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Friday, September 2, 2011

Parching the plebes

Little Lord Paulson's new digs have only two water fountains for 18,000 people. How could the city government, which brags endlessly about the quality of our tap water, let this happen?

Posted at 10:46 AM | Permalink

Comments (12)

They let it happen because they probably have a cut in the concessions business and DEFINITELY need people like the dark lord to pay for their elections.

Posted by Ralph Woods | September 2, 2011 11:17 AM

Silly Jack, only sissy's drink water. Timberland is all about BEER!

Posted by dman | September 2, 2011 12:11 PM

You are all looking at this wrong. This is a victory for Peter Apanel. They've finally listened to him after all this time and reduced the number of drinking fountains so that patrons won't have to use the bathrooms as much.

P Apanel 1
M Paulson 0

Nice job, guys. It's finally paying off for you.

Posted by DemonJuice | September 2, 2011 12:56 PM

Here's another question.

Who paid for the free, all-day, Tri-Met passes given to every season ticket holder for each match this season?

At just under $5 per ticket, for roughly 12,500 season ticket holders, and roughly 20 matches, that works out to well over $1 million.

Did the Timbers pay? Did Tri-Met?

Posted by Peter Apanel | September 2, 2011 1:14 PM

Good question... anyone care to hazard a guess?

Posted by Mr. Grumpy | September 2, 2011 1:46 PM

It's factored in to the cost of the ticket.

Posted by Roger | September 2, 2011 2:36 PM

Only two drinking fountains? I wonder if they have sufficient sprinkler heads and fire protection? HA! Fireman Randy would make sure of that!

(Wanna' see something really scary? Go to your local Target store. Go the the only entrance and obvious exit -- the big one in front. Now look at the huge pile of shopping carts and barriers blocking the middle doors. Now look above those doors that you can't get to and see the official signs stating "These door to remain unlocked during business hours." Try to get an explanation from the fire bureau and you won't get a big red "U" attached to your business, you'll get disappeared like the big purple octopus that lived above the Greek Cuisina.)

Posted by Old Zeb | September 2, 2011 4:09 PM

There's a difference between "unlocked" and "unblocked". Who gives a damn if the door is blocked...as long as it isn't locked!

Posted by Erik H. | September 2, 2011 7:41 PM

In response to Roger, let me point out that a parking study commissioned by the Timbers, and completed in January, 2010, showed that 62% of all fans arrived via private automobiles. Only 28% took public transportation, and the rest either walked or biked.

So, if those numbers have held up for season ticket holders in 2011, then you're looking at over $700,000 in all-day, all-zone, Tri-Met passes for season ticket holders going to waste, assuming those passes would only be good on the day of a Timbers match.

So, what are the facts? Can season ticket holders use those passes on non-match days? Were those passes sold to the Timbers at a discount, or did Tri-Met donate them to the Timbers?

Posted by Peter Apanel | September 2, 2011 9:39 PM

If you look around for bike racks you will find 3 old ones. How many stalls would be required in a new venue? I though we were a bike friendly town. Not so?

Posted by Pdxjim | September 2, 2011 11:10 PM

In response to Pdxjim, that parking study for the Timbers showed that 3% of all fans arrive via bicycle.

So, with 18,627 so far being the announced attendance at all of this year's matches, that means there would be roughly 558 people arriving via bicycle.

Posted by Peter Apanel | September 3, 2011 7:47 AM

Answering one of Peter's questions that I know the answer to: The TriMet tickets are marked for day-of-game only.

Speculating on one of Peter's questions that I don't know the answer to: They put a block-long chain of bike racks on Morrison during game days. I haven't the time nor interest to count, but something between 300 and 500 bicyclists doesn't seem out of line.

Posted by Roger | September 3, 2011 10:37 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