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Saturday, June 23, 2007

They love us

Tourists from Atlanta, that is.

Posted at 9:23 AM | Permalink

Comments (22)

A little over the top --I mean, a lane for skateboards?-- and overly focused on the fareless square core...but one still can't feel a touch of pride.

Last Saturday morning we were at an oyster festival for Dan & Louie's 100th anniversary...less than an hour later we were sipping wine at Domaine Drouhin overlooking an impossibly beautiful view. I know that drives those folks crazy who'd rather see the Dundee Hills loaded with houses rather than vines, but part of what the author missed is how close we Portlanders are to such treasures outside the City. I think it helps make Portland great.

Posted by Frank Dufay | June 23, 2007 10:10 AM

The sewer bills certainly don't. We just got our quarterly shocker.

Posted by Jack Bog | June 23, 2007 10:18 AM

At least you can now pay by credit card on-line and get frequent flyer miles. Lots of frequent flyer miles.

(And don't forget to apply for your stormwater discount by June 30 if you're entitled to one!)

Posted by Frank Dufay | June 23, 2007 10:54 AM

I'm penciling it out -- I think pay toilets are cheaper by the flush than our house now!

Posted by Jack Bog | June 23, 2007 11:03 AM

You're not at the point yet where you have a house full of teenagers...I would love pay toilets throughout. And pay showers. A fee to open the refrigerator door wouldn't be bad.

I know, the kids are gone soon enough. I've cycled through a few, and you start to miss 'em.

That's the great thing about government. It never goes away. And we write you every couple of months to remind you that we're there and we care. And we provide a return envelope for your convenience.

Posted by Frank Dufay | June 23, 2007 11:33 AM

OFP ... 38 mile from PDX to downtown.?

Posted by Bark Munster | June 23, 2007 11:56 AM

I wondered about that 38-mile run myself, but figured the author simply rode the choo-choo out to Hillsboro and back.

Posted by Max | June 23, 2007 12:18 PM

38 mile from PDX to downtown

Maybe it was a creative cabbie?

Posted by Frank Dufay | June 23, 2007 12:31 PM

All I have to do is visit my hometown in Wisconsin during August or January to make me love PDX--the weather alone here closes the deal.

Posted by jimbo | June 23, 2007 1:51 PM

Sounds like a great place (except for the remote airport). Where is it?

Posted by Allan L. | June 23, 2007 2:36 PM

Born in Pdx in 1964, I miss the smell of
Henry Weinhard

Posted by todd | June 23, 2007 4:08 PM

Sheesh. Was that an article about Valhalla? The only things the author left out are the city drinking fountains that are filled with Pinot and the free magic unicorns that everyone gets when they move here.

Posted by jason | June 23, 2007 9:39 PM

What a stomach-turning read!

Posted by LC | June 23, 2007 10:08 PM

Dear Hotlanta,

It's a trick. The travel agent was bribed to write that fawning story.

Portland is rubes. They think the onions of Walla Walla (wherever that is) are better than Vidalia's, and they grow their own fuzzless peaches. Portlanders like sawdust, it's everywhere -- it's not called the Beaver State for nuthin'.

They can't even spell NASCAR.

Save your money. Go to Austin, Texas, where they speak your own down home language and at least the locals know why your laughing at them.

Stay home. Don't visit.

Posted by Tenskwatawa | June 23, 2007 11:43 PM

As the former great Governor McCall said- "Come visit us again and again. This is a state of excitement. But for heaven's sake, don't move here to live."

So come, spend your money, than go back home!

Posted by expdx | June 24, 2007 12:11 AM

What Portland group hustles these stories?

Thanks
JK

Posted by jim karlock | June 24, 2007 3:13 AM

Where's the love? Not a single mention of the tram.

Posted by got logic? | June 24, 2007 9:08 AM

From the article:

"And don't miss the new aerial tram for a great view of the Willamette and the burgeoning South Waterfront District."

Posted by Sue Hagmeier | June 24, 2007 1:20 PM

gag.....now we'll get carloads of Hotlanta folksies coming to live here....stop it!

Posted by kathe w. | June 24, 2007 2:49 PM

Wow, Portland must be fantasy land. What tripe, the problem is that this IS the way the city looks to visitors. A fun place to visit but living ANYWHERE is typically a different kettle of fish. All that 'free' stuff has a price tag attached and all the folks who actually LIVE there pay the tab. Yeah, let's bring on more foolish articles like this one. You go Portland.

