In the weeks that passed between the time our editors researched and wrote “The Art of Eating Cheaply” and the time Portland Monthly went to press, something rather unfortunate happened: Prices went up.
All meteorological evidence to the contrary, Colorado and Oregon actually have much in common. We have the Cascades; they’ve got the Rockies. (And no, we don’t want to read any letters about how much more “epic” the Rockies are. Save it for the...
When the price of wheat soars, there are winners (Oregon grain growers) and losers (you).
On the contrary, it means seeking out talented chefs who can transform the simplest, cheapest ingredients into a sublime masterpiece of a meal.
AT POK POK and Whiskey Soda Lounge on SE Division Street, a popular Thai establishment, the nonalcoholic beverage menu presents diners with the usual suspects: Coke, Pepsi, and 7-Up. But it also offers “drinking vinegars,” a liquid prospect...
MAYBE IT’S BECAUSE this winter was particularly cruel, but even though the sun and its warmth have finally arrived, I’m still struggling to come out of a discombobulating funk—one that, rather unfortunately, also got ahold of my taste buds. No...
Inside Andi Kovel’s St. Johns studio, a large furnace belches 2,000-degree heat while the 39-year-old glass artist prepares to transform 600 pounds of gooey, malleable glass glowing hot and bright into three-foot-tall vases.
LAS VEGAS isn’t the only city where escort services are legal; Portland’s got a few of its own. Like Sandra Rafalik: media escort.
For the past 13 years, Rafalik, a Philly native and former advertising executive, has been a city guide for...
American Gladiators inductee Monica Carlson talks about the fantasy—and the reality—of pummeling burly women.
Does our blossoming burg still have room for the Rose Festival?
"HELLO BART. This is Bob. Bob Riede.”
It’s 7 a.m. on a Saturday, and I’m not really sure which planet I’m on. Last night was supposed to be dedicated to rest and packing; instead it included one too many shots of Jack Daniel’s, followed by a...
JENNIFER GATELY, the Arlene and Harold Schnitzer curator of Northwest art for the Portland Art Museum (PAM), is “walking” me through a scale model of the Collins Gallery, the museum’s main exhibit hall. With eight more weeks to prepare for the...
When his OBT predecessor was staging edgy ballets set to pop music, Stowell was deepening his commitment to classicism.
Step aside, people. Three-year-old Claire knows exactly what she wants—a stuffed giraffe.
