten!
Reggie Deluxe
Pine State Biscuits, Portland, Oregon
A hangover cure found only at Portland’s Farmers Market (for now): fried chicken, bacon, cheddar, gravy, and an over-easy egg on a cream-top buttermilk biscuit still hot from [...]
The Basketball Jones
“…. wait, I know how this ends–A midget impregnates a really big white woman.” –J.E. Skeets
The Basketball Jones is an NBA podcast that’s been ‘on the air’ for two years as of Friday. I’ve been on board since the first episode. they’re hilarious and about as educated as any ESPN pundit.
Tas Melas [...]
AHHHH!!!!! Too Spicy!
Thanks Mina!
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Belgian Customs Destroys shipment of "California Champagne"
That’s right folks, inside the EU, the word Champagne belongs to the French and French alone. Thanks to EU international trade protections, we have a sad, sad video to watch.
maybe Gallo could get away with it if he used the American Pronunciation Champ-ag-knee? Also mind-boggling: “counterfeit” Champagne from Ethiopia?
Thanks Aleck!