Culture
When a couch is more than a couch
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.
Kimberly Marlowe Hartnett
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Culture
Bookworms disperse
As the sun went down on Wordstock [http://www.wordstockfestival.com/], 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 seemed even more intent on living better lives of letters as time wen
Culture
Let the good reads roll
Large gatherings of writers are normally not fun. More than two in a room are enough to make one wish for an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting instead, where more of the stories are true and no one asks you for your agent's email address. Yet, here I am, four hours into Portland's Wordstock [http://www.
Politics
The price of votes in Oregon
Oregon voters, except those in Multnomah County where Portland sits, can be bought. Not something to be proud of, but at least it took $12 million to do it. No cheap you-know-whats here. As reported in The Oregonian [http://www.oregonlive.com/politics/oregonian/index.ssf?/base/news/1194418606131680.
Tech
Return of the Frangos
The reopening a venerable retail building highlights big doings in downtown Portland.