Hitched On a hot summer weekend in Las Vegas back in 2002, Heather Harris and Ezequiel Martinez almost pulled a Britney Spears.This club-hopping couple came very close to eloping (as Ms. Spears reportedly did ...   More

Night Avenger With a war on, unemployment checks bled dry, and another episode of The Simple Life on the telly, there were many reasons to cuddle up next to the space heater in 2003. And yet! There were also reason ...   More

Hitched "To who?" It's not the response most couples expect when announcing their engagement, but Trisha Reid and Colby Highland, both 25, didn't mind. Last January they heard the same question, over and over ...   More

Night Avenger Rum. The drink of pirates and honeymooners, in Jamaica and...Portland? If the idea seems funny, it's probably because a beachfront shack on the Caribbean is a more likely place for downing mai tais th ...   More

Hitched The sexy barista. The dreamy bartender. The hunky dishwasher repair man. We've all had secret crushes on complete strangers. And why not? It's exciting to fantasize about the possibilities--even if we ...   More

Night Avenger A perfect Sunday: brunch, the New York Times crossword puzzle, and a uniform of flannel pj's and slippers.For lesbians in Portland, though, the Lord's play day just got a whole lot sexier. And it's al ...   More

Night Avenger If ladies' nights--by offering discounted or free admission to women--are supposed to attract people of both sexes to a local hangout, The Place to Shoot fails miserably.The North Portland shooting ra ...   More

Hitched In this city's art world, Amy Ruppel is an "It" girl: Her images are splashed across billboards, and they graced walls of the Portland Art Museum at this year's Biennial. They've even surfaced in the ...   More

Night Avenger Ask anyone who's worked in a coffee shop about open-mic nights, and they'll most likely roll their eyes. All that acoustic, bare-bones introspection can get depressing--not to mention dreadful. On ...   More

Hitched In 1963, John F. Kennedy was gunned down in Dallas. It was also the year Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his "I Have a Dream" speech in Washington, D.C. For Bill and Karen Grimaud, the year stands ou ...   More