tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6875716674621937836.post7723356828199212051..comments2023-11-30T00:41:47.585-08:00Comments on Shreds: Portland!Ginohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09606046924332159076noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6875716674621937836.post-89927658580875224882010-10-05T03:20:00.265-07:002010-10-05T03:20:00.265-07:00Brian--
that was funny :).
There was a book came ...Brian--<br />that was funny :).<br /><br />There was a book came out in the early 90s about the then-new social theory that we were all sorting ourselves by zip code (which of course the marketers had sussed out first ;) ) ... I suspect that find-your-political-match aspect of Portland or the Bible Belt is getting only more normal as world populations gain mobility.<br /><br />For the record, I am decidedly anti-abortion and voted for BushI and for BushII at least once. Maybe twice ... by the second round I may have been so disgusted by both major parties that I voted Pacific Green or something. The religous fervor of politics here is actually one of the things I *don't* like ;).krhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01257941393760753111noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6875716674621937836.post-42119000052716092472010-10-04T10:48:13.673-07:002010-10-04T10:48:13.673-07:00If you are at all interested, this is a bit I wrot...If you are at all interested, this is a bit I wrote after a visit to Portland a few years ago:<br /><br />http://samedishdifferentsauce.blogspot.com/2006/08/week-in-stumptown-or-visit-to-bizarro.htmlBrianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06799024060528185282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6875716674621937836.post-29062986049637337112010-10-04T06:25:08.419-07:002010-10-04T06:25:08.419-07:00Amanda--tell your brother he needs to move before ...Amanda--tell your brother he needs to move before late December, or just not bother until May--cold and drenching rain is no fun for a move (and in late Dec and January there is a good chance of snow--which is nicer for moving than rain, IMHO, except the slipperiness).<br />bookstore: Powells. Oh, yeah :).<br /><br />Gino--'wish I'd known you were looking for roses; they are still in bloom at the south end of the local park (one of the three formal public rose gardens in town). Normally the bloom is pretty much over by mid-July, but it was a wet and not-hot summer. Lots of the scraggly bushy things in our unkempt lawns were probably actually rose bushes ... private lawns don't get the care the public parks do. (Portlanders can't decide, generally, how to mix "I'd like a nice landscape" with "that involves watering during low-water months and using herbicides and pesticides" ... and we mostly end up with halfway done, really crappy looking 'yards' ;). Unless we are vegetable gardening, in which case we end up with intensely husbanded, very structured, really crappy looking 'yards' ;). And that's not counting the complications of urban livestock.)<br /><br />Jade: yeah, I think this must be what gets VooDoo by ... the vegan, and the "it's what was Cool when I was 15--especially the braving scary waterfront/Burnside part" vibe. <br /><br />Brian: Next time Gino comes up I'll make sure we hit real food; I was not a good food guide this time.<br /><br />Gino: btw, I appreciated your carefully correct attribution on the recommendation for the bacon maple bar ;).<br /><br />All: yes traffic here sucks, unless you know the systems well (and even then I'd avoid the 26 unless it's after 9 PM and before 7 am--the MAX train takes a million years, but instead of swearing at traffic you get to read, iPod, knit, laptop, talk to the person sitting next to you, etc.). We (= the city and I) strongly recommend a live-near-work, or only-be-visiting ;), philosophy.krhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01257941393760753111noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6875716674621937836.post-37741995297633110902010-10-03T13:36:54.038-07:002010-10-03T13:36:54.038-07:00Great synopsis, Gino! My brother and his GF are pl...Great synopsis, Gino! My brother and his GF are planning to move to Portland in the next few months. I look forward to comparing your impressions with mine when I help them with the move. (Then I can check out the bookstore kr kept talking up last winter, when I complained about the San Diego used bookstore scene.)my name is Amandahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15484587200951022679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6875716674621937836.post-2997926710934983722010-10-03T08:10:23.040-07:002010-10-03T08:10:23.040-07:00I almost moved there because of a job transfer in ...I almost moved there because of a job transfer in 2006 (decided to stay here instead). There are some cool things about it, but in our experience the traffic was hideous (especially U.S. 26) and it seemed pretty expensive. <br /><br />The thing that was especially weird was the land use rules -- you'd see these long skinny houses jammed 8 to an acre on one side of a road, then nothing for miles on the other side of the road. The city proper was really cool but it was kinda creepy out in Hillsboro, where we were looking.Mr. Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13920907647566015611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6875716674621937836.post-74946271002590936302010-10-02T23:25:26.160-07:002010-10-02T23:25:26.160-07:00Most of my explorations of Portland (growing up an...Most of my explorations of Portland (growing up and now) involves driving to one of the parking garages near where I'm going to hang out, parking, then walking everywhere. <br /><br />For roses, go to the Rose Gardens (which have a lovely view of the city and Mt. Hood in the background)<br /><br />I like Voo Doo because they have vegan donuts, but by my estimation, Mighty O's in Seattle is better. However Voo Doo does have a personality that reminds me of all the places I used to hang out when I was a teenager, so it has a "home" feel, and the sugar from the doughnut is good fuel for the walk up to Powell's Books.<br /><br />Dress code? BWHAHAHAHA! This is the NW, we don't need... codes.Jadehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13959637910926242468noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6875716674621937836.post-23315169823170603342010-10-02T21:33:26.429-07:002010-10-02T21:33:26.429-07:00Yeah, I didn't see the big deal about Voodoo D...Yeah, I didn't see the big deal about Voodoo Donuts either. <br /><br />But it is really hard to have a bad meal there...last time, we hit the Korean taco bus downtown and some biscuit place over on Belmont (Pine something or other), both fantastically good meals for $5-10. <br /><br />Finding the freeway is definitely not something you just wing. I think there are basically three freeway entrances in the entire city.Brianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06799024060528185282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6875716674621937836.post-40892956312524314062010-10-02T18:49:09.375-07:002010-10-02T18:49:09.375-07:00Man Vs Food!
Also, I hate Portland's roads. *...Man Vs Food!<br /><br />Also, I hate Portland's roads. *shudder*Foxfierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10161683096247890834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6875716674621937836.post-89035553338305888872010-10-02T14:27:23.269-07:002010-10-02T14:27:23.269-07:00We love you too ;).We love you too ;).krhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01257941393760753111noreply@blogger.com