No-Sweat Summer
SUMMER GUIDE 2004
Table of Contents: | In The 2004 Summer Guide
November 18th, 2009
Randyland, Part II | WW examines whether Randy Leonard is using his power to benefit downtown’s largest private property owner.82 comments
November 11th, 2009
Randyland | With the Mayor sidelined, Leonard takes over.98 comments
October 28th, 2009
Natural Selection11 comments
October 21st, 2009
Left Out | Why are two virtually identical eighth-grade girls treated so differently by Portland Public Schools?56 comments
October 14th, 2009
Who Took Our Jobs? | Oregon’s unemployment is at the top of the charts—again. Here’s why.90 comments
October 7th, 2009
Text Appeal | On the eve of the city’s biggest literary blowout, we hounded Wordstock authors with the questions that really matter. And some that don’t.0 comments
September 30th, 2009
Censored | The ten biggest stories ignored by the major media.22 comments
September 23rd, 2009
Meet Dr. Know | Got a question? Ask our new brainiac. 12 comments
September 16th, 2009
Modest Mouseketeers | His band rules the world, so why is Isaac Brock starting from scratch with two obscure Portland bands? 14 comments
September 9th, 2009
It’s Not My Fault | What people will say to get out of a Portland parking ticket.31 comments
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[June 23rd, 2004] Unemployment, crime and suicide rates, the number of cloudy days--those were a few of the factors that Sperling's Best Places used to create a stress index of the country's 100 largest metro areas.
Shockingly enough, Portland ranked high--really high--as the sixth-most stressful city in America, right behind Las Vegas and New York.
It just seems wrong, doesn't it? Anyone who has spent more than an hour inside our city limits knows that this town is anything but uptight. Hell, we're the chill-out capital of the friggin' world--especially during the summer.
That's why we went the extra mile with this year's Summer Guide. We not only want to remind you of all the reasons why you love this place--and why you put up with all that rain the rest of the year--but we also want to remind you to lighten up.
Sure, that's easier said than done. And the fact is, putting together a guide like this, which included taking pictures of fashionable clothes in the middle of Portland's biggest street festival and on a beach the same day, as well as asking the boss to leave town and get a spray-on tan--well, let's just say my ass cheeks have never been tighter.
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But I'd do it all over again, just to see the looks on your faces as you read through the following pages and plan all the great things you're going to do in Portland this summer.
It's a breeze, so just sit back and enjoy the ride.
All the best,
Byron Beck
Special Sections Editor
^IN THE 2004 SUMMER GUIDE
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