Let’s get our city ranking even lower! “We Hate Portland!”

Let’s get our city ranking even lower! “We Hate Portland!”

When a city drops ranks on a national list – Best Beer Cities in the U.S., Best Food Cities in America – it’s usually a sign for the city’s citizens and leadership to band together and make a plan for improvement. When we saw Portland drop to third most popular city to move to in the results of the Summer Movers Study, we threw a freakin’ party!

Only Portlanders would be this happy to drop in popularity…

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Got Milk? Famous baker, Christina Tosi, brings her sweet treats to Portland!

Got Milk? Famous baker, Christina Tosi, brings her sweet treats to Portland!

Portland loves its sweets. From decadent cupcakes from Cupcake Jones in the Pearl District to the infamous (and vegan) Cock-n-Balls doughnut from Voodoo Doughnuts. Pastries not your thing? Pick up some Bone Marrow and Smoke Cherries ice cream from Salt and Straw. Portland will candy-coat your sweet tooth.

So, imagine our excitement when Eater, Portland’s food blog, broke the news that the famous baker Christina Tosi will be bringing her mouth-watering Milk Bar treats to Portland!

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Is Portland sexy enough to seduce Amazon into building their second headquarters here?

Is Portland sexy enough to seduce Amazon into building their second headquarters here?

Amazon announced Thursday, September 7, 2017 that they intend to build a second headquarters outside of Seattle to the tune of $5 billion and adding up to 50,000 new jobs.

Like a hot new debutante on ABC’s The Bachelorette, Amazon laid out some ground rules and told all prospective cities to duke it out for her honor.

And, yes, Portland is a suitor trying to steal Amazon’s heart.

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