what can you do in portland on a sunday night?
― jabba hands, Sunday, 8 August 2010 10:00 (fourteen years ago) link
go to karaoke at joe's tavern in nw? you might even run across myself there.
― "mc hammer" (f/ mc hammer) (The Reverend), Sunday, 8 August 2010 18:14 (fourteen years ago) link
you doin karaoke tonight rev? i'm gonna be in the nw earlier in the eve, might stop by for a beer
― underwater, please (bear, bear, bear), Sunday, 8 August 2010 19:42 (fourteen years ago) link
yeah, not sure if you'll see this or if you were already there or what, but i'm bout to leave right now
― "mc hammer" (f/ mc hammer) (The Reverend), Monday, 9 August 2010 05:22 (fourteen years ago) link
Eye Candy Video Night at Beulahland. Great Stuff.
― Jaw dropping, thong dropping monster (kingfish), Monday, 9 August 2010 06:46 (fourteen years ago) link
um, is there any portlander that wants to put an ilxor up on sat. night, coming into town on sat for a couple days and just realised that all the hostels are booked out that night. here is a rec. from the last guy i stayed w/ just fyi:
"Ti4rnĂ¡n was a pleasure to host. He's friendly, thoughtful, and easy-going. Very unobtrusive. I enjoyed chatting with him about art, history, social theory, and everything inbetween. (He also introduced me to Autotune the News - it's a whole new world!) I heartily recommend hosting this guy."
further references available on request.
― plax (ico), Friday, 8 October 2010 01:16 (thirteen years ago) link
not sure how open it is right now but when I was up in portland w/ no place to stay I found that good samaritan hospital's nursing school (it's operated by linfield college) has these huge rooms (that you can prob. get to yourself) they rent out when they're unfilled for about ten to twenty bucks a night
― puff puff post (uh oh I'm having a fantasy), Friday, 8 October 2010 02:57 (thirteen years ago) link
I just walked in and these old ladies gave me a key
― puff puff post (uh oh I'm having a fantasy), Friday, 8 October 2010 02:58 (thirteen years ago) link
I would but fuuuuuuck afaict I'm going to be homeless by then.
― The Reverend, Friday, 8 October 2010 05:30 (thirteen years ago) link
If I was living in my old place, sure, but I have no crashspace in the newer joint. There are multiple hostels here, tho.
― Jaw dropping, thong dropping monster (kingfish), Friday, 8 October 2010 05:42 (thirteen years ago) link
ciao
― markers' make (The Reverend), Monday, 11 October 2010 10:58 (thirteen years ago) link
so wtf do we have a basketball player running this bitch now or what?
― Darin, Wednesday, 3 November 2010 16:16 (thirteen years ago) link
does having to ride by oden's pic on the max have a sting to it
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4151/5076729191_bccd5ca77b_z.jpg
― am0n, Wednesday, 3 November 2010 16:20 (thirteen years ago) link
no you're right being a former trailblazer is a sufficient resume to running a state
― Darin, Wednesday, 3 November 2010 16:30 (thirteen years ago) link
anyway I think there's still something like 75% of pdx's vote to be counted so that ought to put him out of his misery
― Darin, Wednesday, 3 November 2010 16:31 (thirteen years ago) link
i wasn't referring to the governor thing. i just wondered if locals get sick of seeing a lolhueg billboard of their perpetually injured star rookie pick
― am0n, Wednesday, 3 November 2010 16:33 (thirteen years ago) link
oh yeah, sorry - that dude's been benched for what 4 years now?
― Darin, Wednesday, 3 November 2010 16:37 (thirteen years ago) link
3. he should've done a write-in campaign!
― am0n, Wednesday, 3 November 2010 16:44 (thirteen years ago) link
Shades of Sam Bowie. Is Oden a restricted free agent yet or does he have to wait until the end of the season?
― righteousmaelstrom, Wednesday, 3 November 2010 17:37 (thirteen years ago) link
there's still something like 75% of pdx's vote to be counted
THANK FUCKING GOD
(I did not know this).
Defazio beat off an insane Tea Party challenger in the 4th House district. Art Robinson, the GOP guy, had millions of out of state money. It was closer than I would have liked, but looks solid now.
Bummer about Measure 73 passing. Prisons not schools, yeah, sounds great.
― sleeve, Wednesday, 3 November 2010 18:51 (thirteen years ago) link
Oh shit, Art Robinson.
http://i51.tinypic.com/vrzcd2.jpg
Thank God I won't have this distressing visage staring down at me from a billboard anymore.
― christ a Journey medley (reddening), Wednesday, 3 November 2010 19:31 (thirteen years ago) link
Some master Photoshopper put that image on a blue billboard near my house, so he looms down like a sort of enormous grim hunchback.
― christ a Journey medley (reddening), Wednesday, 3 November 2010 19:33 (thirteen years ago) link
I went to Tim & Eric at the Roseland last night. Seeing Dr Steve Brule in person made it all worthwhile. Kept checking the election results on my phone, tho.
― Jaw dropping, thong dropping monster (kingfish), Wednesday, 3 November 2010 19:53 (thirteen years ago) link
come on, Kitzhaber!
― sleeve, Thursday, 4 November 2010 00:15 (thirteen years ago) link
oregonian has called it for kitz, btw.
― Clay, Thursday, 4 November 2010 00:57 (thirteen years ago) link
yeah looks like he'll squeak in
― sleeve, Thursday, 4 November 2010 01:39 (thirteen years ago) link
Jesus Christ, I didn't need that.
