Archive for August, 2010

Migration Party Thingy

August 31st, 2010  |  by  |  published in Features, Food/Drink

Migration Party Thingy

So your favorite local beer dudes at Migration just sent me a little letter. Apparently these guys are releasing two more beers…um yes please. “Ah ha! More details” you say. On September 18th Migration is hosting a benefit for Pangaeaproject (WTF?? Cool…Check it). These guys are totally cool for doing this, but there’s a BBQ [...]

2nd Annual Nanofest

August 31st, 2010  |  by  |  published in Analysis

2nd Annual Nanofest

Like a lot of you hard working service industry slaves, I had to work while the friends went on the weekend camping trip to Beaver Lake. So, unlike my usual, early week blog about the great outdoors, I’ll talk to you a little about Nanofest, the place where beer is born.

Here’s The Grossest Story You’ll Read All Day

August 30th, 2010  |  by  |  published in Analysis

Here's The Grossest Story You'll Read All Day

Oh god, this is awful: The fancy internet publication “Enzyme PDX” (which we’d never read before, but totally approve of), published a story today about dragon boaters having to paddle through the Willamette River, which is made entirely of human feces. Your editor has a pretty strong stomach for such things, so when a story [...]

Upright Brewing – Nice space, not.

August 28th, 2010  |  by  |  published in Features, Food/Drink

Upright Brewing - Nice space, not.

After Baconfest my buddy wanted to hit up Upright Brewing and I obliged. If you don’t know about Upright you better fucking ask somebody.    I was about to take a picture and this random psycotic drunk dude jumped in and posed. I am pretty sure he was holding his hand like that on purpose. [...]

Here’s A Funny New Food Cart Blog Thing

August 27th, 2010  |  by  |  published in Analysis, Food/Drink

Here's A Funny New Food Cart Blog Thing

Portland has a lot of food carts. Some are very good. Some are not so good. And some are fucking awful. But now, some wiseguy has started a blog featuring IMAGINARY food carts. Way to find a niche in the market, dude! A gentleman named, um, maybe Bill Oakley started a little blog, maybe yesterday [...]

Come Visit Your Editors At Last Thursday On Alberta, Tonight

August 26th, 2010  |  by  |  published in Art/Culture, Features

Come Visit Your Editors At Last Thursday On Alberta, Tonight

Hey dudes! Your editor and former (current?) SM editors Tom and Joel will be selling awesome shit on Alberta Street tonight! Come kick it with us! It’s the second-to-last Last Thursday of the year, and there’s no better opportunity to see the fucking FREAK SHOW that is Portland. Plus: Tom will be selling his fancy [...]

Two Actual Geniuses Get Away With Heist, Almost

August 25th, 2010  |  by  |  published in Analysis, Recession/Economics

Two Actual Geniuses Get Away With Heist, Almost

Two very enterprising young men decided that the best time to shoplift from Fred Meyer was when, like, 50 cops were in the store, helping little kids get ready to go back to school. They just walked in the store, and while the cops were distracted by the children of Portland, they clipped off price [...]

Baconfest Is A Thing That Happened

August 23rd, 2010  |  by  |  published in Features, Food/Drink

Baconfest Is A Thing That Happened

Dudes, what a crazy weekend, huh? What with the Alberta Street Fair deal, and then Sallie Ford, and so on. Oh yes, and also: Baconfest happened. We went. Here is our evidence. First of all, let us just say: Baconfest was, if nothing else, on topic. It was like that perfect theme party, where everyone [...]

Sallie Ford Shakes the Fir

August 22nd, 2010  |  by  |  published in Features, Music/Bands/Clubs

Sallie Ford Shakes the Fir

That’s right folks. Sallie Ford and the Sound Outside is playing in a few short hours at the Doug Fir, and you’re invited. SM will be there shaking our tail feathers after a grueling night of eating Bacon at Baconfest and wandering the streets up on Alberta. Leave it to Sallie Ford though to wash [...]

Ha Ha, Red & Black Cafe Turns Hate Mail Into Spokecards

August 20th, 2010  |  by  |  published in Analysis, Recession/Economics

Ha Ha, Red & Black Cafe Turns Hate Mail Into Spokecards

Well, you have to give credit where credit is due: The feisty anarchist dorks at Red & Black Cafe have taken all of the hate mail they received after refusing to serve coffee to a cop that one time, and turned them into spokecards. And they’re hilarious! The Merc has the photos, but suffice to say [...]

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