Portland Monthly Blogs

EAT BEAT

By Eat Beat Team

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Eat Beat is an interactive journal of Portland’s edible environment.

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Karen Brooks has been cooking up opinions on Portland’s restaurant scene for 20 years. On Eat Beat, Brooks teams up with gastrophile, twitter-machine, and photographer extraordinaire Allison Jones and contributing writer and avid cook Ben Tepler. Join them as they dish on food news, chew over new restaurants, and sniff out the best bites in the city.

Follow Allison on Twitter, and feel free to ask for local restaurant and bar recommendations any time!

BAR PILOT

By John Chandler

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Bar Pilot navigates from dingy dive bars to ritzy schmooze-and-booze affairs to brain-melting rock shows, and points of interest in between. Chandler will do his utmost to jot down keen observations, hopefully inspire a few barroom arguments, and guide his readers through another night on the rocks.

About the author

In his twenty-plus years as a roving journalist and his forty-plus years as a native Oregonian, Portland Monthly web editor John Chandler has developed an appreciation for a properly stirred cocktail, all manner of beer, smoky single malt scotch, and the odd moment of clarity. “There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, than are dreamed of in your philosophy,” is his pet quote, and he’ll break it out whether the occasion calls for it or not. Rock ‘n’ roll snob, film geek, and cultural kibitzer, Chandler can usually be found perched on a local bar stool muttering to himself about “the good old days” when he was always on the @#$%&!* guest list. Approach with caution.

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CULTUREPHILE: PORTLAND ARTS

By Anne Adams

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Culturephile chronicles the vibrant world of Portland arts & culture, its movers and makers.

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During her 10 year Portland residency, Anne Adams has contributed to local publications, including Barfly, the Portland Tribune, and Portland Monthly. In 2005 her serial zine, The Bookmark, was endorsed by Wordstock and Powell’s Books.

Anne’s horizons extend beyond pen and page, with an Art Department credit in the movie Coraline, and passionate participation in the indie music community. Anne is an avid arts appreciator who can zero in on a detail of gesture or craft, but cannot suppress a wistful tear when faced with expressions of human truth.

PLANTWISE

By Kate Bryant

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Plantwise looks at Portland’s lively gardening culture – and the wide, wide world of plants and how to grow them here.

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Kate Bryant writes about plants and also gets pretty physical with them in her professional gardening work. She particularly enjoys snipping shrubbery into topiary art (although she rarely has the opportunity to do so). Since she fancies herself a bit of a cook, plants she can eat are often on her mind. In terms of favorite plants, current contenders include resinous, sticky plants, plants that resent summer water, and parsley.

SHOP TALK

By Eden Dawn

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Shop Talk covers Portland’s fashion and style scene—from boutiques to designers, trends to sales, get hip to it here.

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Eden Dawn (yes, that is her real name) spends her life submerged in fashion (some might say drowning). Born and raised in Oregon, she began her style career while still a child, by cheerfully violating numerous dress codes at her private school. She has designed both apparel and textile and is an instructor in the fashion department at The Art Institute of Portland. She has been a writer “on the scene” since 2007.

AT HOME

By Kristin Belz

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At Home is designed to inspire you with possibilities and help make your home life more beautiful, fun, and flavorful—whether it’s a first look at a super-cool remodel, tips on the best way to grow a tomato, advice for entertaining on short notice, or an insider’s guide to the best picks at this week’s farmers markets (and how to cook them).

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About the author

When Kristin Belz finished architecture grad school in “the other Washington,” she headed back to the Pacific Northwest, where she was born (but, alas, not raised). Now, after a dozen-plus years in Portland, her roots are deep in Puddletown. From home base (a 1926 bungalow and ever-evolving garden), she explores design matters micro to macro, as a writer, designer, and lifelong student of architecture, urbanism, and all forms of cultural history. Her favorite vegetable is kale.

TRIPSTER

By Kasey Cordell

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Tripster delivers travel news, tips, and itineraries from around the region and beyond, helping you get inspired to get away.

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About the author

Kasey Cordell is Portland Monthly’s senior editor. A native Portlander (Aloha, actually), she has lived in Oregon, Colorado, New York, and Ireland and spent the better part of a decade wandering around everywhere in between. Last year, she logged more than 5,000 miles on highways, back roads, and dug-out forest service lanes, exploring the Northwest’s riches … usually with just a radio for company. This year, she’s shooting for 7,500.
Photo courtesy Ann Haggerty