ok, well what about Portland, Oregon?

ha! No, there's not much to do!

sorry, never mind.

I mean, Powell's. Duh. It's our only tourist attraction.

Alternatively, ask your favorite PDXILXor for coffee and chat.

or your favorite Local Indie Rock Legend

gabb, what do you expect to do in any city? I mean, you could try to jet-ski in the Willamette if you want.

something that's particular to the city and/or shows it at its best (under the circumstances)? it's a moot question, though - i won't be showing up in winter as I thought.

Yeah, so, Powell's and coffee. Maybe catch a living room show. But if you're not coming, you're not coming.

My friend just got back from Portland. He said there is great strip clubs and its very clean.

Oh yeah we have those too. I never think of them. But the people who like strip clubs say we have good ones in plentiful supply.

rip dino's, the skeeziest strip club in town

Santacon is coming up, dec 8th.

do you have any escort services?

wot, in portland? are you kidding?

I will personally escort just about anyone anywhere in this town.

i used to live in portland, with escorts. they are a special type of lady

Dino's finally closed? Where will the one-armed pole dancer go?!

oh god...yeah...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zMzeiMJQrvk

This is still in my Top 10 YouTube's of all time. I love the SOUNDS in this!

Gabb, if the weather is just right, here's something you can definitely do that's very characteristic of the city in these conditions. (Well, the Pac NW too.) Just make sure you get both types of insurance for your rental.

I Dj at that retro-arcade.

which night?

chances that i'm into med school are getting slimmer by the day, and chicago is getting me down (winter in/near mountains = yay!, winter in the midwest = fucking awful), and i want to live in the pac nw, even if it is just a bunch of stupid white people.

how do i get a job? is it feasible to get a 1 BR that's affordable? is it really like 2:1 dudes:ladies?

(ps i know i have asked these questions on this thread before)

Ask away about the NW, but i might be too stupid and white to answer.

http://www.milkgallon.com/gm6/DSCF1393.JPG

joeks, bruv

I know, I just wanted a setup for the pic above.

You get a job by knowing people who work for places that are hiring (or places related to those places). Basically.

One br = maybe $700/mo or so. That's about what I'm paying.

gimme a job

that's is the crudest request to get blown I have ever heard

Want to be a bike messenger?

done that

....is the pay better in pdx?

better than what?

^cantankerous

it's been that kind of week

it's monday!

I don't know any bike messengers!

i know some and i don't even live there!

gbx, just come out here. you'll find a job. it's one of the easiest cities to move to.

better than chicago! i was making like sub $300 a week when i worked as a messenger.

i am making plans.....just you wait. lease is up here in august, tho :(

wait jergins i thought you DID live in portland?

I will ask, gbx - I don't live in pdx either, but I know some bike messengers there. Also, some other people.

no, seattle. but i used to live there (and wait in fear on the pdx thread that i'll say something that's no longer true, the dumb knowitall that left portland years ago). i get there once every month or two though.

it's weird in a oh-shit-time-flies way that i remember the last time you were thinking about moving here. that was about a year ago, yeah?

xpostiness

i share a house with two housemates. I like it.

If you were moving here right now I would know someone who had a decent room for you.

My bike messenger source says expect a starting hourly rate of $9, and the bigger guys will guarantee a 40 hour week. She also says summer is not the time to try for it, because everybody wants to bike in the summer.

The best place in Portland, bar none, is Artichoke Community Music on Hawthorne. My personal home away from home, man.

has anyone been to the Ace Hotel Portland and have any opinions? Was gonna stay there or Jupiter.... my friend has a mural in one of the Ace rooms so thought it would be funny to stay there, but its more $$$$

the jupiter is just fine, but i'd actually recommend any of the motels on e.burnside or by the convention center for better value.

Today is fookin' hot. I'm in beulahland right now, listening to some one blasting Dino Jr on the p.a. and studying for my latin class. Thunderstorms are on their way in. ah, what a day.

hi, PDX! yr BEAUTIFUL!! <3<3<3<3

i understand jupiter reserves a few rooms for people who party too hard in the nabe or something. i plan to maybe stay at the Ace if and when I ever get to Portland (i'll actually stay around NW 21st of course).

Artichoke Music was, for a long time, owned by Steve Einhorn and Kate Power, two people I might be able to claim as actual friends, although this would place me in roughly the same objective category as about 5,000 other poeple who know them, admire them and put some sort of claim on them by prior connection. They sold the shop not too very long ago.

BTW, Kate has one of the finest natural singing voices I have ever heard, a contralto, if my ear is working the way it should.