May 14th, 2013 at 10:00AM:
Cheryl Strayed wants to show me the "dog bus" – but first we have to find it.
We walk along her quiet residential streets in Northeast Portland trying to track down the intriguing vehicle, my imagination running wild. Are we about to free a group of shackled dogs from animal control? Does Portland send its furry friends to school with their owners?
Eventually we locate our target ...Click on a label to read posts from that part of the world.
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The Wandering Writer: A Tour through Inner Northeast Portland with Cheryl Strayed
May 14th, 2013 at 10:00AM:
Cheryl Strayed wants to show me the "dog bus" – but first we have to find it.
We walk along her quiet residential streets in Northeast Portland trying to track down the intriguing vehicle, my imagination running wild. Are we about to free a group of shackled dogs from animal control? Does Portland send its furry friends to school with their owners?
Eventually we locate our target ...Dinner And Bikes 2013: An Annual Tour To Grow The Bicycle Movement
May 8th, 2013 at 12:00PM: There's a lot of talk about bikes these days. From single speeds in New York City to nighttime tours in Guatemala City and the bike share in Paris, the discussion of bicycles as a real means of alternative transportation is taking hold in a big way.
But talking about bikes in cycle centric hotspots like Portland, San Francisco and New York is only part of the step. As with anything, getting ...On The Road With NPR Music: Matt Fleeger At KMHD, Portland, Oregon
Apr 23rd, 2013 at 11:00AM: Beyond travel, we're also big music fans here at Gadling, largely because music is a great way to get to know a place. This month happens to be Public Radio Music Month and we're teaming up with NPR to bring you exclusive interviews from NPR music specialists around the country. We'll be learning about local music culture and up and coming new regional artists, so be sure to follow along all ...On The Road With NPR Music: Jeremy Petersen At OPB Portland, Oregon
Apr 9th, 2013 at 12:00PM:
Beyond travel, we're also big music fans here at Gadling, largely because music is a great way to get to know a place. This month happens to be Public Radio Music Month and we're teaming up with NPR to bring you exclusive interviews from NPR music specialists around the country. We'll be learning about local music culture and up and coming new regional artists, so be sure to follow along all ...5 Destinations For Excellent Coffee Culture
Mar 27th, 2013 at 11:00AM:
Cafes are often a travelers hub, not just because you can kill your jetlag with a cup of espresso, but because they are inevitably the place where you go to sit and do some people watching and, while you're at it, take a moment to get immersed in the local coffee culture.
If you're a coffee drinker, finding the best cup in town is often an adventure in and of itself, sometimes leading to a ...Adventure Guide 2013: Portland, Oregon
Feb 10th, 2013 at 11:00AM:
"Portlandia" might lead you to believe that Portland is home only to tattooed baristas with the occasional mustache, but it's also an epicenter for outdoor activity; every Portlander has his or her activity of choice, and with so many outdoor activities easily accessible, it isn't difficult to get a taste of the attitude that keeps this city alive. Nearby Sauvie Island is popular with ...Hiking, Scrambling And Swimming Oregon's Oneonta Gorge
Aug 21st, 2012 at 12:30PM: Despite the various nicknames bestowed upon me throughout my 20s (all along the lines of "Hippie," "Nature Girl" and "Treehugger"), I had a love-hate relationship with hiking the great outdoors. Blame my poor, misguided parents, who made my brother and I undertake many forced marches on summer vacations. We hiked all over California, the Pacific Northwest, the Rockies and even Europe. I know, I ...Berkeley's Edible Cities Guide Leads Urban Foragers To Free Good Eats
May 29th, 2012 at 12:00PM: Anyone who's ever snagged fruit off of their neighbor's trees or bushes (oh, don't look at me like that) will appreciate the new online Edible Cities guide from Berkeleyite Cristian Ionescu-Zanetti.
Berkeley is ground zero for the localized food movement, and "urban foraging" has been growing in popularity amongst local chefs as well as home cooks.
