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Concession Obsession

A sugar rush for this blockbuster season.


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The cost of being a rule-abiding moviegoer conforming to “no outside food” policies can be as tough to swallow as a box of stale gummi worms, and coughing up $3.50 for a box of Sugar Babie ...   More
 
Wednesday, July 16, 2008 JOANNA MILLER

Java Jugs

And you thought caffeine was addictive.


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Objectification-schmectification. At Bikini Coffee Co. in Salem, every order comes extra-hot. Barista uniforms consist of a bikini, shorts and tennis shoes. The baristas (who sign modeling contracts) ...   More
 
Wednesday, July 9, 2008 WHITNEY HAWKE

POP! Goes The Fourth

Celebrating the real American heroes: stuffed jalapeños.


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Nothing says “4th of July” like a basket of jalapeño poppers. They can be found mostly in bars and fast-food restaurants (like Americans!), they liberate the best in other cultures ...   More
 
Wednesday, July 2, 2008 Casey Jarman & Aaron Mesh

Summer Safari

Get wild without leaving the city.


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Portland plays host to a wide range of fauna, but if you’ve visited Estacada’s Hong’s Lounge (a.k.a. The Safari Club), with its display of old-school taxidermy, you know wild animals ...   More
 
Wednesday, June 25, 2008 Joe Watts

For Those About To Rock


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Air guitar: A sacred U.S. pastime long practiced in poster-plastered bedrooms across this country—a tradition so American it makes apple pie look like Nazi propaganda. Sadly, international air- ...   More
 
Wednesday, June 18, 2008 CASEY JARMAN

Stimulus Package

Hard purchases for hard times.


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There’s bad news and there’s good news. The bad news? Our currency is in the tank—it’s just been surpassed by the Canadian loonie, and the peso isn’t far behind. The good ...   More
 
Wednesday, June 11, 2008 JOHN MINERVINI

Commencement Smackdown

Let the grad speeches, well, you know what.


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The pomp, the circumstance, the commencement speaker. Nothing solidifies the act of graduating like listening to some random alum babble on about how you can put your credits to use in the real ...   More
 
Wednesday, June 4, 2008 Joe Watts & Chandler Fredrick

Fest Quest

The Rose Festival ain’t the only thing to celebrate this summer.


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Oh holy hell, it’s that time of year. The Rose Festival is upon us. Celebrating our city’s thorny flower with fireworks, Fleet Week, dragon boat races, and the Starlight, Junior and ...   More
 
Wednesday, May 28, 2008 Byron Beck & Whitney Hawke

Some Gave All

A Memorial Day tribute to trashy-movie casualties


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This Memorial Day, why not take a moment to honor those who made the ultimate sacrifice? That’s right: We’re talking about those brave men and women who gave their lives in the service o ...   More
 
Wednesday, May 21, 2008 AARON MESH

Vote, Dammit!


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The results are in: Voting in Oregon’s first presidential primary to matter since—well, since before most of us were born—has given the staff here at WW a bad case of election fever. ...   More
 
Wednesday, May 14, 2008 CASEY JARMAN
 

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