Almost Live: March Madness Edition

Live from the Rose Garden, it's the NCAA tournament.

News We'll be liveblogging the NCAA Tournament at the Rose Garden all day, right here. While you wait, work out who to cheer for in our "Should I Cheer for this College Basketball Team" Decision Tree.
UPDATE 10:51 AM: Competitive basketball is being played at ...   More

 

Thursday, March 15, 2012 by MARTIN CIZMAR

Spiked Shamrock

What's the best way to spike a McDonald's Shamrock Shake?

Drank Shamrock Shakes are not delicious. Please don’t let anyone tell you otherwise. The green concoctions McDonald’s rolls out about a month before St. Patrick’s Day—regular ol’ vanilla-fla   More

 

Wednesday, March 14, 2012 MARTIN CIZMAR

Lake Affront

Oswego Lake’s big secret: It’s public and you can paddle it. In fact, I did.

Culture Carrying a big green kayak down the sidewalk in Lake Oswego gets attention. “You know you can’t just go in there?” “They’ll ding ya if they catch ya in there!” To hear it described by townsfolk...   More

 

Wednesday, March 7, 2012 MARTIN CIZMAR

Pils Off

Pining for Oregon’s best pilsner.

Drank The Pilsner was created after the pissed-off townsfolk in the beer’s namesake village dumped their skunky suds down the gutter—or so the legend goes. The Czechs then built a new brewery and    More

 

Wednesday, March 7, 2012 MARTIN CIZMAR

24-Hour Party People

Hooves trample west, making friends and trashing hotel rooms.

Music Stories The hookers were a bad idea. But, like so many stories about Hooves, a night of Vegas debauchery gone awry had a few silver tassels lining it. “We ended up in the presidential suite at the G   More

 

Wednesday, February 29, 2012 MARTIN CIZMAR

Caps & Corks: Cap Off

Bar Reviews The prospect of a new bottle shop and pub in Northwest Portland got us excited. The Alphabet district desperately needs someplace like Saraveza, Bottles or BeerMongers—a chill spot with a well   More

 

Wednesday, February 29, 2012 MARTIN CIZMAR

How To: Stay Warm And Dry

Coping with Oregon sunshine through trial and error.

Culture It’s possible to cycle across town on the coldest, wettest day Portland has to offer without even the slightest chill.  I suspect it is, anyway. Call me naive, but with an unlimited budget    More

 

Wednesday, February 22, 2012 MARTIN CIZMAR

Drank: Schwarz (Heater Allen Brewing)

Drank Not many American craft brewers count a Pilsner—the stalwart style that includes big names like Beck’s and Stella—as their signature brew. For marketing purposes, they’re probably too clos   More

 

Wednesday, February 22, 2012 MARTIN CIZMAR

Pho Huy

Lean meat, phat flavor.

Food Reviews & Stories That a great bowl of pho need not be all gizzards and tail is blasphemy to some. So call mine the ignorant opinion of a margarine-raised Midwesterner, but I like really nice, clean shaves of nea   More

 

Wednesday, February 15, 2012 MARTIN CIZMAR

Beer of the Future

A new era of Oregon hops will better your brew.

Cover Story Four years ago, things were great for Gayle Goschie. She was growing hops on the same 1,000 acres in the Willamette Valley that her parents and grandparents had tended, selling a key ingredient    More

 

Wednesday, February 15, 2012 MARTIN CIZMAR