….Dave Lister. One of the purely delightful aspects of my run for City Council last year was becoming friends with Dave, a candidate for the other seat in last May’s primary. Willamette Week…

This is the final photo from a set Steve took during a visit to Cape Kiwanda over the winter. Without doubt, the most glorious sunset I’ve ever seen at the Oregon coast.

Jim Redden in the Trib highlight’s issues for tomorrow’s Open House meeting discussing potential alternatives for improvement of the Sellwood Bridge. The official notice, with bold emphasis added, from Michael Pullen in the…

Guest Post by Rose FlorekSW Portland resident The air conditioning at Multnomah Art Center has been broken since February. [The Multnomah Center is a Portland Parks & Recreation facility in SW Portland ~…

Ryan Frank, in today’s Oregonian, reports: “A Denver-based developer will build a 270-apartment project among South Waterfront’s towering condos, another signal that Portland’s robust rental market and sluggish condo sales are starting to…

According to Sharon Wood Wortman’s Bridge Stories site, the Broadway Bridge was finished in 1913. It cost $1.6m to build, and its color is “Golden Gate red”. And the drop from the center…

As Martin Short’s Ed Grimley character says, “I couldn’t be more excited, I must say”. (That link is a 49-second YouTube video, which made me laugh out loud all over again. Highly recommended).…

The ever-entertaining Oregonian sets a new record for the heights of imagination reached in today’s editorial on Cascade Station (or CascadeStation as it was first pretentiously named). It’s the commercial area near the…

Steve took this on our recent trip. Anyone know what it is, and where?

Kimberley Wilson wrote up a nice feature in this week’s InPortland section of the Oregonian, featuring some of the heroes and heroines of volunteers. Most of those profiled offer their time and talents…