Even with a sensible shirt-dress buttoned up over it, it feels a little scandalous to board a TriMet bus in my bathing suit.

Image: Courtesy RIP City Photography At 1,654 square feet, and with three bedrooms, a third-floor sleeping nook accessed by a ...

For starters, with its tall stucco facade capped in terra-cotta roof tiles, wrought iron Juliette balconies, and arched doors ...

The Portland Fire season opener was, by all measures other than the final score, lit. (The Fire fell to the visiting Chicago Sky 98–83.) The game, held earlier this month at the Moda Center, marked ...

Though her resume includes front and back of house stints at Olympia Provisions, Xico, and Cheese Bar, Madilyn Gibbons has always been a baker at heart. During the early days of the pandemic she got ...

This house doesn’t give much away from the curb, sitting on its quiet corner of the Woodstock neighborhood. But hidden behind a hedge, the arched wood front door, which is itself tucked into a ...

In late 2024, Fancy Baby opened in the Pearl District as Portland’s hottest new wine bar, one with a particular focus on Champagne. Owner William Oben utilized his own import company, OWC, to stock a ...

I can’t quite see it from my house, but as an east sider I lay eyes on Forest Park nearly every day, the green backdrop to the city. I’ve never been a regular visitor, though, a bit intimidated by the ...

The NOLA band won the Grammy for Best Spoken Word Poetry Album last year, but don’t let the poetics fool you. The Bangas also bang, especially on their 2022 album, Red Balloon. The ultimate hype man ...

Toothsome bucatini in vibrant marinara. Clams and mussels in garlicky broth. Red sauce, white sauce. Brodo! A nice glass of vino and, of course, some dreamy focaccia to scoop up whatever’s left. Oh, ...

If Portland’s Thai food scene wasn’t exemplary enough, January saw an impressive expansion with the opening of two restaurants: one returning and one brand-new. The first, in early January, was the ...