Widmer Brothers’ plans to use microbes to generate power from brewery wastewater should terrify the Saudis and Exxon alike.

Overheard at downtown’s Courier Coffee: “Frances McDormand and Joel Coen sniffed our cotton-candy-scented Katy Perry record!” (?)

Gilt Club offers ortolan, the notorious (now illegal) French dish that consists of whole tiny songbirds, recommends a $1,500 cognac pairing ... but sadly always seems to be out of stock.  

Reports of a cheap-beer price spike suggest that a six-pack of Pabst purchased today might outperform leading bond indices over the next year.

The recent headline “Possible Cougar Sightings in Lake Oswego” may not have surprised the ritzy suburb’s muscular, youthful male service-industry workers.