For college baseball in Oregon, it was the best of times, it was the worst of times. When I moved to Eugene in 2013, the state’s two major college baseball programs were in very different places. The Oregon State University Beavers had recently won the national championship in 2006 and 2007. Inching their way toward […]
It is often said that state capitols do not make for great cities. This is undoubtedly true along the West Coast. Sacramento is exceedingly lame compared to its much cooler cousins San Francisco and Los Angeles. Salem is fairly forgettable and not so interesting when lined up against Bend, Ashland, or Portland. And then there’s […]
A boat takes you from Vancouver to Victoria? I’m in. For reasons unknown to myself, I’m a sucker for traveling by boat. Mind you, I’m not talking yachts or luxury cruise liners, but neither am I endeavoring to brave the high seas on a clipper ship. You know, a relatively safe aquatic journey where you […]
People will tell you that there are really only two religions in Oregon—craft beer and college football. Undoubtedly there were numerous stimulating things happening on October 13, 2018 around the Pacific Northwest. But for sports fans, football fans in particular, there was only one thing happening: the Washington Huskies were playing the Oregon Ducks at […]
The moment I walked into the office I was breathlessly accosted: somebody called this morning and said that there’s a dead whale on the beach by the Prom! I nabbed a pen and a pad of paper, swiped a camera off the shelf, pocketed a couple of rolls of film, and hopped in my car. […]
The restroom at Powell’s City of Books is not the dirtiest public facility I have encountered. Actually, given the volume of foot traffic trouncing about the labyrinthine literary vault, the bathroom at Powell’s is relatively clean. At least it was when I visited the lavatory circa 2012. It all started across the street at Stumptown […]