Best Of Portland 2009

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July! We’re brown from the sun, slim from weekend hikes and slightly queasy from eating entire half-flats of blueberries. It’s the season of outdoor concerts, peach sangria and bicyclists in miniskirts and cutoffs. Given the mood of sunbaked near-euphoria that has spread over Portland like so much melted gelato (4,000 people summoned to Pioneer Courthouse Square by an unconfirmed Tweet?), could there be any better time to celebrate all things weird and wonderful this city has to offer? This year we’re spotlighting the best sex-changing owl, movie theater for nerds, chili-cheese fries, rockin’ hole in the ground, and many more, plus, the winners of our Best of Portland readers poll. Have fun, folks—there’s a whole lot of sunshine to go around.—Ben Waterhouse

EDITOR: Ben Waterhouse

CONTRIBUTORS: Kelly Clarke, Liz Crain, Allison Ferré, Whitney Hawke, Nigel Jaquiss, Casey Jarman, Emily Jensen, Matthey Korfhage, Andy Kryza, Katie Litvin, Michael Mannheimer, Aaron Mendelson, Caitlin McCarthy, Shawna McKeown, Aaron Mesh, Heather Morse, Hanna Neuschwander, James Pitkin, Beth Slovic, Ethan Smith, Adrienne So, Henry Stern, Ben Waterhouse, Marianna Hane Wiles

COPY CHIEF: Kat Hyatt

COPY EDITORS: Matt Buckingham, Sarah Smith, Peggy Perdue

ART DIRECTORS: Tom Humphrey and Ben Mollica

PRODUCTION STAFF: Soma Honkanen, Brandi McBride, Christie Wright

PRODUCTION INTERN: Brittany Moody

PHOTOGRAPHERS: Matt D’Annunzio, Megan Holmes, Vivian Johnson, Missy Prince, Christine Taylor

PHOTO INTERNS: Kat Miller, Mike Perrault

07.23.2009 at 01:04 Reply

Cart Boy

Jeez... Talk about your passively aggressive, off handed "Best Of" compliments... Why mention the lot at 12th and Hawthorne at all? I can understand the reasons for the Mercury to continue their campaign against the little lot, (fanboys and cheerleaders of special interests)but you Willy? Korfhage seem to need a lesson in fact checking for one. (much less an editors oversight)For the record, this lot is for mobile vending food carts. Some of these carts have very a 'passionate' and dedicated following. There have been a couple of organized events that were granted a noise variance for each event. Contrary to your articles flawed and grossly inaccurate reporting - this lot has NOT "been shut down-officially anyway". How did you ever get your name in the paper with reporting like this? You have obviously never stepped foot on this lot. I'm thinking that if it weren't for Cliff notes, you probably would not have made it out of school. Hope they don't pay you for this crap.

07.23.2009 at 03:26 Reply

HAGFY

Matthew Korfhage's list offering for "Best Metaphor for Portland" is wrong. You have Tel.Co. lines in your picture. I Trim the trees for PGE and we trim each neighborhood on a rotating schedule.

Cable and phone don't trim as much unless there is a problem.

I would like Matt to do his job before he tells me that I'm not doing mine.

07.23.2009 at 05:42 Reply

Ben Waterhouse

I think you misunderstood Korfhage's piece. We love the Cart Village. We're there all the time. And we didn't say it's being closed�it just isn't, as I understand the matter, getting noise variances anymore. Which is what Korfhage wrote.

07.24.2009 at 06:31 Reply

Kelly Clarke

For those confused by the thread above, here's the link to Ben's clarification for the Hawthorne cart pod Best Of, which we still adore (as our waistlines can attest): http://blogs.wweek.com/news/2009/07/23/clarification-no-the-12th-and-hawthorne-cart-village-isnt-closing-stop-calling/

07.27.2009 at 12:57 Reply

Amilsa Osolin

The article "How the Hell Are You" had me nodding and laughing out loud. I love it. Every time i go downtown I have to get a WW before i go anywhere else. Good job!

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