Biodynamic winemaking, long established in Burgundy, has made the leap to Oregon, bringing with it ancient agricultural practices. Katherine Cole's new book, Voodoo Vintners, explores a world of grapes grown with the help of moon cycles, manure-packed cow horns, and lactating bovines.
In a city that is talking about honoring its writers, some of the literary locales are close at hand. Here's a guide to old bachelor hotels, shops, theaters, and foodstalls still alive with imagination.
Since Capt. Vancouver in 1792, artists and painters have tried to depict and understand "Yosemites in the soul." Here's a survey of major artists and shifting modes of perceiving the colossal and awesome landscapes of the West.
The death of the state's tourism office creates opportunities for a don't-come-hither campaign. Time to reverse-market our Delicious apples as "forbidden fruit."
In a city that draws the "creative class," why don't we have more reverence for our writers? Why not use them to boost tourism? Why is there no Theodore Roethke Historic Park, or Frank Herbert Wax Museum?
