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Cafe Unknown: March 2006
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Wednesday, March 29, 2006. Tanner Springs Park is in the March 2006 issue of Metropolis Magazine. Portland’s Tanner Springs Park in the Pearl District is featured in the Metropolis Observed column in the March issue of Metropolis Magazine. Since attending an introductory presentation at the First Congregational Church a few years ago, I have watched the project with interest as it seeks to reveal a long lost wetland landscape in the middle of a new urban neighborhood. The same location, in 1994 and 2006.
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Cafe Unknown: February 2006
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Tuesday, February 28, 2006. The story begins, as it often does, on a train. This year for New Years we opted not to choose between staying home and finding the right bar full of strangers. This year we went to Vancouver B.C. There we would meet fellow holiday refugees and celebrate the NewYear. We arrived at Seattle's King Street station on time at 9:45pm. View from the elevator , Seattle's Hotel Andra. After crossing the Snohomish River the tracks veered inland into an area of rolling hills, forests far...
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Cafe Unknown: August 2006
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Wednesday, August 30, 2006. Hung Over on Burnside. They were called the Arcades: Those buildings on East Burnside with their upper floors above the sidewalk. They date to a 1928-1929 street widening project which added two extra lanes to East Burnside, at the expense of the sidewalks. When the sidewalks were re-installed, it was at the expense of bordering storefronts. Of the original ten between Union (MLK Blvd.) and SE 11th, five remain. Nothing came of the idea. Future Restaurants and bars could open ...
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Cafe Unknown: January 2006
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Sunday, January 22, 2006. Portland can be hard on its defining elements. As anyone who has pondered the fate of the late lamented Hotel Portland knows, progress does not march forward in Portland so much as it stumbles. In the process interesting things get knocked over. Yesterday’s parking lot is today’s Pioneer Courthouse Square, itself a worthy centerpiece. The Hotel Portland exists only in collective memory. There it would by joined in 1964 by the fire-doomed cathedral of wood that was the Wo...One d...
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Provincial Supertramp: June 2011
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Wednesday, June 29, 2011. I had decided to spent one night in Veliky Novgorod on my way to Saint Petersburg, in order to experience a piece of Russia less frequented on the typical tourist circuit. I accomplished this task with flying colors, I must say. As she skipped over to a neighboring table to eat her own identical meal. Breakfast always best with a good dose of Chekhov. Yes, there are peas with my eggs.). The Kremlin, protecting Russia's oldest church). Taken just after seeing my pet fox). My firs...
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Provincial Supertramp: May 2011
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Tuesday, May 24, 2011. A Tribute to "the Ansel Adams of railway photography," Richard Steinheimer. A truly special man, railroad photographer Richard Steinheimer, died this month at his home in Sacramento. He was with his wife at the time, whom he met in the early 80s when she was working at the Sacramento Railroad Museum. How fitting! His images are so beautiful, and his life should definitely be made into an HBO Special or a movie starring Clint Eastwood, or something equally honorable.
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Provincial Supertramp: October 2011
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Monday, October 24, 2011. Red Arrows and Moscow Mules. With the Russo-ferro-historic adventure I had just had, I was ready for one last epic Russian train experience to end my trip, and so I sought it out and caught it and refused to let it escape my clutches. If I didn't have time to do the entire Trans-Siberian, I would at least partake in some form of transit steeped in Russian tradition and history. What kind of history, you ask? Read on, Dear Reader, and see. The theme song played, the wheels groane...
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Provincial Supertramp: November 2010
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Monday, November 29, 2010. There was an Old Lady. Where are the tiny trains? Chili Cook-Offs, Charlie Chaplin, and I am Moving to Louisiana. Later, from the town jail.*. That evening was my last night in New Orleans and I went to a chili cook-off fundraiser for an amazing thespian called Veronica Russell,. Who adapted a 1925 Texan woman's autobiography into a one woman play and will travel through Canadian Fringe festivals this summer performing it. I was amazed at how unique* * chili can be! By Tim Gaut...
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Provincial Supertramp: Red Arrows and Moscow Mules
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Monday, October 24, 2011. Red Arrows and Moscow Mules. With the Russo-ferro-historic adventure I had just had, I was ready for one last epic Russian train experience to end my trip, and so I sought it out and caught it and refused to let it escape my clutches. If I didn't have time to do the entire Trans-Siberian, I would at least partake in some form of transit steeped in Russian tradition and history. What kind of history, you ask? Read on, Dear Reader, and see. The theme song played, the wheels groane...
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Provincial Supertramp: February 2011
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Monday, February 28, 2011. Budget travel: Not Just for Gypsies, Tramps, and Thieves. Cher knows what it is like to be a traveler on a budget). I will not waste time here explaining the long silence between my last post and this* but will get right to "the good stuff," if you will. So Now that you have saved a nice little pile of your local currency* you are ready to start hemorrhaging said cash by way of your travels. Congratulations! Are you a student? Soon, ten ways to spend 50% less on room and board ...