― Jaw dropping, thong dropping monster (kingfish), Thursday, 4 November 2010 02:03 (thirteen years ago) link
lol:
http://www.theonion.com/articles/careless-blazers-goofing-around-with-basketball-sh,18448/
― Darin, Friday, 12 November 2010 15:35 (thirteen years ago) link
ha
― bear, bear, bear, Friday, 12 November 2010 16:49 (thirteen years ago) link
I go to portland for the STUMPTOWN COMICS FEST this wkend. It'll be me and Jeffrey Lewis and Joan Reilly and Tom Kaczynski tabling together.
Where do I get Pho?
― last name ever, first name gjetost (Jon Lewis), Thursday, 14 April 2011 02:13 (thirteen years ago) link
pho van is pretty good and pretty cheap. won't change your life or anything, but it's usually where i go for pho: http://www.phovanrestaurant.com/menus.html
― we the_best (Clay), Thursday, 14 April 2011 02:19 (thirteen years ago) link
Much love for Jeffrey Lewis
― calstars, Thursday, 14 April 2011 03:02 (thirteen years ago) link
I might be around the weekend of May 14, if things go accordingly.
― banjee trillness (The Reverend), Thursday, 14 April 2011 06:26 (thirteen years ago) link
I'll be volunteering at the door of Stumptown this weekend during the mornIng. Find the big bespectacled guy with a buzzed haircut and come say hi.
― Crazed Mister Handy (kingfish), Thursday, 14 April 2011 06:54 (thirteen years ago) link
xpost
Great weather for pho, but not much else, except maybe ducks. My favorite is Pho Hung. Go to the location on Powell. It's suitably divey and the pho is better there than the other location on 82nd.
― righteousmaelstrom, Thursday, 14 April 2011 14:46 (thirteen years ago) link
Made it! Unfortunately my publisher got hit yesterday with a nasty case of strep and as a result I will have a glorious zero copies of my newest comic at this show. But fuck it it's a trip to portland to hang with comics pals.
Thanks for the pho tips and whoa is this some dismal weather. On the upside, it's kind of cute how Frontier Airlines has a different animal on the tailfin of each aircraft.
― last name ever, first name gjetost (Jon Lewis), Friday, 15 April 2011 02:54 (thirteen years ago) link
biked from woodstock to sauvie island and back today in just dumb gorgeous weather. sunburn season
― bear, bear, bear, Friday, 20 May 2011 08:41 (thirteen years ago) link
Are there any good hotels in the downtown area that are less upscale than places like the Ace? Looking at taking five days and going to a Timbers game in late August, but Ace/Mark Spencer/Deluxe/etc. are out of my budget.
― bill magill (milo z), Tuesday, 19 July 2011 20:43 (thirteen years ago) link
milo you could try the Jupiter which is just across the burnside bridge from downtown (20-25 minute walk to Timbers) and attached to the Doug Fir which may have a show you'd want to see or the Travelodge across the street from it (both on Burnside) if you're looking to go even cheaper. Interstate (along the Max Line which wld take you straight to the stadium) has dozens of v cheap no-name motels with varying degrees of seediness but there's not much to see up there even if is convenient for getting into the city
― bear, bear, bear, Tuesday, 19 July 2011 20:53 (thirteen years ago) link
there's a best western at 23rd and vaughn, I believe. That's walking distance from jeld-win field. and a travelodge (I think) up by PSU which would give you plenty of options for getting around.
All that said, I'd suggest the Jupiter.
― Clay, Tuesday, 19 July 2011 21:22 (thirteen years ago) link
love the jupiter so much.
― lxy, Wednesday, 20 July 2011 01:16 (thirteen years ago) link
jupiterhotel.com btw if you haven't found it yet
― Clay, Wednesday, 20 July 2011 01:32 (thirteen years ago) link
The Jupiter looks great (the light bondage package you can order with a room is pretty 0_0), may postpone til October to save more cash.
― bill magill (milo z), Wednesday, 20 July 2011 19:01 (thirteen years ago) link
Hit the places on the eastside of the river. Bus and train access to everywhere else is easy, and you'll save yourself the headache of having to be downtown
― Crazed Mister Handy (kingfish), Wednesday, 20 July 2011 20:53 (thirteen years ago) link
I've stayed in cheap-ish hotels in the Lloyd Center / convention center area east of the river. Not the most exciting place but easy train access to downtown.
― joygoat, Wednesday, 20 July 2011 21:14 (thirteen years ago) link
https://www.google.com/offers/home?x=MQAAAFmiP_wHoG-jgfJ9ixAZcffD8p8TMHCZoWlmhivrFYmCz4nJwDuc2FMIcPzZRRMTO1m-Bj25TQtQNVUC30d-7F4#!details/dcdb08976299ecb0/XBUS0MARORCE2LY3
50% off at the hotel deluxe in today's google offer, fyi.
― Clay, Saturday, 23 July 2011 23:13 (thirteen years ago) link
i want to live here one day
― jumpskins, Sunday, 24 July 2011 12:43 (thirteen years ago) link
This week I'm hosting my thing at the Alberta St Pub on Tuesday, and there's a Puppy Prom downtown on Wednesday!
http://blogtown.portlandmercury.com/BlogtownPDX/archives/2011/08/29/puppy-prom
― Blind Diode Jefferson (kingfish), Monday, 29 August 2011 22:31 (thirteen years ago) link
ayo ilxor dlh i see u
― bear, bear, bear, Sunday, 11 September 2011 11:29 (thirteen years ago) link
^^^ this was rad, and well-spotted
― the-dream in the witch house (difficult listening hour), Sunday, 11 September 2011 17:11 (thirteen years ago) link