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September 2007 ArchivesPortland's close-up hits the big screens today. "Feast of Love," the Greg Kinnear-Morgan Freeman movie that took over parts of NoPo last summer opens nationwide today. The film gives the San Francisco Chronicle a new spin on the great migration north... It's no wonde... The New York Times' love affair with the Rose City continues with a glowing piece this morning on Portland's "golden age" of food and drink. At first it was a sort of underground stop for food and wine lovers who had heard word of small, fascinating restaurants run by young, talented chefs serving a bounty of local p... The AP/Oregonian story about lesson plans from Mexico finding a home in Oregon classrooms has bloggers on the right fired up! Update 5:45 pm: If you're just now tuning in to the Sam Adams/Bob Ball/teenage intern story that's been bouncing back and forth between the Willy Week and The Big O, Jack Bog has th... When we heard about the man who put a juvenile rattlesnake inside his mouth and nearly died, my first question was "how do we do this story without calling this guy a dumba**?" A suspected drunk driver was busted going the wrong way on I-5 near Grants Pass yesterday. I'll let the AP say the rest: State Police say 38-year-old Mandy Boozer, from Merlin, was arrested for DUII and other charges. (Link)Oh dear. She'll never live that one down.... Alan at Blue Hole rips Oregonian columnist S. Renee Mitchell a new one over Mitchell's August 17th column and subsequent follow-up on Hillary Barnes, a former Starbucks manager. 15-second recap:
VanPortlander Aaron Hockley got caught up in yesterday's gas leak downtown. He was trying to head east on the red line, but the leak shut down the MAX downtown, making huge problems during the rush hour commute. With fixed-rail transit such as light rail, you're screwed in situations such as these. Where buses can be easily diverted arou... Over at Brownie Points, there's a very cool mashup putting mini-reviews from the Oregonian's Mix magazine on a Google Map: |