Best of Portland 2012: Best Sights

Featured Stories Best Automotive Artist When Rev. C.E. Linville noticed people praying outside his 1987 Toyota Tercell, he assumed they were worshipping false idols. Turns out, they were actually praying for his    More

 

Wednesday, July 25, 2012 WW Staff

Best of Portland 2012: Best People

Featured Stories Best Nonagenarian Barber Wayne Smith’s advanced age—he’ll turn 91 in July—is evident from the second you walk into his yellowing barbershop tucked away in the heart of St. Johns. His hair   More

 

Wednesday, July 25, 2012 WW Staff

A Day To Remember

Ray Davies Day is just the latest in awesome Portland proclamations.

Featured Stories Longtime Portland DJ Gregarious T. Cline had a simple dream: to open for famed Kinks frontman Ray Davies at the Aladdin...   More

 

Wednesday, July 11, 2012 CASEY JARMAN

The Last Ring Pop

What a few teenage girls did with 10 hours and $62 in Portland.

Featured Stories We’re late, as is our habit. We couldn’t get the car away from our siblings, and we had trouble parallel parking. But now we’ve gathered in Northwest Portland, on the steps of Tea Chai T   More

 

Wednesday, July 4, 2012 KATY SWORD and FIONA NOONAN

I’m 17 and I Don’t Use Facebook

Featured Stories A few weeks ago I had a party. More of a friendly get-together, really. Around 10 pm, the evening’s momentum had begun to fade and people started doing what they do in such situations: checking    More

 

Wednesday, July 4, 2012 JOSH WARNER

Summer Guide 2012: Summer Events Calendar

Featured Stories Foot Traffic Flat: Sauvie Island[Outdoor] Compared to Portland proper, Sauvie Island is mercifully flat. That makes it a great place for farmers who grow pumpkins and strawberries, and for runners   More

 

Wednesday, June 20, 2012 KIMBERLY HURSH

Summer Guide 2012: It’s Not a Portland Summer Until You’ve...

39 ways to stretch the next few months as far as they’ll go.

Featured Stories Locals talk about “Portland summers” in near-spiritual terms. There’s a reason for that. In what are supposed to be the warmer months...   More

 

Wednesday, June 20, 2012 CASEY JARMAN

Summer Guide 2012: Nifty 50

John Lovegrove hits 50 local breweries in a single day.

Featured Stories It was a terrible time for a malfunctioning alarm clock. Don’t worry, John Lovegrove wasn’t late for work or a flight—he was behind schedule on a trip to the bar, missing his 7 am deadline f   More

 

Wednesday, June 20, 2012 MARTIN CIZMAR

Summer Guide 2012: Grow Your Own

Marisha Auerbach is growing all of her own produce—in a typical yard.

Featured Stories Abundance is the spice of Marisha Auerbach’s life. As she guides me through the deliberately plotted pathways of her backyard garden on a cautiously sunny Saturday afternoon, dressed in pink o   More

 

Wednesday, June 20, 2012 MATTHEW SINGER

Summer Guide 2012: Baby, it’s a Wild Wood

Hike until you’re hurting on one Portland trail.

Featured Stories Forest Park is only eight miles long—it’s about the same size in area as Nauru, the world’s smallest island nation—but walking from one end to another will take you 12 hours. The Wildwood    More

 

Wednesday, June 20, 2012 BEN WATERHOUSE