As a former resident and recent subletter, ...Seattle Ranked 'Best City For Hipsters' According To Travel & Leisure
Apr 10th, 2012 at 1:30PM: So Travel & Leisure has published a list of "America's Best Cities for Hipsters." This is amusing – and a wee bit annoying) to me for a variety of reasons – not least of which because Seattle makes the top of the list. I've lived here (actually "there," because as I write this, I'm in a sublet in Oakland) for nearly three years. Apparently, I'm reverse-trending, because San ...Spotsi App Helps Travelers Find Local Spots
Apr 8th, 2012 at 11:00AM:
Maybe you're in Brooklyn and you want to find a great local bar. Or perhaps you've landed in Portland and are in desperate need of a cup of coffee but want to mingle with the locals (and try a locally-made roast while you're at it). Let Spotsi, a new user-generated mobile app, help
There are lots of apps that help you explore like a local, but Spotsi is a little different. Locals use ...Budget Travel Zen: 10 Free/Donation-Based Yoga Studios In The US
Apr 4th, 2012 at 11:00AM:
Knotted shoulders... stiff necks... flight delay anxiety... pent-up aggression toward the armrest-hogger seated next to you on the plane. Travel certainly has its ways of winding you up, and there's nothing like a great yoga class to wind back down. But with trendy studios charging upwards of $25 per class, it can be difficult to find a practice that doesn't exceed your daily travel budget. ...Find hotel deals with new booking site Guestmob
Mar 22nd, 2012 at 2:00PM: The Internet has brought us many ways to research and book hotels at prices much lower than the hotels' published rate. Aggregate sites like Kayak and Orbitz give you the best available rate (BAR) without pre-payment on a specific hotel, while "opaque" sites like Priceline and Hotwire allow you to bid for a room below BAR but the actual property remains hidden until after you book and the purchase ...Comedic team of 'Portlandia' set to create an off-beat Portland, Oregon, guidebook
Feb 29th, 2012 at 3:30PM:
Are you bored of the usual travel guidebooks aimed at everyday tourists? If you're interested in Portland, Oregon, and would rather learn about funny, fictional places that could exist rather than the Oregon Zoo and the Portland Art Museum, you should put "PORTLANDIA: A Guide for Visitors" on your shopping list. Set to debut in November of 2012, the book is being created by the team who ...
Video of the day: Bryson Andres plays on Portland street corner
Feb 1st, 2012 at 5:00PM:
And this, ladies and gentlemen, is why the loop pedal is one of the best inventions ever: because an electric violinist, like Bryson Andres, can perform like this on the street in Portland. I like Portland--a lot of people do. I think Portland is a town filled with gems worth seeking out and substantial food, beer, art, and music scenes. The fact that the electric violinist street performer ...
Video: Portland nights time-lapse
Jan 4th, 2012 at 3:30PM:
I love Portland and I love time-lapse videos and so, suffice it to say, I really love this Portland nights time-lapse video. This was the first time-lapse video made by Lance Page. Aside from the footage at the beginning of the video, this video was shot entirely at night. Page says on his blog that this was an excellent way for him to learn the relationship between shutter-speed and ...
The Nomading Film Festival goes west
Jan 3rd, 2012 at 2:00PM: As many Gadling readers probably remember, the first ever Nomading Film Festival took place on June 11, 2011, in New York, celebrating travelers who film and not just filmmakers who travel. The debut was a huge success, with over 200 attendees coming out to enjoy feature travel films, live performances, food, drinks, games, and win over $8,000 in prizes. Now, west coast travelers and film fanatics ...Portland's International Cryptozoology Museum to get a bigger home
Sep 26th, 2011 at 3:00PM:
One of Maine's most offbeat attractions is about to get five times the space.
The International Cryptozoology Museum in Portland will be moving from its current home in the back of the Green Hand Bookshop at 661 Congress St over to 11 Avon Street, where it will have much more room to show off its collection of Bigfoot print casts, monster photos, movie props, and thousands of other strange ...Photo of the Day - Field of red flowers
Sep 25th, 2011 at 8:00PM:
Somewhere in your imagination, there's a valley like this one, its verdant slopes carpeted with a bursting red patchwork of flowers. Except, in this case, the valley is real. Photo of the Day regular jrodmanjr found this amazing patch of red clover while exploring Oregon's Willamette Valley. The image's visual appeal is intensified by the macro focus on a single bunch of the colorful plants ...Heat "dome" descends on mid atlantic region: what are the coolest places to visit this summer?
Jul 21st, 2011 at 11:00AM:
What's hot for summer? Well, everywhere. The predicted heat index for Friday in Washington, D.C. is a miserable 116 degrees. According to ABC News, 22 people have already died as a result of this natural phenomenon and this temperature spike could last weeks.
Sitting in the air conditioning all summer just won't do.
Thankfully for us, the folks over at MyWeather.com have come up ...Summer travel: best U.S. cities for localized food lovers
Jul 14th, 2011 at 3:00PM: What's that you say? Summer's half over? Those of us living here in the Pacific Northwest had no idea, given the lack of sun in these parts. But even if you're getting slapped by the mother of all heat waves, it's still early in the season for the best produce summer has to offer. As for where to get great food featuring locally-sourced ingredients? Allow me.
Some cities are inextricably linked ...
