News Diabetes. It sucks, and it's everywhere. I have a family history of the disease, which disrupts the body's ability to properly break down sugars, and lots of relatives whose lives are rendered colorless and bland by the inability to drink alcohol. For this reason, I was given yogurt instead of ice cream as ...   More

Featured Stories IMAGES: Adam Krueger’Tis the season to be insecure in swimwear. All over Portland, people are trying to sculpt their six-packs in the gym. To that, we say “pffft”—why hamster a ...   More

Featured Stories These glorious, arctic-long days of summer are upon us, and the list of usual suspects has lined up. Sunny riverbanks? Check. Backyard grilling? Check. Waxing your snowboard...wait, what? That’s ...   More

Special Section One would think finding a swimming hole in Portland should be as easy as stepping outside your front door and listening for running water. But picking the perfect spot among the hundreds available isn ...   More

Special Section Behold, the mighty Willamette! It flows mere minutes from our front yards, yet few of us pay it much notice when it’s not hosting dragon boat races or Christmas ship parades. Not me, though. I r ...   More

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Yes, I know. When you hear "milk carton boat races", most of us would conjure up an image of a little...floating milk carton. Maybe with a Popsicle-stick sail. Pretty pathetic, no?

But you'll be happy to know that both you and I are t...   More

News The sun should be appearing any day now, which might make it easier for road bikers to train. As well they should: Registration ends at midnight on May 20 for the Mount Hood Cycling Classic, Oregon's top stage race. The event takes pl...   More

News Happy Thursday! Here's picture of the Willamette, running through downtown Portland on a beautiful sunny morning. Doesn't it look gorgeous? Almost gorgeous enough to make you forget that it's 99 percent poo pieces?

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Featured Stories I can’t stop laughing. The salesman at REI looks at me skeptically, as if he and everyone he knows already own shoes that make them look like they have Muppet feet. But come on. These are ridicu ...   More

News (pictured, the view of Portland from Washington Park)

Three days ago, Portland Parks and Recreation announced that the beloved Washington Park Sum...   More