Okay, so we're not exactly chain restaurant fans, but for today, National Pancake Day, we will make an exception. And in honor of Fat Tuesday, it is also incumbent upon us to expand our waistlines.
In November of 2008, two-year-old Alec Martinez was diagnosed with a brain tumor. He got through several surgeries late last year to remove the tumor, but he faces a long and difficult recovery through 2009.
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Watching Calvin Trillin last night at the Newmark Theater for the 25th anniversary of Portland Arts and Lectures (his fifth appearance with the series) was like watching Springsteen at the Super Bowl. Admittedly, there was a little less black leather, but Trillin definitely ...
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Bar Reviews
Ten minutes after my boyfriend and I get to the Queen of Hearts (5501 SE 72nd Ave., 788-9844), a woman with a gray bob and voluminous suede parka sits down on his other side. Her name is Jennifer, and ...
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Indie kids on bikes is nothing new in our neck of the woods, but cross-country? That's a different story. Neo-folk singer Malcolm Rollick, who has shared the stage with such superstars as Kimya Dawson and CocoRo...
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Sometimes, I find myself in the awkward position of having to explain certain things to my sedate suburban mom. "Why on earth," she asks, "would you and your friends dress yourselves up like a dog team, hitch yourselves to a shopping cart and run through the streets bar...
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Portland International Film Festival entry Upstream Battle, a German film about the Oregon environment, wasn't screened in time for WW's print guide to the second week of the festival. It's still worth seeing. (It scr...
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Can anyone else imagine the look on 26-year-old designer Jason Wu's face when he realized that Michelle Obama was wearing his gown on inauguration night? Okay, we're not promising anyone that much exposure (unless you're an underwear model) but selection for STRUT'S annu...
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