Today’s Oregonian newspaper says that Portland is #2 in the country in terms of blogging - that only Austin, TX outranks us in terms of the number of residents who have either read or contributed to a blog in the last month. In Portland, that means that 14% of us.
Reporter Steve Woodward talked to several local bloggers to get the low-down on why Portland ranks so highly in the world of blogging, but as a Portland blogger myself I have my own theories. This is a very tech-savvy community (more evidence of this …
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Northwest Airlines will soon be connecting Portland directly with Europe, which is excellent news for travelers. Portland had been one of those cities from which it took two (and sometimes three) stops to get anywhere in Europe, so when it became possible to reach European destinations with only one layover Portlanders did a little dance. (Well, metaphorically, anyway.) Then, when European airline giant Lufthansa began offering nonstop flights from Portland to Frankfurt in 2003, Portlanders rejoiced even more. The only problem with the Lufthansa flight, after the “just opened” sales went away, …
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I just returned from a trip to San Diego. Apart from a few footnotes of nice places, it lacks much of the uniqueness of businesses which makes our town so great. I’m definitely happy to be a Portlander for almost two years running now! And now Portland Notes:
Portland’s big annual literary festival - known as Wordstock - has put out a call for writers for a first time short fiction competition. The winner receives a first prize of $1,000 and publication in the December 2007 issue of Portland Monthly magazine. The deadline is July 15 and the festival …
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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 and food average while others can’t seem to get enough. The local beer blog Beervana has a nice write up on some of its favorite Mcmenamins locations in and around Portland.
If beer (green or otherwise) isn’t enough to quench your need for drinking …
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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. Hood from Sunday to Sunday
Portland’s streetcars, which some may not know are Czech-made, got a write up in The Prague Post. In it, they talk about the Rose City approaching Škoda Transportation Feb. 9 to supply a prototype for more streetcars.
Today …
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You know that creepy/cool feature Google introduced awhile ago, “Street View” - where you can see the streets of certain cities as if you were standing right there? Well, Portland has been added to the list of the cities which have Street View, so you can now get an on-the-ground feel for what this city looks like.
To use the Street View feature, all you do is type in a Portland address into Google Maps and then click “Street View” on the right of the map. You’ll see a little orange person-like icon which …
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For anyone who’s interested in camping but doesn’t want to go too far from civilization (i.e. Portland), we have the opening of a new campground.
State and local officials are ready to celebrate the grand opening of Oregon’s first new state park campground in more than 30 years. Stub Stewart State Park, in western Washington County, will officially open on Sunday July 8, 2007.
Now, ridiculous name aside, this is really cool news for anyone who’s looking for something new in the camping department around here. The quoted bits here come from what I can only assume is a press release (I got it via email from a friend, so I have no idea what the source was), and I don’t know how busy the new site was its opening weekend. Sadly, last weekend was kind of crappy weather-wise, but I guess if you don’t go camping in iffy weather in Oregon, you don’t go camping much. Anyway, here’s the rest of the press release after the jump.
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Sorry about the delay in posts - been out of town. Anyhow,
The picture at right is from a travel article the New York Times is running this weekend about 36 Hours in Portland. Highlights include Doug Fir, Portland Saturday Market and Portland Art Museum. All told it does a good job covering a quick trip to our Rose City.
Local baseball fans take note: The Portland Beavers open its first home stand at PGE Park TONIGHT!! A Beers of the World stand, better and better promotions and a bunch of other groovy things …
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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 Portland: The City in Prose has gotten a write up in the Portland Mercury. The book, which engages in a “literary exploration of the city’s past and present” via almost eighty written selections of various authors and forms of written word, …
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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 somewhat budget motel, looks to have thrown open their doors in downtown Portland.
The Portland Rod & Custom Show is this weekend, which should be a big draw for custom hot rod fans.
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