Archive for May, 2010

365PDX#78: OHS Pug Crawl Sunday

Posted May 21

365PDX#78: OHS Pug Crawl Sunday
365PDX#78: Pug Crawl For the Pug lovers in touch, the 10th annual  Pug Crawl is a huge event. Sadly my dog eats Pugs for breakfast- anybody have a pug I can borrow? A Portland tradition continues on Sunday, May 23rd when a parade of costumed pugs take to the street for the 10th …

365PDX#77: Kenton Street Fair Saturday

Posted May 20

365PDX#77: Kenton Street Fair Saturday
365 Things to do in Portland #77: Kenton Street Fair. North Portland seems to be rocking it this month on the neighborhood spirit. 1st we had the St. Johns Parade and St. Johns Bizarre, now we have Kenton St. Fair... Kenton Street Fair this Sat 22nd! 10am-6pm (w/afterpartys at Ke…

365PDX #76: The Gong Show a benefit for Outside In

Posted May 19

365PDX #76: The Gong Show a benefit for Outside In
365 Things to do in Portland #76: Gong Show. Remember the Gong Show from the 70's? It was that stupid, funny, goofy show where contestants would perform a mix of hilarious, embarassing, silly or downright stupid acts, in the hopes of not being 'gonged' off the show. On Thursday M…

365PDX#75: Last week of Cirque De Soleil * Kooza *

Posted May 18

365 Things to do in Portland #75: Catch one of the last Cirque De Soleil shows of the season. This is the final week of KOOZA by Cirque De Soleil.  For those of you that have no idea what I'm talking about, Cirque De Soleil is an amazing acrobatics/dance/aeralist performance compan…

365PDX#74: Lunch buffet at Swagat

Posted May 17

365 things to do in Portland day 73: Swagat lunch buffet If I'm in NW Portland and looking for lunch (and I'm really hungry), I love to hit the buffet at Swagat Indian restaurant You can always get seated right away, the staff are friendly and very efficient and $8.95 gets you al…

365PDX#72: Sunday Parkways Bike Ride

Posted May 15

365PDX#72: Sunday Parkways Bike Ride
365 Things to do in Portland #72: This Sunday is the First Sunday Parkways Bike Ride. One Sunday each month, from May to September this year, there are some special traffic-free rides around a different area of Portland, with all sorts of activities, music, food and FUN along the w…

365PDX#71: Art Hop on Alberta

Posted May 14

365 Things to do in Portland #71:  Art Hop on Alberta Saturday. Head to Alberta St. Saturday from 11am-6pm for the 11th annual Alberta Art Hop. The street will be closed for the day to cars for this huge event with 150+ artists, craftspeople, music, dance and theater performances, …

365PdX#70: Claim your Friendly Fire Ticket

Posted May 13

 365PDX#70: Claim your free Friendly Fire Ticket. First person to comment that shared the original post on 365PDX Facebook wins a ticket. If you didn't share already, share this post check comment below then check back on this thread tomorrow for another chance to win. Make sure to watch the video below. Magic Bus from daflew on Vimeo.…

365PDX #69: Doggie Dash this Saturday

Posted May 12

365 Things to do in Portland #69: Head to OHS Doggie Dash this Saturday. Head down to Tom Mcall Waterfront Park Saturday and join 5000 other people and their dogs for Doggie Dash, and help raise over $230,000 for the Oregon Humane Society. There are two courses to 'run' and 8 dif…

365PDX day 68: Play Dodgeball

Posted May 11

365PDX day 68: Play Dodgeball
365 Things to do in Portland day #68: dodgeball If you loved gym class when you were a kid, you should check out Recesstime Sports leagues dodgeball. They offer two types of dodgeball- classic (with the rubber balls from gym class) and no sting (for the gentler among us). Each we…