Let's Go For Cocktails!

Let's Go For Cocktails! <p>Oregon distillers are turning out quality spirits, and Portland&rsquo;s top bartenders are transforming these delicious elixirs into cocktails worthy of a great night out. And check out our guide to local distilleries of distinction, and your very own personal drink-of-the-month keepsake. Plus, hit the high seas with Columbia River bar pilots, and find out what&rsquo;s on the mind of police chief Rosie Sizer.</p>

In this issue:

Arts & Culture

Now Read This

Tall Tales

05/19/2009 By Isaac Darnall

Observed

Terry's Gift

One man. Thousands of photographs. The late Terry Toedtemeier helped shape the city’s art scene like no other.

05/19/2009 By Tim Appelo

Mudroom

Can a Lab Save Some of the Northwest's Precious Art?

Portland State University scientist Tammi Lasseter Clare believes it can.

05/19/2009 By Lynette Sanchez

30 Seconds With…

Blind Pilot

Israel Nebeker and Ryan Dobrowski

05/19/2009

Eat & Drink

Recipe

Clear Creek Distillery’s Egg Nog

Nuttin' but nog.

05/19/2009

Review

Fair Catch

Bamboo Sushi offers diners a taste of sustainability.

05/19/2009 By Martha Calhoon

Cool Cocktails

Time in a Bottle

At the Northwest’s oldest and largest liquor company, business is almost good enough to return to distilling.

05/19/2009 By Tom Colligan

Cool Cocktails

Stumble Zone

Upper Hawthorne

05/19/2009 By John Chandler

Mudroom

How To... Make Your Own Beef Jerky

Our own Oregon cowboy gives us the recipe for successful beef jerky.

05/19/2009 By Kasey Cordell

INTRODUCING

Indish

05/19/2009 By Isaac Darnall

Cool Cocktails

And Now, Meet Your Makers

Anyone who ever doubted the viability of the Oregon distillery industry must feel pretty silly about now.

05/19/2009 By Kasey Cordell, Paige Williams, Kaitlin Johnson, and Bart Blasengame With Brian Barker

Cool Cocktails

Happy Hours

Some of the best cocktails in town are made with local spirits. Here’s a guide to 24 of the most delicious—and more. Hope you’re thirsty.

05/19/2009 By Kasey Cordell and Bart Blasengame With Brian Barker and Kaitlin Johnson

Editor's Note

Editor’s Note

Here’s To Us

05/19/2009 By Paige Williams

Home & Real Estate

Habitat

Life as Story

A careful eye and meaningful keepsakes make a masterpiece of a Dolphin Park bungalow.

05/19/2009 By Anna Sachse

News & City Life

Q & A

Rosie Sizer

The city’s top cop on gang violence, a diminished budget, and the status of her ego.

05/19/2009 By Ted Katauskas

Ahoy!

Hell & High Water

Waves can stand nearly four stories high and the weather can change in mere minutes where the Columbia River meets the Pacific. You wanna steer a ship through that? No, but the legendary Columbia River Bar Pilots do.

05/19/2009 By Bart Blasengame

Style & Shopping

Cornershop

Parallel

Parallel aligns itself with Portland's shopping hot spots.

05/19/2009 By Jill Spitznass

Style Essential

Brighten Up!

Spring fashion blooms bold.

05/19/2009 By Melissa Tessitor

Currency

Earth and Money

Ecobanker Dan Weldon can help you save the earth and your money.

05/19/2009

Economy

The Bounceback

What will save Portland's economy? Two lauded economists hash it out in the media.

05/19/2009 By Camela Raymond

Travel & Outdoors

Beyond The Bridges

H20000000h!

Families howl over epic waterslides and magic quests at Washington’s Great Wolf Lodge.

05/19/2009 By Kathryn Robinson

History

Period Piece

The Governor Hotel turns one hundred this year—and we unlock its secrets.

05/19/2009 By Isaac Darnall

Mudroom

Five Reasons: Why Portland Kicks Seattle’s Ass

After _Seattle_ magazine printed the reasons not to move to Portland, we couldn't help but fight back. Here's why Portland--not Seattle--is the Northwest's best city.

05/19/2009 By Bart Blasengame