Hitched "I talk. He listens." You might think these words would suggest the marital confidence of a long-time wedded woman. Consider instead that they come from a young woman who has been married just under t ...   More

Night Avenger At the PSU-student-friendly bar the Jasmine Tree the other night, Saddam Hussein walked into the bar and onto the stage to do some stand-up comedy. "Baghdad's nice this time of year; reminds me of Mex ...   More

Hitched Some couples find it awfully easy to forget special days, like wedding anniversaries. Let's hope Scott and Stacy Rust don't run into this kind of trouble. After all, the couple's anniversary date only ...   More

Night Avenger Last week, we featured a monthly cartoon party that gets patrons out of bed (though maybe not entirely dressed) and drinking on a Sunday afternoon. It's not the only event in which communal TV-watchin ...   More

Hitched Young. Tattooed. Into bondage. Together less than six months. All in all, Lucia and LeAnn aren't the kind of couple that gay-rights groups hand-picked to be the first faces of Oregon's marriage revolu ...   More

Night Avenger A young woman sits at eastside hotspot Holocene's bar on a recent Sunday. She's drinking coffee, shrouded by the natural light of a Sunday afternoon, and wearing--this is no joke--slippers and a terry ...   More

Hitched For some time, bars have served as the proverbial breakup spot: not too private for the sake of soothing an awkward situation, and public enough in case something (or someone) goes wrong.On this after ...   More

Night Avenger You really wanna know why Portland's never gonna be a big city? Why New York, Los Angeles, even Maui will always rule, forcing Stumptown forever to remain a younger, dorkier sibling? The answer is Pla ...   More

Hitched Here's what you'll notice when you walk up to Beren deMotier and Jannine Setter's home in Northeast Portland. You'll see the white minivan parked right outside, a signal of the kind of precious cargo ...   More

Night Avenger Open less than a month, the Pearl District's newest addition to the nightscape arrives with an arsenal of pretty drinks. Welcome to the neighborhood, Vault Martini. How do you do?Occupying the space t ...   More