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Po’ Shines
Wednesday, 5 Aug, 2009 – 14:28 | One Comment
Po’ Shines

The internet is generally where shy people hang out, and pretend that they’re functional and confident and attractive. And sometimes exchange money orders and photos of their genitalia. But the best part of the internet …

Posies Cafe
Wednesday, 20 May, 2009 – 9:01 | 3 Comments
Posies Cafe

Posies Cafe is a new coffee shop in Kenton, and it has the biggest glass doors of any coffee shop in all of North Portland*. These glass doors afford Posies the grandest view of the …

Firehouse
Monday, 16 Mar, 2009 – 12:29 | No Comment
Firehouse

I really love it when I put a dollar in the vending machine at work and my Twix gets stuck. Then watching the vending machine angrily process it’s failure like R2D2, stomping around on it’s …

The Black Cat
Monday, 26 Jan, 2009 – 15:12 | 2 Comments
The Black Cat

No, the coffee is neither rich, aromatic, delicious, nor brewed by Stumptown. But hey, I’ll happily settle for a turbo boost S’mores-flavored cappuccino from the nearest gas station coffee bar, so what do I know about your fancy West coast slow-roasted French press? When I go out for a hot mug of café, it’s for the AMBIANCE, not the taste of the actual java. After all, I’m just a simple country bike messenger and all-American working stiff, so you can TAKE THAT COMMUNITY COLLEGE PRETENSION ELSEWHERE AND STOP MEAN-MUGGING MY CUP OF JOE! Who goes to a …

Coffeehouse 5
Friday, 23 Jan, 2009 – 22:19 | One Comment
Coffeehouse 5

Despite my obsession with all puns, the name Coffeehouse 5 did not initially sit well with me. Calling a coffee shop a “coffee house” makes me think of weird, fake-Beatnik types, like Mike Meyers in …

Albina Press – Hawthorne
Tuesday, 20 Jan, 2009 – 15:30 | 3 Comments
Albina Press – Hawthorne

I already like the Albina Press as a pre-ride meeting spot. And I already wrote about it. But now there is another one. It’s almost exactly the same. Except it’s on Hawthorne. Not Albina. But …

Portway Tavern
Thursday, 8 Jan, 2009 – 17:25 | 3 Comments
Portway Tavern

Sometimes I get sad. I’m a downer. In a general kind of way. My friends and family like to say “you’re no fun at all” and “seriously, I’m not joking, you’re dragging this party down, …

Stumptown – Belmont
Thursday, 25 Dec, 2008 – 3:07 | One Comment
Stumptown – Belmont

The last time I went to the Belmont Stumptown to meet for one of the local celebrity team rides, one of the local celebrities farted. And one of the other local celebrities called it out. …

Arleta Library Bakery Cafe
Sunday, 21 Dec, 2008 – 19:43 | 2 Comments
Arleta Library Bakery Cafe

Arleta Library Cafe has the best breakfasts in Portland. I know, I’ve said things like this before. But this time I mean it. It really, truly is the best breakfast in Portland. And the wait …

Laughing Planet
Friday, 28 Nov, 2008 – 15:50 | 3 Comments
Laughing Planet

I’m writing about burritos because as I sit here, eating a traditional Thanksgiving dinner of pepperoni pizza Hot Pockets and repeated shots of Pancho Villa tequila, I can’t stop thinking about the Pilgrims, and how …