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Mosquito Fleet Wants to Shift How Portlanders Relate to the Willamette

1 week ago | pdxmonthly.com | Rebecca Jacobson

Last summer, on one of those long and perfect June evenings, I joined a sunset paddle with a group called Mosquito Fleet. About 20 of us launched kayaks, provided to us for free, into the Willamette River just north of the St. Johns Bridge. For many in the group, it was their first time in a kayak or on the Willamette.
Property Watch: A 1979 Architect-Designed Treehouse

3 weeks ago | pdxmonthly.com | Melissa Dalton

In A Field Guide to American Houses, Virginia Savage McAlester writes: "While other modern movements more often championed straight lines and orthogonal designs, Organic Modernism favored natural shapes and interesting geometries." Looking at this house on Fairmount Boulevard in the Southwest Hills, there are definitely some "interesting geometries" at play.
Birthday Cake Shopping with Portland Pastry Chefs

3 weeks ago | pdxmonthly.com | Alex Frane

Pastry chefs have birthdays, too, as it happens. And unless they want to work through their special day (and who does?), they have to find a cake worthy of holding their candles. If you’re reading this, you’re probably facing your own cake-shopping conundrum. Thinking a good baker ought to be a good cake shopper, we turned to the experts to find out where they get their birthday cakes.
The Best Summer Events in Oregon | Portland Monthly

3 weeks ago | pdxmonthly.com

Our state goes big on festivals and fairs, with sandcastle contests, chainsaw races, boats on parade, rodeos, jazz in the park, Icelandic horses, and more.
Malpractice Is Portland’s Weirdest, Coolest Cocktail Bar

3 weeks ago | pdxmonthly.com | Alex Frane

At a narrow, 20-seat cocktail bar just off the train tracks in Portland’s Central Eastside Industrial District, a drink asks a question: If it’s called a dirty martini and tastes like a dirty martini, is it a dirty martini? What if it has neither gin nor vodka, but Mexican rum? What if the vermouth is sherry vermouth, and the olive brine is replaced with a mix of lactic acid and saline the drink’s inventor, former barista Rick Munro, calls “pseudo seawater-brine”? Is it still a dirty martini?
Property Watch: A Home by Modernist James Miller

4 weeks ago | pdxmonthly.com | Melissa Dalton

From the sidewalk, this house looks pretty humble, with its dark cedar exterior, a cedar shake roof cast forward like its hugging the entry, and a simple bridge to the front door. This is not a house that is begging for attention, but you'll definitely be rewarded upon a closer look.
A Psychoanalytic Take on the Perils of Techno-Parenting

1 month ago | pdxmonthly.com | Matthew Trueherz

You’re reading a past edition of our weekly Things to Do column, about the concerts, art shows, comedy sets, movies, readings, and plays we’re attending each week. Read the current installment. Sign up to receive it in your inbox. In 1946, Benjamin Spock urged America’s mothers to trust themselves. Modern medicine was honing a standard of scientifically “correct” pediatric care, terrifying and paralyzing new mothers, and Dr. Spock offered an alternative.
The Numbers Behind ‘The Goonies,’ Turning 40 This Year

1 month ago | pdxmonthly.com | Margaret Seiler

When Astoria-set, mostly Oregon-shot, Steven Spielberg–guided pirate-treasure adventure film The Goonies hit theaters June 7, 1985, it was the biggest thing since E.T. for kids’ movies. Astoria has thrown annual Goonies Day parties since 2005, but the town and the Oregon Film Museum are going all out for the 40th anniversary of the Gen X touchstone. This year’s weekend celebration, June 5–8, includes bus tours of filming locations, ticketed photo ops on the Truffle Shuffle stump, and an ’80s prom.
The Best Oregon Strawberry Varieties for U-Pick | Portland Monthly

1 month ago | pdxmonthly.com

Hoods, Tillamooks, Shuksans, and more varieties for baking, fresh-eating, and jam. Plus, where to pick them near Portland, Oregon.
Property Watch: A Custom-Designed Rummer 'Unicorn'

1 month ago | pdxmonthly.com | Melissa Dalton

It's that time again: The market is in its spring pickup, so we're seeing the first Rummers of the year make their RMLS debut. For those not in the know, a so-called "Rummer" refers to the homes built by local developer Robert Rummer, who passed away at the age of 97 earlier this year. Starting in 1959, Rummer brought quintessential midcentury, indoor-outdoor style, influenced by California architect Joseph Eichler, to the Portland area.