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Portland Notes: Mar. 16, 2007

Date: March 16th, 2007 | No Comments

Make sure you are wearing green tomorrow as you head out to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day Portland style. The Oregonian has some great ideas on ways to enjoy your favorite green beer drinking holiday.
Speaking of beer, many Portlanders seem to have a love-hate relationship with our local McMenamins brew pub chain. Some find the beer [read more]

Portland Notes: Feb. 23, 2007

Date: February 23rd, 2007 | No Comments

The Portland Trail Blazers are on a two-game winning streak and the word playoffs is being mumbled by some. Catch them in action at their next home game tonight at 7pm against the Memphis Grizzlies.
200 parking spaces have opened up in downtown Portland.
Skiers take note - 50-70 inches of new snow could be on Mt. [read more]

Portland Notes: Feb. 9, 2007

Date: February 9th, 2007 | 1 comment

Portland looks to have made it into the top slots in two more national lists. We placed ninth in fittest cities in America, according to Men’s Fitness magazine. We also ranked ninth in top cities for independent filmmakers, according to MovieMaker Magazine.
Construction on the new IKEA near the airport seems to be coming along nicely, [read more]

Upcoming Portland Events

Date: May 31st, 2006 | No Comments

Portland is a fantastic city to visit in the summer - the temperatures are warm, the rain is virtually non-existant and there are a plethora of events taking place. June starts off the summer season with the Rose Festival and Rose Parade. Check out the Rose Festival website for more on this ann [read more]

Big ambitions in C.C. baseball

Date: April 28th, 2006 | No Comments

We might not have a professional baseball team in Oregon, but we do have some great players of the sport, according to the Seattle Times.
There is little argument that baseball is the best-played sport at Northwest two-year schools….The No. 1 reason Northwest community colleges get good players is because there are only five Division I [read more]

Portland Notes: Mar. 9, 2007

Date: March 9th, 2007 | 1 comment

Portland International Airport said on March 5 it expected to have served its 300 millionth passenger since beginning operations 66 years ago. PDX also apparently set an all-time record of more than 14 million passengers served in 2006.
The Portland Saturday Market, now in its 33rd year, is once again open for business.
A new book titled [read more]

Portland Notes: Feb. 16, 2007

Date: February 16th, 2007 | 1 comment

The Portland Jazz Festival starts today and runs through Feb. 25.
A couple got married on the Portland Tram on Valentine’s Day, marking the first time this has happened.
A office building going up in downtown Portland will be offering 933 square feet of indoor storage for 34 bikes, showers and lockers.
The Ace Hotel, a hip but [read more]

Portland Notes: Jan. 31, 2007

Date: January 31st, 2007 | No Comments

Here’s a round up of recent interesting regional stories as January here in the Rose City comes to an end:

Former president Bill Clinton will be coming to town April 17 to talk at the World Affairs Council of Oregon’s 2007 International Speaker Series.
Plans for a Portland emergency evacuation plan are in the works in case [read more]

Pyramid Unfiltered Refreshment Tour

Date: May 25th, 2006 | No Comments

Name: Pyramid Unfiltered Refreshment Tour
Date: Thursday May 25, 2006
Location: City Bar & Restaurant, located at 424 SW 4th Avenue in downtown Portland
Contact information: www.unfilteredrefreshmenttour.com
What is it: Drinking for donations

Info:
Drink your way around Portland with the Pyramid Unfiltered Refreshment Tour, a benefit for the Oregon Food Bank.
The organized bar crawl will stop off at a [read more]

Woodburn Company Stores

Date: April 11th, 2006 | 1 comment

What: Woodburn Company Stores
Where: Woodburn, Oregon (about 40 miles S of Portland on I-5)
When: Monday-Saturday 10 a.m.-8 p.m., Sunday 10 a.m.-7 p.m.
Insider tip: If you go, bring your patience for crowds, chaos and traffic jams

Info:
Much to the utter dismay of Oregonians (and her transplants) the number one attraction in the state isn’t the beautiful [read more]







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