Kimberly Marlowe Hartnett

What can Portland teach New Orleans? And what might the Big Easy pass on to the Rose City? According to a guest article in the Oregonian, plenty.

Chris Beck, a former Realtor and Oregon state...

Our Thanksgiving tradition: The people who have toiled through the most meal-prep over the years (my sister and mother-in-law) fly from points East and West to rendezvous at'ꀦgasp...a restaurant for...

A one-line job ad on Craigslist/Portland caught my eye:

You will be a soldier in the war against button-less garments and bags.

The story behind it:

Two different acquaintances recently e-mailed me links to Despair, Inc. I'm sure this is because I blog about quirky items, not a suggestion that I am the target customer for the Austin-based purveyor...

If I write 3,571.5 (or so) words every day for the rest of November (except Thanksgiving, when I have plans) I will be a novelist. I'm not going to make it, but not because I'm lazy. It's just that I...

A small band of Guardian Angels

Couch surfing is no sport for the lazy. A global site that matches travelers with free places to stay makes for satisfying stays, real and virtual.

As the sun went down on Wordstock, Portland's sprawling annual book festival, none of the event-goers were slowing down. If anything, the readers, writers and teachers who attended all four days...