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Posted By Sasha Burchuk

Crisis In Honduras — What You Need to Know About the Coup d'Etat.

If in ten years we are to remember deposed President Manuel "Mel" Zelaya, it will be because of the current coup d'etat. He did not do anything particularly noble or revolutionary, he does not have the bleakest human rights record in the history of Honduras, and as of last month his national approval rating had fallen to 25%. It's possible that the most notable thing that he had managed to do prior to being ousted was to raise the national minimum wage to $5.58 a day.

That being said, the United Nations and the Organization of American States have unanimously agreed that they will not recognize the legitimacy of the de facto Micheletti government that has illegally seized power. Both organizations have Read the rest of this entry »

Fashion provided by Seaplane
Pieces for sale at: seaplanedesign.com
Model: Lia Richardson
Wardrobe styling by Sara Moskovitz
Hair and makeup by Meagan Lee
Photography by: Christine Taylor www.happyplayground.com
Location: Mount Tabor
Portland, Oregon

More after the break… Read the rest of this entry »

Posted by Kristen Imes

PICA (Portland Institute for Contemporary Arts) is turning 14, which is reason enough to celebrate, especially when you include performances from the local darlings the Lovers, Point Juncture, WA, Strength, and DJ Girlfriends. And if enjoying all the art rock/disco pop/dance floor antics isn't enough, have a Saint Cupcake, win a free tattoo from Icon Tattoo Studio, and perhaps nab a TBA Festival Pass (ummm…. AWESOME). And if that isn't enough, you're S.O.L.

THE LOVERS

The Lovers — "Stay Another Night"
The Lovers — "Peppermint"

Point Juncture, WA

Point Juncture, WA is, "A brawnier, less class-obsessed and Read the rest of this entry »

Posted by Sasha Burchuk

Molalla is only 45 Minutes from Portland, and They Have a Rodeo.

What's great about a visit to the Molalla Buckeroo is that you'll get to watch a bunch of well-built young men turn worst-case horse or bull scenarios into elegant displays of skilled mastery. As the night progresses the stunts just get better and better — they start off with the Barrel Races, that wonderful cowgirl sport; then come the steers and the steer-wrestlers, and then those intrepid studs, the bucking bronc riders. All of this, however, is just foreplay to the ten scrawny cowboy champions riding ten massive world champion bulls. At ten p.m. the tension was so thick at the bullpen where the buckaroos were stretching that I wondered if someone wasn't going to make a noose out of his lasso.

Aside from the great horse gymnastics, Read the rest of this entry »

Festivals and other large Portland events are non-stop in July. Last week was Blues Festival. This week brings the Mississippi Street Fair, Plunderathon, Bastille Day, and the Sandy Mountain Festival. This might be the only festival with a Sasquatch theme though, and that is the strongest animal in the world according to Dwight Shrute.

The Sasquatch activities start off on July 8, but it really comes together on the 11th and 12th.

From Website:

This years theme is “Sasquatch Celebrates Oregon's Sesquicentennial, Happy 150th Birthday Oregon!”

The Sandy Mountain Festival Parade will travel Read the rest of this entry »

This is one of the only cities (no, the only) I know of where techies and beers are this fond of each other. The most obvious beer-tech love fest is the Friday mingler known as beer and blog.

Tonight marks the newest product to come out of these drunken hours and that is an iPhone app known as Beer Signal. It shows you what beers are on tap all over Portland, plus has live camera feeds of a couple bars and other capabilities that are being added by the minute. The launch party also takes place at East Burn, which is one of the best inner SE  bars (technically just East, but it has that SE feel) and they have $10 pitchers from Upright Brewery and Hopworks. Even if you do not have an iPhone and have no plans to get one (no, seriously get one. they are fantastic unless you like making calls), $10 pitchers from those breweries is hard to beat.

From Press Release:

TAPLISTER.COM PUBLIC LAUNCH PARTY JULY 6TH 2009!

Taplister.com, Portland's newest online craft beer resource, announces the official  launch party for Taplister.com, the world's first Read the rest of this entry »