The first thing you notice when entering the South Waterfront's first and only gastropub, The Groaning Board (3500 SW River Parkway, 971-254-9785, thegroaningboardpdx.com),
is how many light bulbs are housed in things not originally intended to
hold light bulbs.
IMAGE: jenniferplitzko.co
WWeek 2015
Parker Hall
Parker Hall is a writer, musician, and home brewer from Portland. He is a graduate of the Oberlin Conservatory of Music in Ohio, where he studied jazz percussion with drum legend Billy Hart (Miles Davis, Herbie Hancock). Now a freelance writer and professional member of the city's jazz and indie rock scenes, he spends most of his days writing, playing music or drinking brews in his spacious North Portland basement.
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