For 2024, the regionals for women will be held in Albany, New York, and Portland, Oregon, and for men in Detroit, Los Angeles, Boston and Dallas. As for the Final Four championship, the men’s games will be held in Phoenix at the State Farm Stadium, and the women...
Dateline: October 16; Portland Airport (PDX); notes tomoiself:I dropped MH off at the airport, to catch a ride south for his college reunion trip. Now I’m exploring the new terminal here…and I am gob smacked. It is stunning; I haven’t been here since they’ve completed most ofth...
“Handmade in Portland, Oregon the Canby [sunglasses] are available in Zebrawood, Wenge and Maple. Each pair comes equipped with your choice of imported Carl Zeiss or polarized lenses to complete the package.” This may be old news, but this morning I discovered Wall Street Journal’s Photo...
Our second day was a relatively short drive to Portland so I could stop by Powell’s Books the next day to pick up the missing CD from the audio book “1,000 Splendid Suns” by Khaled Hosseini which I purchased during our earlier visit. (As an aside, I loved the book and the charac...
need to order that since it is a specialty item (not at your local NAPA store). Now that the instruments (except the clock) are sorted out I needed a new wiring harness. I ordered the harness from RI Wire and received it in about 3 weeks time. I have not installed it, though. ...
I packed up and went to Portland. Alone. Missed a connecting flight and ran through the airport like in a movie. Except in the movies people are in better cardio shape. Heaven is a hotel room shared with nobody. Spent four hours at Powell’s bookstore. Bought A LOT of books. Forgot...
For those of us accustomed to the creative culinary experience that Portland provides, we’re learning to be flexible and grateful for whatever comida we’re presented with. Our van is parked in Quito, waiting for us on our return from the Galapagos, I think we’ll take in one last glimps...
Speaking of bookstores, a friend of the family sent in this lovely display from Powell’s Books in Portland: I have completed the 75th anniversary Mike Hammer novel,Kill Me If You Can, which will have five bonus Spillane/Collins short stories that include two Hammer tales. It’s going to...
I started the farm by myself, and did pretty much everything the first year. The past couple years, my wife has been able to help more and my mom has been doing the weekly deliveries to our members’ homes in Portland. We’ve also had farm helpers stay with us, so that has reliev...
After immigrating to the United States in 1901 when he was 20 years old, Joe Shoong opened a small store in Vallejo, CA, which grew to become the National Dollar Stores chain. He was one of the wealthiest and most well-known Chinese American businessmen in the United States in the early...