Summer Trends

Growing Pains

Does our blossoming burg still have room for the Rose Festival?

05/19/2009 By Ted Katauskas

Cool Jobs

A Novel Affair

Media guide Sandra Rafalik ensures visiting authors have what they need—like socks.

05/19/2009 By Stacey Wilson

Dance

The Purist

When fellow teens were going through their punk phase, Oregon Ballet Theatre artistic director Christopher Stowell was practicing pliés.

05/19/2009 By Camela Raymond

Art Beat

Bye-Bye, Biennial

Portland Art Museum’s regional art showcase has a new name, a new format, and a new ambition.

05/19/2009 By Chas Bowie

5 Minutes With...

Mighty Mom

American Gladiators inductee Monica Carlson talks about the fantasy—and the reality—of pummeling burly women.

05/19/2009 By Sarah Skidmore

Arts & Events

Hot Pursuit

This month, 2,300 glass artists blow into Portland.

05/19/2009 By Martha Calhoon

Eat Here Now

Winter’s Repose

A humble public house serving high-end but affordable food on SE Foster Road manages to uplift a weary diner.

05/19/2009 By Camas Davis

Food News

Stalk Market

When the price of wheat soars, there are winners (Oregon grain growers) and losers (you).

05/19/2009 By Tom Colligan

Gloves Out, Bottoms Up

Beer Brawl

Colorado is treading on Oregon’s turf as the country’s microbrew mecca, something we don’t take lightly. Behold, the smackdown.

05/19/2009 By Christian DeBenedetti

Sips

Sour Power

The Japanese have embraced it, so why shouldn’t we? Drinking vinegars make a splash in Portland.

05/19/2009 By David Welch

Eat More, Spend Less

The Art of Eating Cheaply

Eating on a budget need not mean depriving one’s soul of good food.

05/19/2009 By Stacey Wilson, Kasey Cordell, Camela Raymond, Camas Davis, John Chandler, Megan Callow, and Bart Blasengame With Brian Barker

Editor's Note

Season of Giving

08/16/2012 By Jill Davis

Row

Crew Cut

The favorite sport of Ivy Leaguers also happens to be the best workout you can find without getting off your ass.

05/19/2009 With Brian Barker

Habitat

Milwaukie’s Best

A fussy vacation home becomes a stylish family hangout in Portland's most undersung riverside 'burb.

08/17/2012 By Camela Raymond

Nature

Hedge Fund

The oak standing in front of your home offers shade—and cold, hard cash.

05/19/2009 By Eileen Stark

If Only He'd Had....

The Rose Defense

In 1997, a Eugene street kid named Jordan Scott Merrell, age 15, confessed to a killing. It took the jury just an hour to deliver the verdict: guilty of felony murder.

05/19/2009 By Bart Blasengame

Politics

Oregon’s Options

Tonya Harding's questionable legacy lives on

05/19/2009 By Kasey Cordell

Sports

Par None

Who knew you could score a college sports scholarship by watching someone else compete?

05/19/2009 By Stacey Wilson

Best of the City

Portland's Best Lawyers 2008

05/19/2009 By Martha Calhoon

Desirables

Hop to It!

Step aside, people. Three-year-old Claire knows exactly what she wants—a stuffed giraffe from Grasshopper.

05/19/2009 By Jill Spitznass

Trail of the Month

Tom McCall Preserve

Wildflower lovers take note: The three miles of trails winding through this 231-acre preserve seem to have been carved out with your point-and-click camera in mind.

08/14/2012 With Brian Barker

Treasure

Booty Call

Mount Hood’s disappearing snow reveals a trove of lost goodies. Cell phone, anyone?

05/19/2009 By Anna Hirsh

Beyond the Bridges

The Wild Side

Located on an isolated peninsula of Vancouver Island, the village of Tofino isn’t easy to get to—which is why it’s a great escape.

05/19/2009 By David Wolman