Posted by Native Portlander | June 24, 2007 7:39 PM

too late...this ATL family is moving to Portland in the fall.

I'm sure we will get a warm welcome.

Posted by scott | June 25, 2007 7:13 AM

too late...this ATL family is moving to Portland in the fall.

I'm sure we will get a warm welcome.

You will.

Don't listen to the nattering nabobs of negativism. They live in Beaverton, whose traffic would make anybody cranky.

But seriously...Portland has its pluses and minuses like anyplace. But it's a nice place to be. Welcome.

Posted by Frank Dufay | June 26, 2007 4:42 AM

In Vino Veritas

Quinta das Amoras, Vinho Tinto 2009
Mauro Molino, Barbera d'Alba 2009
Garda Chiaretto Rose
Columbia Crest, Two Vines Vineyard 10 White
Chateau Ste. Michelle, Pinot Gris, Columbia Valley 2009
L'Hortus, Rose de Saignee 2010
Maculan, Pino & Toi 2008
McKinley Springs, Bombing Range Red 2008
Trader Joe's Pinot Gris 2009
Montes Alpha, Cabernet 2007
Gran Sasso, Sangiovese, Terre di Chieti 2009
Garda, Classico Chiaretto Rose
Beaulieu, Cabernet, Rutherford 1999
Picos del Montgo, Tempranillo 2008
Chateau de Montmirail, Vacqueyras 2008
La Granja 360, Syrah 2009
Montgras, Carmenere Reserva 2009
Lange, Pinot Gris 2009
Columbia Crest, Horse Heaven Hills Cabernet 2008
Kirkland, Pinot Grigio 2010
Trader Joe's Coastal Syrah 2009
Columbia Crest, Horse Heaven Hills Merlot 2008
Trader Joe's Coastal Chardonnay 2009
Vieux Papes Red
Domaine de l'Aujardiere, Chardonnay 2009
Santa Rita, Cabernet, Medalla Real 2007
Penfold's, Koonunga Hill Shiraz Cabernet 2008
Guild, Red, Lot #02 2008
Dievole, Dievolino Sangiovese 2008
Laforet, Burgogne Chardonnay 2009
Columbia Winery, Merlot 2007
Bonterra, Cabernet 2008
Elk Cove, Pinot Gris 2009
Maquis Lien 2006
Scott Paul, Pinot Noir, Le Paulee 2007
Cameron, Chardonnay
B.R. Cohn, Cabernet, Silver Label 2006
Graffigna, Cabernet 2005
Palo Alto, Reserve Red 2008
Menguante, Garnacha 2008
Lange, Pinot Gris 2009
Felsina Berardenga, Vin Santo 1997
Anne Amie, Pinot Gris 2009
McKinley Springs, Bombing Ramge Red 2007
Vieux Papes Red
Dionysius Chardonnay 2009
Haden Fig, Pinot Noir 2009
Vega Montan, Mencia 2008
Chateau la Vernede, Coteaux du Languedoc 2007
Mount Defiance, Hellfire (White) 2008
Root: 1, Cabernet 2008
Columbia Crest, Two Vines Pinot Grigio 2009
Columbia Crest, Two Vines, Vineyard 10 White, 2008
Columbia Crest, Two Vines, Vineyard 10 Rose, 2007
Abacela, Grenache Rose 2009
Avia Cabernet 2004
Lemelson Pinot Noir, Thea's Selection 2007
Chateau de la Roulerie, Rose d'Anjou 2009
Casal Garcia, Vinho Verde Rose
La Ferme Julien, Rose 2008
Cana's Feast, Bricco Red, 2006
Hogue, Genesis Merlot, 2008
Owen Roe, Sharecropper's Cabernet, 2008
Kim Crawford, Unoaked Chardonnay 2008
J. Scott, Pinot Noir 2008
Edmunds St. John, White, Heart of Gold 2008
Columbia Crest, Walter Clore Private Reserve 2006
Stevenot, Cabernet, Sierra Foothills, "Stanford" 2000
Portuga, Vinho Rose 2009
Taylor Fladgate, First Estate Reserve Porto
Franciscan, Cabernet, Napa 2006
Chaparral de Vega Sindoa, Garnacha 2008
Quinta da Aveleda, Vinho Verde 2008
St. Francis, Chardonnay Sonoma 2008
E. Guigal, Cotes du Rhone Blanc, 2007
Edmunds St. John, Bone-Jolly, Gamay Noir 2008
St. Innocent, Pinot Noir 2006
Jigsaw, Pinot Noir 2007
Chateau Ste. Michelle, Merlot, Indian Wells 2007
Charles Shaw, Chardonnay 2008
Edmunds St. John, Bone-Jolly, Gamay Rosé 2009
Cameron, Willamette Valley Chardonnay
Il Valore, Sangiovese, Giovane, Puglia 2008
Duck Pond, Chardonnay, Wahluke Slope 2007
Kim Crawford, Marlborough Pinot Noir 2008
Domaine du Pesquier, Cotes du Rhone 2005
Cantina Zaccagnini, Montepulciano d'Abruzzo 2006
Domaine Matrot, Chardonnay, Bourgogne 2007
David Hill, Oregon Sparkling Wine, Brut
Chandler Reach, Monte Regalo 2006
Elk Cove, Pinot Gris 2008
Kirkland, Columbia Valley Merlot 2008
D'Aragon, Old Vine Garnacha 2008
Columbia Crest, Walter Clore Private Reserve 2005
Pavin & Riley, Merlot 2006
David Hill, Estate Pinot Noir, Barrel Select 2006
Castle Rock, Paso Robles Cabernet 2006
Magnificent, Cabernet, Steak House 2008
Conundrum 2008
Beaulieu, Cabernet, Rutherford 1998
Saint Cosme, Cotes-du-Rhone 2007
La Granja, Tempranillo 360, 2008
Santa Rita, Mendalla Real Cabernet 2006
Columbia Crest, Grand Estates Merlot 2006
Andezon, Cotes-du-Rhone 2007
Collegiata, Montepulciano d'Abruzzo
Troon, Druid's Fluid 2008
La Granja, Tempranillo 2008
Monte Antico, Toscana 2006
Vieux Papes, Blanc de Blancs

