Totally Grounded

Put down the Chemex—students need cream, sugar and fast Wi-fi.

Food Reviews & Stories Heart Coffee at East Burnside and 22nd Avenue knows its product. The baristas could write a book about beans extracted from Kenya and Ethiopia and roasted on site. They can talk for days about t   More

 

Wednesday, July 4, 2012 KIMBERLY HURSH

Scoops' out for Summer: Day 3

Stella Gelato at Spella Caffe

Food & Drink Day three of our month-long ice cream crawl, Scoops' out for Summer, and it's time for our first scoop of gelato. 

Spella Caffe
520 SW 5th Ave. spellacaffe.com.
Price per scoop: $2.50
Most popular flavor: Aff...   More

 

Tuesday, July 3, 2012 by KIMBERLY HURSH

Market Watch: Lloyd Market's Paradox of Choice

Is less more or more less? Also: Where's the bread?

Food & Drink They say that choices, rather than making us happy, paralyze us in indecision. If that's true, then shoppers should find their bliss under the gazebo at the Lloyd Tuesday Farmers Market on NE Holladay. Forget the 150 choices of toothpaste at the grocery store, Lloyd leaves nothing to choice...   More

 

Thursday, June 21, 2012 by KIMBERLY HURSH

Pedalpalooza 2012: All the Fun of Manual Labor With Jeff and Jodi

Features In this week's Headout feature, "What's Your Ride?", we implied that Jeff and Jodi's North Portland Bike Move—a Pedalpalooza "ride" in which rid...   More

 

Thursday, June 21, 2012 by KIMBERLY HURSH

Summer Guide 2012: Summer Events Calendar

Featured Stories Foot Traffic Flat: Sauvie Island[Outdoor] Compared to Portland proper, Sauvie Island is mercifully flat. That makes it a great place for farmers who grow pumpkins and strawberries, and for runners   More

 

Wednesday, June 20, 2012 KIMBERLY HURSH

Sheila Heti, How Should a Person Be?

But what about me?

Books In How Should a Person Be? (Henry Holt, 306 pages, $16.50), the narrator, Sheila, not yet 30 and fresh from a failed marriage, struggles to write a play about women as she drifts lethargically a   More

 

Wednesday, June 20, 2012 KIMBERLY HURSH

Burnside Bourbon (Eastside Distilling)

Drank  My mother believes gargling with Jack Daniel’s is a miracle cure for the common cold. Because of this...    More

 

Wednesday, June 20, 2012 KIMBERLY HURSH

Headout: What’s Your Ride?

Follow our Pedalpalooza 2012 decision tree, then hop on your bike.

Headout  Click on the image below for a larger version!Illustration by Elizabeth Baddeley RIDE: More information about these events at wweek.com/pedalpalooza.Headout Picks THURSDAY JUNE 14 NICK KR   More

 

Wednesday, June 13, 2012 KIMBERLY HURSH

Market Watch: At Gresham Farmers Market the Plants Eat the Animals

Oh, and bring your pups.

Food & Drink At most farmers markets, you bring your own bags. At Gresham Farmer's Market, you bring your own bugs.If you do the Portland Creep (someone please choreograph this, Thriller style) out to the Gresham Farmers Market, you'll need some insects.You'll be glad you did if you find yourself in front of    More

 

Thursday, June 7, 2012 by KIMBERLY HURSH

Headout: Dancing Bears

Hibernation is over now, it’s time to party.

Headout Known for their hairy bodies, powerful physiques and endless appetites, wild bears can be scary. But while most guidebook...    More

 

Wednesday, June 6, 2012 KIMBERLY HURSH