Oh it’s that time of year.  The leaves are colorful reds, yellows, and oranges, and the air is brisk with the promise of winter.  In Portland, it becomes wet and alive.  The carpet of rainbowed leaves are slick and shiny beneath your feet, and the green foliage becomes a vibrant emerald.  In Portland, during an […]

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Do you know of Restaurant.com yet?  Well, now you should.  Our friends turned us on to this amazing little resource, guaranteed to save you lots of dough the next time you go out to eat.  And just this morning, I got an email saying they’re having another 80% off special, which has happened twice before […]

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Every year, the NW Film Forum, a Seattle-based non-profit center for film arts, holds a premiere showcase of Northwest filmmaking called Local Sightings. The annual festival presents films of all types, including feature narratives, shorts, and documentaries. For this year’s festival, “The Mixtress,” a wideshot studios production, has been chosen to screen with […]

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How’s this for funny; I worked on a television commercial a month or so back for Food Chain Films here in Portland. It was a commercial to promote Musicfest NW. Because I worked on the spot, I received 2 passes ($100 value) to the entire festival for me and Diana. […]

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Recently, I was contacted for permission to use a flickr image I had posted of the OKC Bricktown Canal - something I had shot quickly with my cell phone last December while we were hanging with our families during the holidays - for an amazing little application called schmap. Evidently, I’ve been in the […]

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It’s officially here. A time when the clouds will completely break and a hustle starts to happen. After that long, gray Portland winter, busier days and noticably warmer evenings are finally sneaking up on us. And with it comes the stuff to do!
One such stuff is AudioCinema’s BBQ this Sunday (May 4) […]

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That’s right, kids. I’m now giving my time and words to pdxpipeline, a not-so-underground, underground website on all things Portland and cultured… erm, except milk (which I’ve learned at the Candidates Gone Wild event the other night is Portland’s official beverage. But that’s another story…)
My premiere contribution to the pipeline is on the […]

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So I did it. Just up and walked into a hair salon, asked them to cut off enough to donate it. It’s a carthatic experience to rid yourself of all that hair, all that weight, and know you are doing something beneficial for some little one out there. I’m still getting used […]

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