Oregon, as great as it is, is a long ways from a lot of people we love. Which means we must travel to our people, and the special places where they reside. Of course, we were not able to go everywhere and see everyone during 2012, but we did spend time with family and...
Lilac Rain, Unbroken Chain
It took me eight years, but I finally did purchase and read every word of Phil Lesh's autobiography, Searching for the Sound. I am glad I did, as Phil offers us his humanity and his immense mind with this telling. It's also the only first person account of the...
Karl Talks, Megyn Walks
Politically speaking, last week was one for the history books. A black man with a funny name was voted to the highest office in the land for the second time, proving 2008 was no fluke. And the right wing's chief screw tightener lost his shit during a live "news"...
Comrade Romney For Supreme Ruler
Thomas Peterffy, 68, of Greenwhich, CT is the epitome of self-made man, a first generation American and one of the richest men in the world. He's also a political advertiser. According to Forbes, Peterffy was born in Budapest, Hungary in 1944 during a Russian bombing...
From The Very Beginning, Portland Has Been A City of Makers
Design is so much more than the look of things. Design is also the way things work, or conversely, don't work. Portland, Oregon prides itself on being a place that does work, and the city has design and designers of every sort, throughout its history, to thank for...