Club Med

Palm trees, a saltwater pool, and a gourmet garden make this Alameda house a private resort.

By Camela Raymond

The Player

By Jim Gullo

Upstairs Eden

Forget the farm. All you need to grow delicious heirloom tomatoes is a little patch of rooftop.

By Jordan Crucchiola

Rosé City

More winemakers are moving inside city limits, which means tasting new pinots just got a whole lot easier.

By Mike Thelin

Home Bass

Jazz superstar Esperanza Spalding returns to her Portland roots. (For one night, at least.)

By John Chandler

The Hot Seats

Don’t be content just to go to a show—score the best seats in the house.

By Martha Calhoon

Water Wings

During Flugtag, you don’t need a pilot’s license to fly over the Willamette—just a costume, a contraption, and some courage.

By Anna Hirsh

Nature Calls

Take a cool dip in the great outdoors (and show the dog days of summer who’s boss).

By Stacey Wilson

Fine Assets

By Jill Spitznass

Razor Sharp

Olympic fencer Mariel Zagunis drops her guard to talk about gold medals, swords, and surviving the opening ceremonies.

By Randy Gragg

Screen Play

Interactive marketing turns the business of advertising into a touchy-feely affair.

By Tom Colligan

Checked Out

If you’ve looked around your school library lately, you may have noticed something missing. Namely, the librarian.

By Kasey Cordell

Portland Polemic

For Oregon natives who fled to larger cities and then came back, homecoming isn’t always so easy.

By Anna Hirsh

Summer Sweets

With names like Sugar Buns and Silver Queen, what’s not to like about this season’s most toothsome and tender corn?

By Nancy Rommelmann

Mint Condition

Calling all parched ladies and gents: It’s time for an ice-cold julep. Here’s how to do it up proper.

By Tom Colligan

Japanese Rising

At Tanuki, a diminutive eatery in Nob Hill, sake may be king, but the food that’s paired with it is what holds us captive.

By Camas Davis

Lucier

Lucier has been open for only a few weeks. Yet the dining room is full, mostly with groups of men and women in business suits sipping champagne and feasting on structurally arranged food.

By Camas Davis

Belly Timber

At Belly Timber, set in a purple Victorian on the corner of SE Hawthorne Boulevard and 32nd Avenue, the half-size portions are remarkably plentiful. And even if you do opt for a full serving, not one item is priced over $20.

By Camas Davis

Exit Stage Left

With Lincoln Hall undergoing a $28 million makeover, Portland’s contemporary dance scene takes to the street.

By Martha Calhoon

Adrienne Barbeau

Her 45-year career has taken her from Broadway to primetime television, where she starred as a divorced mom on Norman Lear’s acclaimed 1970s sitcom Maude. But Adrienne Barbeau will forever be known as a fan-boy sex symbol thanks to her bold, buxom roles in horror and sci-fi classics like The Fog, Escape From New York, and Swamp Thing.

By John Chandler

X-Ray Visions

By John Chandler

Earth to the Dandy Warhols

By John Chandler