Category Archives: Portland
Where and What Is Home?
The first trip back to your home country after living abroad is both a dive back into the familiar and a jarring sense of waking from a very long dream. […]
11 Months in Germany And Turning A Corner
I’m working on a memoir about this whole experience and it’s turned into an anti-Eat Pray Love. I am aware of the parody that already exists, but I’m not meaning […]
Stephanie’s Portland Picks for May
By May, we in the Pacific Northwest begin to wonder if it will ever truly be warmer and sunnier ever again. But fear not, just another month and it will […]
Stephanie’s Portland Picks for April
The tulips and daffodils are out, it’s occasionally sunny – Spring is here! Shows You Don’t Want to Miss Out From The Shadows IV April 5-7 at Tonic Lounge I’ve […]
Stephanie’s Portland Picks for March
If you’re not heading to somewhere sunny for Spring Break, there are still things to do in the rain. I will thoroughly enjoy watching the Oscars on Sunday, March 4th, […]
It’s February and All the Things Are Happening in Portland Right Now
I can’t pick just one featured event. For me, right now it’s all about the Olympics, The Portland International Film Festival and the Portland Jazz Festival. I’ve been away […]
Stephanie’s Portland Picks for October
Featured Event We have one more mostly dry month – so my starred recommendation is to take full advantage of it. Drive out to wine country, hike Forest Park, do […]
Stephanie’s Portland Picks for September
Though we might think we’re going to blast our little window unit air conditioners for the rest of our lives, soon we’ll wake up and feel the chill and smell […]
Stephanie’s Portland Picks for August
Portland’s Summer Free For All Continues to Be Awesome and IGGY F*CKING POP at MusicFestNW/Project Pabst! There’s an absolutely stunning variety and number of Summer Free For All shows […]