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The 10-Year Engagement

President Obama has “evolved” to support gay marriage. Oregon isn’t there yet.


News
Before President Barack Obama declared his support for same-sex marriage last week, he had been talking with Terry Bean about the issue for four years.  Bean, a Portland real-estate broke   More
 
Wednesday, May 16, 2012 AARON MESH

Pok Pok Ny Has the World's Most Adorable Back Porch

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Food & Drink
When last we checked in with Andy Ricker's expanding Thai food empire, he had unleashed Pok Pok Wing on New York City's Lower East Side, but was a little unsure when he'd open full-menu restaurant Pok Pok Ny in Red Hook.
Well, it opened. And, judging from this    More
 
Tuesday, May 15, 2012 by AARON MESH

For Jefferson Smith, a Pause Before Celebrating

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News
State Rep. Jefferson Smith received two phone calls from businesswoman Eileen Brady tonight.
Smith had been holding steady in second place in the mayor's race as election results rolled in. That guaranteed him a spot in the runoff against Charlie Hales this November. It wasn't clear what Brady, who lagged well behind Smith, would do.
Smith arrived late at his party at the Bossanova Ballr...   More
 
Tuesday, May 15, 2012 by AARON MESH

Brew Views: Casa de Mi Padre

Y tu caca tambien.


Brew Views
The best joke of Casa de Mi Padre is that it exists at all. Nearly entirely in Spanish, with Will Ferrell playing a Mexican ranching heir alongside Gael Garcia Bernal and Diego Luna, the film is   More
 
Wednesday, May 9, 2012 AARON MESH

Brew Views: The Maltese Falcon

It’s bad business.


Brew Views
Let’s all take a moment to thank George Raft for The Maltese Falcon. Sure, he’s not actually in it—that’s why we’re grateful. The blank chorus boy with the tough-guy mug made a second ca   More
 
Wednesday, May 2, 2012 AARON MESH

Novick Unchained

The City Council candidate is riding such a groundswell of support, he feels he can voice any idea. He has a lot of them.


Elections
On the night he lost his race for U.S. Senate in 2008, Steve Novick gave one of the more extraordinary concession speeches...
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Wednesday, May 2, 2012 AARON MESH

Railroad Company Fined $37,500 for Not Being Careful Enough With Superfund Dirt

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News
Even after a cleanup, soil along the Portland Harbor is the contaminated gift that keeps on giving.The BNSF Railway Company agreed yesterday to pay the Environmental Protection Agency a $37,500 fine for illegally storing and transporting three truckloads of dirt it dug up from the edge of the McCormick & Baxter Superfund site.
The soil was polluted with pentachlorophenol, a pesticide used ...   More
 
Thursday, April 26, 2012 by AARON MESH

Anomalous House

Whit Stillman goes back to school with Damsels in Distress.


Movie Reviews & Stories
So many peculiar and archaic sights in Whit Stillman’s Damsels in Distress, yet I keep thinking about the artichokes. They sit steaming in a kitchen pot as a trio of undergraduates at Seven Oaks   More
 
Wednesday, April 25, 2012 AARON MESH

Chicken Strip Club

Two medical-marijuana rappers are making their chicken and waffles into the best soul food on MLK.


Food Reviews & Stories
Waffles are arguably the least interesting of J. Mack’s projects. Born James McClendon in 1967...   More
 
Wednesday, April 25, 2012 AARON MESH

Does New Seasons Market Sell a $4 Tomato?

We dice up this City Hall campaign rumor.

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News
At last week's Candidates Gone Wild, Jefferson Smith threw a tomato at Eileen Brady.

During a forum on equity, Smith referred to "the parts of town where you can't buy a $4 tomato"—a not-especially-veiled reference to New Seasons Market, the supermarket chain at the center of Brady's business resume.

Charlie Hales piled on later in the show, accompanying his "talent" of paving a po...   More
 
Monday, April 23, 2012 by AARON MESH
 

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