My Portland

Saturday 31 October, 2009 3:01 am | Portland News | admin. Though no one is quite sure how the redesign of the Multnomah area’s Hoot Owl Corner, a project that has no visible neighborhood champion, got elevated to federal funding status …

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As I’ve written before, I can’t wait to leave this noisy, overcrowded, crime-ridden neighborhood for someplace more pleasant. But I do plan to stay in LA. Why? Because it’s my commitment for now. Even if I’m feeling ambivalent about show business, … After that, I sought mellower surroundings in Portland, Oregon. Nice place, but perhaps a bit too nice—I simply found it stifling after a while. So I moved to Los Angeles, where I’ve been living since July 17, 2007. …

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While I was in Portland, O’Mama and Mrs. Chili were kind enough to cover considerable miles to meet me for lunch. Do I have pictures? No, not really. I must admit that except for my kids, I am really lousy at getting people pictures. … Our neighborhood is quite festive, and we usually get about 200 Trick-or-Treaters. The streets are full of parents and children, and it is wonderful. 2009-10-30_17-59-32. Chic and Chicklet in their Halloween costumes. …

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Two special investigators from Portland were brought to Malheur County by Sheriff Elfering to obtain the actual evidence for the arrests. They were officers from the force of Terry Schrunk, sheriff of Multnomah County. …. Nor the one whose neighborhood wrestling matches I managed when he was five and six, shortly after we moved to Farewell Bend. By age twelve he’d given up collecting a huge sack of all the marbles he won from his pals and had begun instead to relieve …

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Moreover, the local dealer from Cincinnati to Athens, Ga., to Portland, Ore., to foot the bill for major hot spots, accessible through a business district or neighborhood. ? Disadvantages: Range: Wi-Fi networks have limited range. …

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We will be welcoming trick or treaters in the neighborhood on Saturday, October 31st, from 4pm~6pm! Stop by and say hi to us!!!!! We will be waiting with some treats! yummers! DSCF7743. Posted by sabi and friends at 8:43 PM … Welcome to first ever Sabi and Friends Blog! We will be uploading images of newly arrived items and our favorites regularly. Check back with us! LOCATION: 8402 N. Lombard, St. Johns, Portland, OR TELEPHONE: 503.719.6176. STORE HOURS: …

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It seems half of Portland is sick with something these days. We’ve been passing junk around our crew for a week now, with all of us feeling slightly out of it and foggy. Poor Rynn has had the worst of it, but hopefully tomorrow things will be looking up so a little black cat and a Cinderella (or maybe Snow white…jury’s out) will be able to skip around the neighborhood to collect some candy. I, for one, have a mean craving for some Twix and some KitKats. mmmm. …

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I specialize in close-in Portland but I work all over the metro area. I currently live and work in Southeast Portland. My office is in Sellwood and I live in the Eastmoreland neighborhood with my husband and my two children. …

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Most of the “community plans” set forth for the annexed outer East Portland neighborhoods haven’t been reviewed,” McKnight noted. “And, the City hasn’t been supporting concepts that don’t fit into their one-size-fits-all programs.” …

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A tough neighborhood is way too lenient. It’s depravity at it’s worst. This is a poor, ill-served, physically deteriorating, extremely violent and therefore dangerous place. BUT, as such, it is also home to far more hard-working and decent …. of ‘06 to write a memoir of late 1960s, fly-fish on weekdays and find a writing group. Book near completion, but need agent, nice rainbow caught and released on a Tuesday, member of The Guttery, a successful Portland writing group. …

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