May 26th, 2010 | by Your Editor | published in Features, Recession/Economics
Great news everyone, Portland’s favorite vegan joint, Sweetpea Baking Company, is hiring! Hooray jobs, in Portland! You should definitely apply for this gig – it doesn’t matter if you’re gay, straight, white, black, disabled, whatever. But, um, if you enjoy a little cheddar with your black bean burger? Well, apparently the Sweetpea job is not [...]
May 26th, 2010 | by Tyler | published in Food/Drink
So I was dicking around on the interweb today thinking about all the fuss over Asheville and feeling like we gave them a hard time, so I looked up other articles and blogs that had “top beer cities” in the US. Surprisingly I found a few that mistakenly put Portland in the top ranking?? Whoa [...]
May 26th, 2010 | by Your Editor | published in Features, Food/Drink
Oh my garsh you guys, those insufferable travel junkies at Lonely Planet have (sort of) named Portland the best city for beer in the United States. What were those losers thinking! In Lonely Planet’s ranking of the top six (?) beer cities in the world, Portland came in sixth – yes, in last place, but [...]
May 25th, 2010 | by Tyler | published in Features, Sporting Life
Yo, you undeserving Portlanders. Seriously, if you haven’t been following your favorite local blog’s involvement with the whole “Beer City USA” results, you should check it out. All the writers here at Stumptown are really amused by all this passion. You guys are the shit. Picking the comment of the week is going to be [...]
May 24th, 2010 | by Your Editor | published in Analysis, Food/Drink
Well nice job, losers. All of your furious clicking couldn’t stop stupid old Asheville, North Carolina from being voted Beer City USA for the second year in a row. We will just have to drown our sorrows in one of our MANY AMAZING CRAFT BEERS AT ONE OF OUR MANY AMAZING BREWERIES, you assholes. We’d [...]
May 19th, 2010 | by Your Editor | published in Art/Culture, Features
Last week, Stumptown Magazine had the pleasure to sit down with Jillian Lauren, punk rock fan and author of the New York Times bestselling book Some Girls. Lauren has been making the rounds on the Portland interview circuit over the past few days, but for those unfamiliar with her story, she was a former member [...]
May 19th, 2010 | by Tyler | published in Features, Food/Drink
It’s that time again folks. To vote for which city should be crowned “Beer City USA”. The Portland Examiner has issued a call to all boozers to vote for their favorite city. Charlie Papazian has thrown the gauntlet and we must respond. What old Charles doesn’t know is that Portland beer drinkers are not like [...]
May 19th, 2010 | by Your Editor | published in Analysis
The good folks at Voodoo Doughnuts posted this photo earlier today. We don’t know when it was taken (earlier today?), but really, bless their hearts for sharing this with the world. Feel free to leave your snickering, 4th-grade comments below.
May 18th, 2010 | by Your Editor | published in Art/Culture, Features
Your favorite adult playpen, Ground Kontrol, wants to expand its top-floor pinball room to house even more machines that will ruthlessly eat your money. Now you can help. All you have to do is – oh yes, you betcha – play video games. Chewing gum maker Stride is hosting an online contest – “Save The [...]
May 18th, 2010 | by Your Editor | published in Analysis
Several years ago, our forefathers battled the evil British Empire so you would have the right to jam your official Multnomah County ballot into one of several conveinently-placed ballot boxes, today! Now go, RUSH VERY QUICKLY, and vote for your favorite cartoon character or whomever. For President of Portland! Here is all we know about [...]