RIP CITY

Game On!

We look at five members of the reinvented and reimagined Portland Trail Blazers who are ready to answer the call of "Rip City" and lead the team to their ultimate mission: a world title.

10/09/2009 By Benjamin Golliver

BEST RESTAURANTS: AN APPENDIX

Snack Track

Stroll the city (or hop on the streetcar) to find these happy intersections of gastronomy and economy.

10/09/2009 By Thomas Cobb and Eva Hagberg

EXPLORE HIDDEN OREGON: AN APPENDIX

6 of Oregon's Most Curious Tourist Traps

A staple of any long car ride is the tourist trap. Here's our guide to some of Oregon's most curious ones.

09/18/2009

FICTION

The Grocery Store Cart

With her short story "The Grocery Store Cart," Marian Pierce won the 2009 short fiction competition of the Wordstock book and literary festival. Chosen by Oregon writer Barry Lopez, this story won her $1,000 and publication in Portland Monthly.

09/10/2009 By Marian Pierce

Finance

Venturing Forth

Swearing he’d never be a banker like his father (and grandfather and great-grandfather), John Haines fled his office in the Wells Fargo Tower to kayak the world’s wild rivers and pioneer new paths in finance.

09/10/2009 By Ted Katauskas

Pairings

Taster's Choice

Portland sommeliers offer menus and recipes for our top 50 wines

08/18/2009

Web Exclusive

Our Cup Runneth Over

More of the best Oregon wines

08/18/2009 By Condé Cox

Pinot Primer

Fevers and Chills

The summer of 2006 brought a heat wave that changed pinots, learn how vineyards coped with the challenge.

08/18/2009 By Condé Cox

Vino Vocab 101

Crush Course

Wines are like people, for good and ill. Think of tasting as discovering the richness (or the dullness) of a new acquaintance. Here are some wine terms to toss around at your next tasting.

08/18/2009

STAGE

The Shows to Know

27 reasons to stand and applaud the upcoming fall arts season

08/17/2009 With Addoley Dzegede, Kim Winternheimer, Victoria Nguyen, Laura Klairmont, and Keri Miller Edited by Bart Blasengame

Music

The Maestro

With waving arms and an iron grip, CARLOS KALMAR conducts the Oregon Symphony. But can he lead it into a new era?

08/17/2009 By Bill Donahue

Music

New Moons Rising

Five bands carrying on Fred and Toody Cole's legacy

07/27/2009 By Kim Winternheimer, Robert Runyon, Laura Klairmont, and Bart Blasengame

Music

The Ballad of Fred and Toody

Fred and Toody Cole, Portland's rock lifers, reflect on making music and staying in love after 40 years of marriage and life on the road.

07/21/2009 By Bart Blasengame

Best Burgers 2009

Create the Perfect Burger

Three Chefs. One Kitchen. One Mission.

07/20/2009 By Bart Blasengame

FEATURE

Party Power

Sellwood neighbors build a block party into a civic tradition.

06/22/2009 By Randy Gragg

Architecture

Building Blocks

A new generation of young architects is reaching beyond the expected to blend high density, sustainability, and thrift into a bolder breed of Portland building. At last.

06/22/2009 By Amara Holstein

Saving for the Future

Seed Saviors

When civilization coughs up its final death rattle, one of the last bastions of mankind’s survival will lie near Corvallis behind a modest sign touting a simple mantra: "Preserving plant genetic resources for all time."

05/26/2009 By Rebecca Clarren

(It's the place to be.)

Green Acres

Think communes went out with the 1960s? Welcome to Cedar Moon, where the quinoa grows tall, Nubian goats mow the lawn, and life (almost) off the grid is sweet.

05/19/2009 By Bart Blasengame

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

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