Aug 15, 2017 | Business
Portlanders love their food. How could we not? Portland attracts some of the most talented and creative chefs in the entire country cooking up some of the tastiest and most gorgeous dishes in the world.
However, are you one of those Portlanders who goes to the animal shelter and coos over the goofy-looking dog? Did you like the Pontiac Aztek, one of the most hideous examples of committee-designed automobiles ever (best known from Breaking Bad)?
Maybe you don’t want that perfectly round tomato. Maybe you don’t want that apple genetically-designed to be redder than red could possibly be.
If so, we’ve got good news – Imperfect Produce is coming to Portland.
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Aug 14, 2017 | People
Portland is filled with people who love it. Like anyone who loves their town, they love it the way it is, and, in order to maintain that identity, Portlanders are dead-set against preventing anyone else from moving here.
So, what are the 25 counties in the United States most responsible for sending their residents to our fair city, ruining our entire experience, and creating even more people who hate people who move here?
Well, at least the top three and much of the rest of the list won’t surprise you (we’re looking at you, Arizona and California!), but some of the list might… (more…)
Aug 13, 2017 | Weather
Knowing that the Pacific Northwest is basically the birthplace of rain (we practically invented the stuff), you’d think it wouldn’t be a big deal to Portlanders when weather started falling from the sky.
The truth couldn’t be further from this idea as media outlets all over Stumptown blew up with BREAKING NEWS as a few drops of rain fell from the sky overnight.
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Aug 12, 2017 | City
Many Portlanders live in blissful ignorance of the many natural and man-made disasters threatening our very existence here in the Pacific Northwest – St. Helens, Crater Lake, and, heck, even Mt. Tabor, are all active volcano ranges intent on taking us out.
Our very location on the west coast makes us a target for a Kim Jong Un temper tantrum, and Portland’s rabid Tesla fan-base means we’ll see automated driving here well in advance of a lot of the country.
Volcanoes, nukes, and artificial intelligence? What’s next?!
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Aug 11, 2017 | Business
Those darn Californians. First, they move to Portland and annoy us all with their terrible driving habits and all their money raising our property values and improving our local economy, and, now, they’re stealing our Salt & Straw!
Seriously, though, Salt & Straw, the hugely successful ice cream company and incredibly-long-line creative factory, is expanding its reach, opening its first store in San Diego later this year after opening locations in San Francisco and Los Angeles.
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