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It’s USL-ALIVE!

Huzzah!  The only obstacle left is whether the Great Firewall and my internet connection are going to let me watch the mighty mighty PTFC.
Hi Mr. Witkowicz
I’m sure you get tons of email regarding the status of USL Live for next season, but I just relocated from Portland to Shanghai China, and I’m now very interested [...]

Green Dragon changing hands

First reported on BrewPublic and currently coursing through the PDX Twitterverse, the Green Dragon, Portland’s new but favorite institution for great beer, is being sold to Rogue Brewery.
Rogue’s lawyer requested a retraction of the initial report at BrewPublic, but the information they refute is in conflict with information I heard directly from two current Green [...]

the NBA draft, the Timbers, and why I’m not posting

Forgive me folks, this is barely food related, and I doubt any of the frequent visitors to this site will care a lick about this post, but…
I swore off the NBA after the Suns clearly demonstrated that the NBA was not only fixed, but fixed by idiots. Yet, here I am, on my day [...]

new discoveries

new discoveries I’d like to share with the internet:
Uno: Adding pictures of Christiano Ronaldo to your blog will mak your visits spike on Manchester United match days. Tagging the photos with Ronaldo el Guapo will ensure the spike comes from spanish speaking countries only.
Zwei: There is a certain segment of the American population that [...]

La Villa

La Villa, my favorite falafel stand run by Brazilians, has been sold.
3/10/07 UPDATE
This is a cam-phone picture of the note on the door.

to save you the squinting:
Notice
La Villa Restaraunt has been sold. Thank you to all our customers who have been suporting us all these years. We will miss you very much. [...]