Portland Travel Guide

There are many things to love about living in Portland – not including several months of mostly-dreary weather we don’t like to talk about. For those of us who love to travel, however, the fact that PDX doesn’t typically offer the same kind of super-discount flights to far-off destinations is sometimes a bummer. Sure, we [...]

Original article can be found here: Meet Plan Go Comes to Portland in October

Portland Travel Guide

Today’s Oregonian newspaper says that Portland is #2 in the country in terms of blogging – that only Austin, TX outranks us in terms of the number of residents who have either read or contributed to a blog in the last month. In Portland, that means that 14% of us. Reporter Steve Woodward talked to [...]

Original article can be found here: Portland #2 in Nation for Blogging

Portland Travel Guide

You know that creepy/cool feature Google introduced awhile ago, “Street View” – where you can see the streets of certain cities as if you were standing right there? Well, Portland has been added to the list of the cities which have Street View, so you can now get an on-the-ground feel for what this city [...]

Original article can be found here: Google Street View Comes to Portland

Portland Travel Guide

Northwest Airlines will soon be connecting Portland directly with Europe, which is excellent news for travelers. Portland had been one of those cities from which it took two (and sometimes three) stops to get anywhere in Europe, so when it became possible to reach European destinations with only one layover Portlanders did a little dance. [...]

Original article can be found here: Northwest Introduces Direct Flights from Portland to Amsterdam

Portland Travel Guide

For anyone who’s interested in camping but doesn’t want to go too far from civilization (i.e. Portland), we have the opening of a new campground. State and local officials are ready to celebrate the grand opening of Oregon’s first new state park campground in more than 30 years. Stub Stewart State Park, in western Washington [...]

Original article can be found here: New State Park Campground Opens in Washington County

Portland Travel Guide

I just returned from a trip to San Diego. Apart from a few footnotes of nice places, it lacks much of the uniqueness of businesses which makes our town so great. I’m definitely happy to be a Portlander for almost two years running now! And now Portland Notes: Portland’s big annual literary festival – known [...]

Original article can be found here: Portland Notes: April 24, 2007

Portland Travel Guide

Sorry about the delay in posts – been out of town. Anyhow, The picture at right is from a travel article the New York Times is running this weekend about 36 Hours in Portland. Highlights include Doug Fir, Portland Saturday Market and Portland Art Museum. All told it does a good job covering a quick [...]

Original article can be found here: Portland Notes: April 13, 2007

Portland Travel Guide

Make sure you are wearing green tomorrow as you head out to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day Portland style. The Oregonian has some great ideas on ways to enjoy your favorite green beer drinking holiday. Speaking of beer, many Portlanders seem to have a love-hate relationship with our local McMenamins brew pub chain. Some find the [...]

Original article can be found here: Portland Notes: Mar. 16, 2007

Portland Travel Guide

Portland International Airport said on March 5 it expected to have served its 300 millionth passenger since beginning operations 66 years ago. PDX also apparently set an all-time record of more than 14 million passengers served in 2006. The Portland Saturday Market, now in its 33rd year, is once again open for business. A new [...]

Original article can be found here: Portland Notes: Mar. 9, 2007

Portland Travel Guide

The Portland Trail Blazers are on a two-game winning streak and the word playoffs is being mumbled by some. Catch them in action at their next home game tonight at 7pm against the Memphis Grizzlies. 200 parking spaces have opened up in downtown Portland. Skiers take note – 50-70 inches of new snow could be [...]

Original article can be found here: Portland Notes: Feb. 23, 2007