Travel & Outdoors

Design

Paul Bunyan vs. Polka Dots: The 15 Biketown Design Finalists Are Here

You have until May 3 to vote on your favorite for each Portland quadrant.

04/27/2018 By Marty Patail

Coastal Road Trip

The Oregon Coast's Next Trail Is All about Public Art

A tourism agency hatches a plan to lure off-season visitors. It hinges on a rather existential question. (So, like, what is art?)

04/26/2018 By Sarah Hutchins

Outdoors

Meet Oregon's Newest State Park

Sitka Sedge Natural Area is a magical mix of sand, marsh, and coastal forest.

04/26/2018 By Christine Menges

Music

18 Female Musicians to Watch at Sasquatch Music Festival 2018

The three-day fest, which also features headliners like Bon Iver and Modest Mouse, takes place in Washington May 25–27.

04/26/2018 By Tuck Woodstock

Travel

The Insider's Weekend Guide to Bend

Here's where to eat, shop, hike, float, and golf in the happiest city in the Oregon high desert.

04/24/2018 By Ramona DeNies and Portland Monthly Staff

The Oregon Woman: No Shelter

In Rural Oregon, Victims of Domestic Violence Face Huge Barriers

A dispatch from Cave Junction.

04/24/2018 By Gosia Wozniacka

Direct Flights

A Perfect Weekend Getaway in Santa Rosa

The sunny California town—nestled in wine country and lined with breweries—is a quick direct flight from PDX.

04/24/2018 By Ramona DeNies

Field Notes

At Willamette Mission State Park, History Meets Family-Friendly Hiking

Ferries and filberts, cottonwoods and catastrophes.

04/24/2018 By Ramona DeNies

Style

Hair and Makeup Maven, Renegade Artist … and Sea Captain?

Get to know Portlander Randi Whipple.

04/24/2018 By Eden Dawn

School Crush

A Pinot Power Couple Donates $6 Million to Linfield College

The gift creates the world’s first interdisciplinary wine studies major.

04/24/2018 By Ramona DeNies

Sports

The Lefty Punks of German Soccer Come to Portland

On May 22, FC St. Pauli squares off against the Timbers' reserve squad.

04/24/2018 By Marty Patail

Oregon Wine Month

Take Your Wine Outside with These 6 Easy-Sipping Events

From an all-gamay partay to the venerated IPNC, here's your ticket to patios, party tents, and pinot.

04/20/2018 By Christine Menges

New Hotels

McMenamins' Kalama Harbor Lodge Finally Opens

It's surely the most thrilling thing to happen on this sleepy industrial stretch of the Columbia since last summer's methanol protests.

04/17/2018 By Ramona DeNies

Smart Travel

ODOT Relaunches Crowd-Pleasing, Crowd-Easing Shuttle to Multnomah Falls

The idea was to reduce traffic on I-84. It's working so well the bus will now run year-round, with extended service to Hood River.

04/17/2018 By Catherine Johnson

Agritourism

The Oregon Coast Gets Its First Food Trail

Tillamook County's new North Coast Food Trail is all about DIY agritourism. If successful, it could be the first of several tasty treks.

04/13/2018 By Ramona DeNies

Flower Power

Bloom Watch: 10 Portland-Area Flowers to Know

Across town, urban gardens are blooming. Here's what to look for—and when—as shoulder season heats up.

04/06/2018 By Sarah Hutchins

New Trails

At Last, the Portland-to-Coast Salmonberry Trail Gets the Green Light

For a decade, we've dreamed of this 86-mile route through the Coast Range. The Port of Tillamook just said yes. Now, the hard part: finding the money.

03/30/2018 By Ramona DeNies

Hotel News

McMinnville Gets a Posh, Art-Filled Inn

With a drawing room, plush details, and a swanky-but-simple Bless Your Heart Burgers outpost, the new Atticus Hotel looks classy as hell.

03/28/2018 By Ramona DeNies

Pour

Jesus Guillén Once Salvaged Cast-Off Grapes. Now He's Got His Own Winery.

And he's one of the few Mexican Americans to serve as head winemaker at a major label.

03/27/2018 By Emily Gillespie

Design Week 2018: PDX Revamp

How One Portland Company Is Reviving the Airport’s Discarded Benches

Behold these beautifully revamped seats at Design Week.

03/27/2018 By Marty Patail

Portland Monthly

Travel & Outdoors

Paul Bunyan vs. Polka Dots: The 15 Biketown Design Finalists Are Here

The Oregon Coast's Next Trail Is All about Public Art

Meet Oregon's Newest State Park

18 Female Musicians to Watch at Sasquatch Music Festival 2018

The Insider's Weekend Guide to Bend

In Rural Oregon, Victims of Domestic Violence Face Huge Barriers

A Perfect Weekend Getaway in Santa Rosa

At Willamette Mission State Park, History Meets Family-Friendly Hiking

Hair and Makeup Maven, Renegade Artist … and Sea Captain?

A Pinot Power Couple Donates $6 Million to Linfield College

The Lefty Punks of German Soccer Come to Portland

Take Your Wine Outside with These 6 Easy-Sipping Events

McMenamins' Kalama Harbor Lodge Finally Opens

ODOT Relaunches Crowd-Pleasing, Crowd-Easing Shuttle to Multnomah Falls

The Oregon Coast Gets Its First Food Trail

Bloom Watch: 10 Portland-Area Flowers to Know

At Last, the Portland-to-Coast Salmonberry Trail Gets the Green Light

McMinnville Gets a Posh, Art-Filled Inn

Jesus Guillén Once Salvaged Cast-Off Grapes. Now He's Got His Own Winery.

How One Portland Company Is Reviving the Airport’s Discarded Benches

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