DoubleDown
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Do you enjoy any of the McMenamins spots? Back in the day, my wife worked at the McMenamins on N.E. Broadway.
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SamBrownlee48
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I like to see shows down at the Crystal Ballroom/Ringler's Pub/Annex/Jupiter Hotel complex they have over on W Burnside. There's a small pub down by where I work I lunch at sometimes. Food is decent, and the beer is good. They are in tough competition nowadays though. There's 200+ breweries, a few ciderhouses, and several distilleries in Portland proper all offering good drink and food. McMenimin's is setting itself apart now with huge. ambitious projects like the Kennedy School, Edgefield, the Crystal complex, and stuff like that. It's actually pretty amazing some of the projects they have taken on and made work. That and they have spread way out into the countryside. Imagine if every town of 1000 or more in Iowa had a high quality brewpub. That's basically what they have done in Western Oregon/SW Washington
DoubleDown
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Right on. If only Portland wasn't filthy with slackers, hipsters, and beardos, it would be a great place to abide.
SamBrownlee48
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Those slackers, hipsters, and beardos = easy money. Trustfunders spend foolishly.
The real problem right now is the waves of homeless that migrate here in the summer. It's like a loony bin downtown from late May to early September. I am hardly scared to be around poverty, but the mix of mental illness and gutterpunk travelers is pretty combustible. But if you are up in the West hills, or pretty much anywhere between the river and 82nd, it's about as good a life as I could wish for.
OLWPAORWWM
Banned
Portland is a city where young people go to retire.
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DoubleDown
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I nevar found "Portlandia" amusing. Evidently you did, OLYMPAPR0NM.
JonDMiller
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Man, this is gold. Gotta tip your cap sometimes
OLWPAORWWM
Banned
Yes, I did. I love weirdos.
It's like President McKinley was never assassinated
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SamBrownlee48
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I have always kind of wondered why people without a connection to the city would find it funny. It seems like half the stuff on there is an inside joke. I think the dream of the '90's stuff is funny. The 1990's has some funny lines, but the 1890's is more spot on.
DoubleDown
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I have a connection to Portland. The show just isn't funny, with or without "inside" info.
I would like to go to an Oregon game with a Skechers tshirt on.
ColoradoHAWKEYE
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Good stuff...I once watched a FSU game in Tampa with a group of friends that I had just met that are FSU alums, in exchange for watching an Iowa game earlier that day. This was the Outback Bowl win year for us and FSU was pretty well rated then as well. Those guys fell in love with the Hawks that day and a couple of the ones that I still stay in touch with always still ask "How's Herky doing?" and reiterate that they still root for Iowa. They've been humbled themselves as of late, but it seems the question has been the same every year now, "What's happened to our Hawks?".....I have no answers, but it's nice to know that other fan bases still like us, or at least remember that we still exist.
HawkfaninWA
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Yep, I was born and raised in Iowa and left at 25. Been out in the Olympia area since (talk about hipsters and greeners!). But you're right about the weather.
Most Duck fans are fine, but just like every fan base, you have the knuckleheads. It's a little annoying right now cause they're good and everything is going their way. But I see Washington and Washington State are coming along so I hope they knock Oregon down to size.
But, and I'm being truthful here, I find myself enjoying watching more and more OTHER teams than Iowa now. I am still a fan of Iowa and hope the best . . . but the same old is really getting old. And it IS SLOW. I don't blame them for making fun of our style.
SamBrownlee48
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Hawks are actually getting a quicker tempo going. But the speed of the play is noticeably slower, I agree. It was worse last year when I would watch he Hawkeyes get get a delay of game penalty AFTER A TIMEOUT in the morning and then watch Oregon get the ball snapped with 30 seconds on the play clock.
ColoradoHAWKEYE
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It's not a mortal sin and you are forgiven. If it helps, when I use to live in Colo in the early 90's when Hayden had some abysmal years (5-6, 5-7, 6-6), I was still a Hawk fan but went to almost every CU (Univ of CO) home game and watched all their away games for several years (ie. Coach McCartney, Cordell Stewart, Eric Bieneimy days). They were National Champs in there too. I also followed and went to some great Air Force games. It will help get you through until the next string of good Hawk teams come along.
Just because the Hawks suck, doesn't mean you should not enjoy "good" football in the meantime. #OnceaHawk,AlwaysaHawk
OLWPAORWWM
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I don't think the show was intended for a wide audience.
DoubleDown
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Ya know another show that isn't funny and never was? 30 Rock.
Daughter and her friend spent 7/4 in Portland on a cross country trip. They told me that the large numbers of homeless kinda freaked them out and, at times, they felt unsafe.
Tell them that yes, their out of state African Americans are faster than our out of state African Americans.
seepig
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Our coaching staff is extinct! And there ability to prep the team for a game resembles an (no offense here because Alzheimer's is a terrible affliction) Alzheimer patient's ability to stay focused and have a clue. This coaching staff is terrible. Phil Parker's secondary is swiss cheese and most of the time without a clue. They are consistently in the wrong position pointing at each other like weren't you supposed to get that guy. It's shameful.
