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When I moved to NE Portland it wasn’t to chase a pipe dream. I said when I moved I would park my car and walk and now, several weeks into it, that’s exactly what I’ve done. Sure I realize that I’m still in the ‘honeymoon phase’ with my new location. Yes things will change once [...]

One of the many reasons I moved from the South West suburbs of Portland into ‘town’ was that I do not like to drive. It’s not that I’m a bad driver or that I haven’t driven a lot in my life. In the late eighties and early nineties I used to drive from Northern California [...]

I know the Steel bridge closed on Saturday morning, but today was the first commuting day for most of Portland, including myself.  I ride the Yellow line in and needed to get up a little earlier than normal in order to get to work on time.  I didn’t want to take the shuttles and opted [...]

The New York Times Shifting Careers Blog today has an interesting little piece by Sarah Milstein, business manager at weird-stuff blog BoingBoing. Ms. Milstein happened across an idea–the notion of urban gatherings and meetings on the hoof, “hiking” between points of interest in town while discussing stuff: personal, business–sounds like the topic doesn’t matter.
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