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Jack London - The House of Pride, and Other Tales of Hawaii
Jack Walker - The Extraordinary Rendition of Vincent Dellamaria
Colum McCann - Let the Great World Spin
Niccolò Machiavelli - The Prince
Harper Lee - To Kill a Mockingbird
Emma McLaughlin & Nicola Kraus - The Nanny Diaries
Brian Selznick - The Invention of Hugo Cabret
Sharon Creech - Walk Two Moons
Keith Richards - Life
F. Sionil Jose - Dusk
Natalie Babbitt - Tuck Everlasting
Justin Halpern - S#*t My Dad Says
Mark Herrmann - The Curmudgeon's Guide to Practicing Law
Barry Glassner - The Gospel of Food
Phil Stanford - The Peyton-Allan Files
Jesse Katz - The Opposite Field
Evelyn Waugh - Brideshead Revisited
J.K. Rowling - Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
David Sedaris - Holidays on Ice
Donald Miller - A Million Miles in a Thousand Years
Mitch Albom - Have a Little Faith
C.S. Lewis - The Magician's Nephew
F. Scott Fitzgerald - The Great Gatsby
William Shakespeare - A Midsummer Night's Dream
Ivan Doig - Bucking the Sun
Penda Diakité - I Lost My Tooth in Africa
Grace Lin - The Year of the Rat
Oscar Hijuelos - Mr. Ives' Christmas
Madeline L'Engle - A Wrinkle in Time
Steven Hart - The Last Three Miles
David Sedaris - Me Talk Pretty One Day
Karen Armstrong - The Spiral Staircase
Charles Larson - The Portland Murders
Adrian Wojnarowski - The Miracle of St. Anthony
William H. Colby - Long Goodbye
Steven D. Stark - Meet the Beatles
Phil Stanford - Portland Confidential
Rick Moody - Garden State
Jonathan Schwartz - All in Good Time
David Sedaris - Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim
Anthony Holden - Big Deal
Robert J. Spitzer - The Spirit of Leadership
James McManus - Positively Fifth Street
Jeff Noon - Vurt

Road Work

Miles run year to date: 54
At this date last year: 50
Total run in 2011: 113
In 2010: 125
In 2009: 67
In 2008: 28
In 2007: 113
In 2006: 100
In 2005: 149
In 2004: 204
In 2003: 269