In November, Portland welcomed a baker, a brewer, and a trio of jewelers to its business community. New places to get coffee, tea, tap cocktails, cheeseburgers, and Polish beer also sprung up around town. And if you have friends or relatives coming in for the holidays, you can put them up in a luxury rental property, or invite them to tour the city's newest indoor cycling center, where you can start to shed all more...
Originally farmland, East Portland’s Powellhurst-Gilbert is named for a pair of 1800s settlers, Jackson Powell and William M. Gilbert, whose names also appear on a trio of neighborhood elementary schools. As the city grew, residential development claimed much of the land, but pockets of flora and fauna as well as urban agriculture still exist within and nearby today’s Powellhurst-Gilbert. Consistently an more...
As the weather turns colder and wetter and the days shorter and darker, it’s time for Portlanders to cozy up at coffee shops with a hot beverage loaded with caffeine. Therefore, it’s also appropriate to spotlight Portland's coffee culture, specifically our local micro roasters who are small businesses producing small batch, crafted coffees and sharing them in their own coffee houses as well as cafes more...
Before this country was a country, apples weren't for eating; they were for drinking. Bacteria in colonial waters had a tendency to kill us, so we brewed cider to get rid of any water-borne bacteria. In the centuries that followed, cider became the drink of presidents and plowmen alike—even children were permitted to drink it—which makes you wonder how revolutions were fought and industries more...
Self-starter is a good way to describe Jesse Blanchard. He’s a self-taught filmmaker working in stereoscopic 3D. “I started making movies about 10 years ago,” Blanchard says. “Just picking up a camera and a Final Cut Pro manual. Since then, I've made 50 shorts films, which have played at Cannes and been picked up by George Romero and Dimensions Films.” Oscar-winning animators more...
A 2010 addition to the National Register of Historic Places, Portland’s Irvington neighborhood is a slice of the American dream where luxurious porches and ornate entryways overlook expansive green lawns and sidewalk swings hanging from tree branches, sometimes with a secret treefort hidden high amongst the leaves as well. Originally plotted as an east side suburb in the late 1800s, Irvington was designed to more...
A question, Portland pie lovers: Where do you buy your pie? Of course, you can always buy yours from a corporate supermarket or national diner franchise, but keep in mind that purchasing pie from your local baker makes their slice of the local prosperity pie just a little bit larger. Every time you order a piece from your local bakery or cafe, you're keeping your favorite bakers in business, and, in turn, more...
SMART ENERGY—A NEW CATEGORY OF FUNCTIONAL BEVERAGE Smart energy beverage products represent a new category in the functional/energy drink market category. Smart energy beverages are different than many of the energy drinks on the market today. Today’s energy drinks offer large quantities of caffeine and toxic B vitamin levels with the associated side effects and complications. Many individuals who more...
In the business world, November may best best known for the busiest shopping day of the year, but it’s also National Entrepreneurship Month. The entrepreneurial spirit extends internationally with a Global Entrepreneurship Week (GEW), from Nov. 12-18 this year, and President Obama declared Nov. 16, 2012, National Entrepreneurs' Day in the U.S., saying, “let us renew the spirit of innovation that has more...
Macaroni and cheese. What’s more wholesome and comforting than a steaming hot bowl of mac and cheese? Everybody loves macaroni and cheese. What other dish transcends age, geographic region and politics like a good bowl of mac? At present, Portland's seams are bursting with the stuff—how many menus can you think of that don't feature it? But here are six cheesy macs that we think are worthy of more...