Culture Like so many others, this voyage of discovery begins with a game of Ms. Pac-Man. I’d lost, again, and decided to regroup by ridding my body of the PBR that was surely affecting my game. Instead More
Searching for Shangri-Loo
Toiling to find Portland’s Palace of Pee.
Culture Like so many others, this voyage of discovery begins with a game of Ms. Pac-Man. I’d lost, again, and decided to regroup by ridding my body of the PBR that was surely affecting my game. Instead More
Voodoo Doughnut Went Through 44 Tons of Dough a Week
...and 49 other stats from Portland in 2011.
Culture We've compiled a Harper's Willamette Week Index of fascinating Portland facts and stats from 2011.
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Bring On the Apocalypse
The 29 best New Year's Eve parties in Portland
Yule Loggers
Oregon’s vast Christmas tree harvest relies on helicopters—and Mexico.
Culture The Huey comes in low out of the south, slinging 4,000 pounds of living-room decoration on its tow line. Hovering 50 feet above a patch of hard-packed dirt and gravel, the helicopter gently sets More
Cute Counts
Meet Kevin Reynolds, the guy who drew those adorable “End Petlessness” billboards.
Culture But for their usually portly paychecks, it’d be almost tragic how the people behind our era’s greatest advertising campaigns toil in obscurity despite the ubiquity of their handiwork. The More
Should You Move to Brooklyn?
Another Portlander’s view.
Culture Having read this week’s cover story (“The Portlandification of Brooklyn”, Willamette Week August 10th, 2011), which paints Brooklyn as Portland-plus-money-and-ambition, you may be considering a More
Shot In Old Town
A photographer’s ’70s-era portraits of Portland’s lost souls get a new life.
Culture Whatever Ellis Island’s pleasant fictions about the poor, meek or hungry, Portland’s Old Town has always welcomed them in earnest. It has been a century-long home to the transient or boozy, whe More
The Olive Gardener
Where no man has grown before.
Culture The freshest tree to emerge in Portland’s urban landscape is actually so ancient, it makes the Old Testament look like a Twitter feed. It’s not a palm or banana, persimmon or kumquat. It’s th More
Thingmakers’ Mark
The branding boys at OMFG make Portland look cool, one Pop-A-Shot at a time.
Culture It’s 5 pm Friday, and the area around Southwest Stark Street and 10th Avenue is heaving. Pretty young things crowd the bar at Clyde Common, drifter hipsters lounge in the lobby of the Ace Hotel, a More
The Portland That Wasn’t
With Craigslist’s Missed Connections, locals flirt without consequences—or closure.
Culture If Mike Gutowski had said hello to the cute girl in the peacoat and Converse All-Star sneakers who boarded the No. 6 bus after him on a Friday evening, More
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How To: Keep It Rolling
A little regular care can save you an expensive trip to a mechanic. Lake Affront
Oswego Lake’s big secret: It’s public and you can paddle it. In fact, I did. Confessions of a Chubster
The moral crusade against fatties. Gymania
A side-by-side comparison of Portland gyms How To: Stay Warm And Dry
Coping with Oregon sunshine through trial and error. The Olive Gardener
Where no man has grown before. The Portland That Wasn’t
With Craigslist’s Missed Connections, locals flirt without consequences—or closure. Bring On the Apocalypse
The 29 best New Year's Eve parties in Portland Singing in the Strange
Karaoke night as only Portland can do it. Thingmakers’ Mark
The branding boys at OMFG make Portland look cool, one Pop-A-Shot at a time.
A little regular care can save you an expensive trip to a mechanic. Lake Affront
Oswego Lake’s big secret: It’s public and you can paddle it. In fact, I did. Confessions of a Chubster
The moral crusade against fatties. Gymania
A side-by-side comparison of Portland gyms How To: Stay Warm And Dry
Coping with Oregon sunshine through trial and error. The Olive Gardener
Where no man has grown before. The Portland That Wasn’t
With Craigslist’s Missed Connections, locals flirt without consequences—or closure. Bring On the Apocalypse
The 29 best New Year's Eve parties in Portland Singing in the Strange
Karaoke night as only Portland can do it. Thingmakers’ Mark
The branding boys at OMFG make Portland look cool, one Pop-A-Shot at a time.
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