You’re Not High in Portland Until...

28 things to do when stoned in Stumptown.

Featured Stories Some people don’t need to smoke bowls to get through life. They just spring up in the morning and jump enthusiastically into the mundane business of the day. Others, like me, can’t cry at a mo   More

 

Wednesday, February 20, 2013 RUSTY FEATHERCAP

Oil Baron

How Ganja Jon went from nontoker to Portland pot legend.

Featured Stories Marijuana saved Jon Hamm’s life. Sure, the kidney transplant helped. But if it weren’t for pot, the 27-year-old from Roseburg wouldn’t have had the will to make it to the hospital. Affli   More

 

Wednesday, February 20, 2013 MATTHEW SINGER

Puff, Puff

What will it take for Oregon to finally pass legal marijuana?

Featured Stories “One reason Measure 80 didn’t pass in Oregon is that the big boys back East who put money into campaigns—Peter Lewis and George Soros—the organizations they help fund aren’t particularly   More

 

Wednesday, February 20, 2013 WW Staff

The Ultimate Stoner Coffee Table

A consumer’s guide to keeping your high—and everything that goes with it—local.

Featured Stories IMAGE: Morgan Green-Hopkins1. Oil Rig Available at: Mellow Mood, 4119 SE Hawthorne Blvd., 235-7473, mellowmood.com ($1,700) Hash oil is the new chronic—it’s basically THC concentrate—and oil   More

 

Wednesday, February 20, 2013 MATTHEW SINGER

Tales From the Weed Vault

Inside the city’s biggest pot stash: the Portland Police Bureau’s evidence warehouse.

Featured Stories The best pot stash in town is stored deep in the tangled concrete jungle of the Northwest Industrial District.   More

 

Wednesday, February 20, 2013 MITCH LILLIE

An oral history of the first 76 days of legalized marijuana in Vancouver, Wash.

Featured Stories “It’s not like the way you think. You’d think everyone would be out smoking and celebrating and having big parties in the street. It’s not like that at all.” —John, recreational mariju   More

 

Wednesday, February 20, 2013 WW Staff

Winter Guide 2013: Powder Up

Six ski sites down, one across.

Featured Stories Timberline The scene: Timberline (timberlinelodge.com) sits high on glaciated Mount Hood, offering stunning views and year-round skiing on its upper section. Summer is the busiest time here, as n   More

 

Wednesday, January 23, 2013 WW Staff

Winter Guide 2013: Winter Toolkit

Cold Comforts from Local Makers

Featured Stories IMAGE: Morgan Green-Hopkins1. Billy Goat soft-snow skis By ON3P, on3pskis.com. Hand-ground with bamboo core. $799 at Next Adventure, 426 SE Grand Ave., 233-0706, nextdventure.net. 2. Salvatore   More

 

Wednesday, January 23, 2013 WW Staff

Winter Guide 2013: Neu-Wave Boards

Tabletop games for the snowbound.

Featured Stories If you spent the last few decades skiing, you may have missed the analog-game renaissance. Led by efficient and humorless German visionaries like Reiner Knizia and Klaus Teuber, board games are    More

 

Wednesday, January 23, 2013 JORDAN GREEN

Winter Guide 2013: It’s Not a Portland Winter Until You’ve...

32 ways to distract yourself during the dark days to come.

Featured Stories Only the strong survive Stumptown winters with all their marbles in the bag. Even those who claim to love the rainy season know that the gray, low-hanging clouds always transform from familiar fri   More

 

Wednesday, January 23, 2013 CASEY JARMAN