News The Big O has just picked its TWO restaurants of the year: LE PIGEON and BEAST.

Despite the fact that both have something to do with the non-human world, we are wondering:

DID THEY MAKE THE RIGHT CHOICE ?

What about Clyde Common, or Country Cat or how about even 23Hoyt?

Really, ...   More

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Okay, so I wasn't even supposed to be on stage.

But, at the last minute, Portland Mercury News Editor Amy Ruiz couldn't make it.

So, my friend, colleague, and    More

Queer Window Just Out columnist (and ex-WW contributor) Stephen Marc Beaudoin recently wrote how we should avoid this Sunday’s Pride parade because it’s nothing more than a chance for corporations to j ...   More

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The Dems of the Third Congressional District gathered Saturday afternoon at Floyd Light Middle School in Southeast Portland to pick who would represent them at the crowning of Barack Obama, a.k.a. the Democratic National Convention.

Alongside political power ...   More

News PARADE DAY UPDATE: Hope Slutski, I mean Seski, wasn't up to this when he was in my cubicle.

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In honor of Oregon's Sesquicentennial (that's 150 years), a mascot called "Seski the Sasquatch...   More

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It's been years since I've been to the "Fun Center."

But this story piqued my interest. That and I heard these guys were in town.
So I went. And this is what I ...   More

News Just got this in my inbox.


And I have to tell you: I AM SO THERE.
That's because it's Bruce friggin Carey's garage sale.
For years I've swooned over this restaurant owner's sense of style...   More

News I have seen the future. And it’s 84 miles east of Portland, in my hometown of The Dalles. That’s right, The Dalles. Population 13,000; land of cherry orchards, wheat fields and wineries. ...   More

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Dear California,

I was so sorry to see that a ban on gay marriage, which would define marriage as only between a man and a woman, is going to be put to state voters this fall.

Talk about a bumm...   More

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Tacee Webb is a busy woman.

The former owner of Red Light Clothing Exchange, this petite powerhouse spends most of her time nowadays opening American App...   More