Music Stories Remember Ann Richards? The former Texas governor, famous for the giant cotton ball on her head and for warning Girl Scouts about “Prince Charming on a motorcycle with a beer gut and a wandering More
The Last of the Jewish Cowboys
The profanity and the profundity of Kinky Friedman.
Music Stories Remember Ann Richards? The former Texas governor, famous for the giant cotton ball on her head and for warning Girl Scouts about “Prince Charming on a motorcycle with a beer gut and a wandering More
Headout: Happy New Era
The end of a long, long count.
Headout High atop the temple of Xunantunich, a tour group enjoys a breeze as it looks out at the humid Central American jungle below. Standing on a gray pyramid that’s still the second-tallest structure More
Aria Portland Dry Gin (Aria)
Drank Stodgy old gin has seen something of a renaissance of late, with West Coast craft distillers livening it up with lavender, caraway and malted barley. “Gin” is broadly defined, with spirits f More
The Blind Onion Pizza & Pub
Food Reviews & Stories Are pizzas, like prophets, without honor only in their hometown? Founded in Portland in 1996, the Blind Onion Pizza & Pub has grown into a mini-chain with locations in Washington and Nevada. More
’Couve Crawl
A night out in Portland’s northern neighbor.
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Featured Stories Vancouver’s nightlife is not bountiful, but it is comprehensive. Along downtown’s Main Street corridor, you’ll find an Irish bar, a sports bar, a martini bar, a wine bar, a discoteca, a br More
Paradise City
Take me to Vancouver, where the grass is legal and gays can marry.
Cover Story Civilization beckons with red and orange lights. They’re faint at first, glowing brighter as you drive north. The little green sign marking the border sneaks up on you. “Entering Washington, More
Gift Guide 2012: The Lifestylist
Culture Within easy reach of desert, river, waterfall, lake, mountain or ocean, Portland has always bred and attracted an army of lifestyle heroes—dabblers in the unspeakably arcane arts of being outs More
Daft Dunk
Portland's finest coffee and doughnut pairings.
Food Reviews & Stories I was nervous the first time, shuffling my feet and crumpling the top of the paper bag as I waited for the barista’s attention. “I want something that will go well with this,” I offer caut More
Growing Rogue
Medford’s Porter Lombard makes wine unlike anyone.
Drank Porter Lombard’s laboratory is dim and cluttered, its shelves packed with mismatched bottles of purple and red fluid surrounded by knives, beakers, notebooks, plastic tubing and one giant wood More
Drank: Bocca d’Avolo 2010 (Chateau Taylor-Taylor)
Drank We mustn’t begrudge successful rock musicians their gentlemanly hobbies. As with all gentry who didn’t amass their fortunes by working too terribly hard, they’re tasked with developing pursu More
Top Articles from MARTIN CIZMAR
Oregon’s 10 Best Beers
2011’s finest brews from Portland and the rest of the state. Restaurant Guide 2012: Smallwares, Restaurant of the Year Runner-Up
Beer of the Future
A new era of Oregon hops will better your brew. The President of Beers
We bootlegged beer from all 50 states for the ultimate American taste-off. Lake Affront
Oswego Lake’s big secret: It’s public and you can paddle it. In fact, I did. Teff Love
Crowning Portland’s best Ethiopian restaurant. Cod Save The Queen
Giving the gold to Portland’s best fish and chips. Confessions of a Chubster
The moral crusade against fatties. How To: Stay Warm And Dry
Coping with Oregon sunshine through trial and error. Restaurant Review: Cibo
2011’s finest brews from Portland and the rest of the state. Restaurant Guide 2012: Smallwares, Restaurant of the Year Runner-Up
Beer of the Future
A new era of Oregon hops will better your brew. The President of Beers
We bootlegged beer from all 50 states for the ultimate American taste-off. Lake Affront
Oswego Lake’s big secret: It’s public and you can paddle it. In fact, I did. Teff Love
Crowning Portland’s best Ethiopian restaurant. Cod Save The Queen
Giving the gold to Portland’s best fish and chips. Confessions of a Chubster
The moral crusade against fatties. How To: Stay Warm And Dry
Coping with Oregon sunshine through trial and error. Restaurant Review: Cibo
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