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Headout: Officil Romney Ballot

Clear eyes, full hearts, can’t lose!


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My fellow Republicans, In recent days your normally truthworthy postman (I suppose the liberals would have us say postperson!) may have delivered a letter labeled “Official Election Ballot   More
 
Wednesday, October 31, 2012 MARTIN CIZMAR

Those Crafty Canadians

Be proud of Vancouver, B.C.’s Portland-themed restaurant.


Food Reviews & Stories
Cameron Forsyth has never lived in Portland. This did not stop him from opening a Portland-centric restaurant in his native Canada. Yes, our city has a culinary embassy in Vancouver, B.C. The    More
 
Wednesday, October 24, 2012 MARTIN CIZMAR

Headout: [citation needed]

Squabbles from Wikipedia settled by Willamette Week, a reliable, published source.


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The first encyclopedia was written by Pliny the Elder. The Roman statesman died in the eruption of Mount Vesuvius, which...   More
 
Wednesday, October 24, 2012 MARTIN CIZMAR

Drank: Wandelpad (Block 15 Brewery)


Drank
Block 15 makes beer for the trading scene. The Corvallis brewery specializes in the unusual, cellar-ready and limited, building a fan base with open-fermented, wine barrel-aged brews made with gol   More
 
Wednesday, October 24, 2012 MARTIN CIZMAR

Prickly Ash


Food Cart Reviews
What’s roujiamo supposed to taste like? Honestly, I have no idea. Prickly Ash’s version of the flatbread sandwich, China’s answer to the hamburger, is the only version I’ve had. The Miss   More
 
Wednesday, October 24, 2012 MARTIN CIZMAR

Restaurant Guide 2012: Smallwares, Restaurant of the Year Runner-Up


Restaurant Guide
Life on the food frontier can be rugged and lonely. Ask Johanna Ware. As a child in Chicago, Ware remembers the quizzical reaction to the “crazy lunches” packed by a mother “who cooked her w   More
 
Wednesday, October 24, 2012 MARTIN CIZMAR

Creeper Crawl: Butteville Manor

Small-town scares in Donald, Ore.

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Features
Who's the weird old person hanging around the packs of high school kids at Portland-area haunted houses? The one who reeks of good coffee and cheap gin? Yeah, that’s a Willamette Week writer out reviewing local haunts for Creeper Crawl 2012.
Butt...   More
 
Monday, October 22, 2012 by MARTIN CIZMAR

Melt With You

Grilling the goods at Xico


Food Reviews & Stories
Oaxaca is famous for inventing one of the world’s great cheeses. If you know how to pronounce the name of the southern Mexican state (wah-hah-ka) but not Xochitl or Tlaxcala, you probably owe    More
 
Wednesday, October 10, 2012 MARTIN CIZMAR

Drank: Dark O’ the Moon Pumpkin Stout (Elysian Brewing Company)


Drank
Seattle’s Elysian Brewing is the pumpkin king of the Northwest, brewing 13 different pumpkin beers and hosting a massive pumpkin brew festival that draws entrants from as far away as Norway. E   More
 
Wednesday, October 10, 2012 MARTIN CIZMAR

Barwares: Ware It Well


Bar Reviews
Barwares (4605 NE Fremont St., 971-229-0995, smallwarespdx.com) exists only because of an architectural fluke. Chef Johanna Ware’s Asian-leaning restaurant, Smallwares, needs a bar the same si   More
 
Wednesday, October 3, 2012 MARTIN CIZMAR
 

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