Best of Portland 2011: Best Reads

Featured Stories Best Divine Dilettantes If you’re in the market for a religious experience, Amanda Westmont and Joel Gunz might be able to lend you some wisdom. The pair has been attending a different Portland ch   More

 

Wednesday, July 27, 2011 WW Culture Staff

Best of Portland 2011: Best People

Featured Stories Best FanIt’s the summer of the Timbers, as Portland’s new Major League Soccer franchise has finally replaced Portlandia and the Stumptown sale (but not the weather—never the weather) as the de   More

 

Wednesday, July 27, 2011 WW Culture Staff

Summer Guide 2011: Go Play Outside

You have 32 days off before the end of September. Here’s how you’re going to spend them.

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Wednesday, June 15, 2011 CRAIG BEEBE, ASHLEY COLLMAN, CHRISTINA COOKE, LIZ CRAIN, JONATHAN FROCHTZWAJG, WHITNEY HAWKE, BEN WATERHOUSE

Summer Guide 2011: Go Stay Inside

When the mercury swoops up into the triple digits at the end of July, where do you go for a breath of cool air?

Featured Stories SHOP AROUND A friend from Tucson used to spend hours wandering the aisles of grocery stores until it cooled down at night; this is also a good prescription for Portland’s dog days. I recommend the   More

 

Wednesday, June 15, 2011 MARIANNA HANE WILES

Summer Guide 2011: Hikes For Walkers

Featured Stories So, you like walking. You like it enough that you sold your car and get around exclusively by foot. But now you are faced with a cruel irony: Much as you love walking, hiking is now off limits. How    More

 

Wednesday, June 15, 2011 WW Culture Staff

Summer Guide 2011: Go, Uh, “Play”

Featured Stories Ah, Portland: home to bicyclists, coffee connoisseurs, swingers, strippers, pole contortionists and gangbang aficionados. Wait, what? That’s right—this friendly Northwest town is also the home o   More

 

Wednesday, June 15, 2011 MARY CHRISTMAS

Summer Guide 2011: A Whole New Ballgame

Featured Stories If the smell of pine tar turns your crank, if you find the crack of a bat as audibly satisfying as a Typhoon album, or if you just like soaking up sun, then Northwest Independent Baseball League gam   More

 

Wednesday, June 15, 2011 WHITNEY HAWKE

Summer Guide 2011: Iced Coffee - Five Ways

Treat your caffeine jones with a chill pill.

Featured Stories Don’t abandon that caffeine addiction you spent so much time and money cultivating over the winter just because the sun’s out. Here are five cool and refreshing ways to get your daily coffee fix   More

 

Wednesday, June 15, 2011 RUTH BROWN, ASHLEY COLLMAN

Summer Guide 2011: On Dogway

The Where-to-Pee Guide to Portland, for Dogs.

Featured Stories Being a dog owner sucks during Portland winters. The wet fur, the muddy paws, the days upon days trapped indoors with a stir-crazy pooch...oh, the things we do for love. But come summer, Portland i   More

 

Wednesday, June 15, 2011 MARY CHRISTMAS

Summer Guide 2011: Patio Pointers

Outdoor drinking for every occasion.

Featured Stories There’s no greater pleasure on a hot day than plopping down on your favorite bar’s patio and combating the heat while encouraging dehydration with round after round of cold beers and frosty coc   More

 

Wednesday, June 15, 2011 AP KRYZA