Portland Monthly Book Exerpt

Human/Nature

In a new autobiography, renowned Portland conservationist Spencer Beebe charts his 40 years of balancing civilization and the natural world.

11/18/2010 By Spencer Beebe

On the Town

Room With a View

A former Southeast Portland laundry building inspires a major new arts organization.

11/17/2010 By Randy Gragg

On the Town

Room With a View: Web Extras

11/17/2010

Mudroom

30 seconds with: Tex Clark

A federal public defense attorney whose 1995 feminist rockumentary, Radical Act, was just re-released.

11/16/2010 By Zach Dundas

Mudroom

The Perfect Party: December 2010

We raise a glass to 2010 with the year’s biggest ‘or-at least-most entertaining’ newsmakers

11/16/2010

BOTTOMS UP

Portland's Best Bars 2010

Sipping Spots for Every Occasion

12/01/2010

Wine

Cellar Notes: December 2010

Silcox Hut chef Jason Stoller Smith’s Winemaker’s Dinner Series pairs his sous vide-prepared black truffles, wild boar, short ribs, duck, and wagyu beef with Oregon’s best wines: Bergström, Chehalem, Cristom, Domaine Drouhin Oregon, Lange, Ponzi, and R. S

11/18/2010 By Condé Cox

Pour

Chai Life

Warm up your winter with India’s take on tea.

11/18/2010 By Deena Prichep

Savor

Raw Faith

A new approach to brussels sprouts amps up the flavor and eliminates the mush.

11/17/2010 By Deena Prichep

Introducing

Courier Coffee Roasters

11/17/2010 By Karen Brooks

2010 Best Bars

How to Drink Alone

Sipping solo can actually be a rewarding experience, a chance to sit back and quietly absorb the events of the day.

11/17/2010 By Kasey Cordell

2010 Best Bars

How to Buy a Lady (or Gent) a Drink

Want a phone number? Start with a drink.

11/17/2010 By Alexis Rehrmann

2010 Best Bars

Straight Up

Three of Portland’s bartending best serve up stories from behind the bar

11/17/2010 By Nicole Morales

2010 Best Bars

Classic Drinks to Try Before You Die

According to Portland Monthly’s 2008 Bartender of the Year, Daniel Shoemaker from Teardrop Lounge

11/17/2010

2010 Best Bars

Rules of the Juke

Guidelines for putting together your playlist, from a jukebox junkie

11/17/2010 By Zach Dundas

2010 Best Bars

Bar Basics

Rules of engagement for pubs, clubs and lounges

11/17/2010 By Ali Moran

2010 Best Bars

Best Bars to Eat Well

Cocktail Recipes

11/17/2010 By Rachel Ritchie

2010 Best Bars

Best Bars to Take a Date

Cocktail Recipes

11/17/2010 By Kasey Cordell

2010 Best Bars

Best Bars to Score a Deal

Cocktail Recipes

11/17/2010 By Zach Dundas

MIX IT

Cocktail Recipes from the Best Bars of 2010

Whether you want to play mixologist at home, or just want to be enticed, these recipes let you in on some of the secrets of signature cocktails from some of Portland's best bars.

11/17/2010

2010 Best Bars

Best Bars to Play

Cocktail Recipes

11/17/2010 By John Chandler, Gretchen Holzgang, Ali Moran, and Georgia Perry

2010 Best Bars

Best Bars to Become an Expert

Cocktail Recipes

11/17/2010 By Martin Patail

2010 Best Bars

Best Bars to Hide Out

Whether off the beaten path, underground or out-of-state, these regional haunts are great for ladies' nights, discreet encounters or silently lurking in the shadows.

11/17/2010 By Kasey Cordell and Rachel Ritchie With Brian Barker

Cover Story

Best Bars

Sipping Spots for Every Occasion

11/17/2010 Edited by Kasey Cordell

Review

Little Big Buzz

Restaurant entrepreneur Micah Camden flips the fast-food model.

11/17/2010 By Karen Brooks

COMPARE

Survey of Portland Drinking

Results from our online survey

11/16/2010

Editor's Note

December Muses

11/17/2010 By Randy Gragg

Mudroom

Scene & Herd

A sign on the fence declared “Banquet in progress,” and outside, goat-fanciers gathered as dozens of the beasts ruminated over a smorgasbord of weeds and garbage on a vacant lot at SE 10th Avenue and Belmont Street.

11/16/2010 By Zach Dundas

Dig

Fall & Winter Cleanup

Your monthly gardening tip

11/16/2010 By Kate Bryant

Article

NSFW

A dentist's online porn cruising shatters a practice and exposes the blurry legal lines over what's not safe for work

11/17/2010 By Lee Van Der Voo

Mudroom

The Kulongalaxy

Our outgoing guv’s long career puts him in the middle of…everything.

11/16/2010 By Zach Dundas

Prêt-à-Portland

Present Perfect

Holiday Gift Guide 2010

11/16/2010

Rainmaker

Gold School

High-tech fledglings learn hard-cash lessons.

11/16/2010 By Eric Blokland

Mudroom

World Gone Plaid

Vintage Portland brands like Pendleton are hot- Why?

11/16/2010 By Zach Dundas and Ali Moran

Beyond the Bridges

Sunshine & Wine

Santa Barbara promises a two pronged cure for your winter blues: beaches and vino.

11/16/2010 By Kasey Cordell

Trail of the Month

Klickitat Trail

Tucked in the rain shadow of the Cascades, the Klickitat Trail once rumbled with Burlington Northern railcars. Today, the 31-mile path links the towns of Lyle and Warwick, and is a haven for sun-starved hikers and bikers.

11/16/2010 With Brian Barker