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The Bar => The Lounge => Topic started by: bijou on May 05, 2008, 01:32:27 PM
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PORTLAND, Ore. -- Acupuncture is not just for people. It's also for cities - if the city is Portland.
Adam Kuby has stuck a 23-foot needle into the ground down by the Willamette River and hopes to plant more, choosing locations where he figures the city's "chi," or vital energy, needs some help.
Unusual? You bet. Unusual for Portland? Not really.
... For kitsch lovers there's the Velveteria, a black velvet painting museum. Lots of taste, all of it bad in some eyes, unless you love it, and the owners do. Nothing is for sale. Open weekends.
A black light room enhances your favorite Mack Truck Jesus, wahine, Elvis or bandito.
"You will never be the same after a visit to the Velveteria," the Web site promises. And it has "arrived." A monthlong show at Powell's Books, billed as the world's largest bookstore, begins May 1.
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http://www.miamiherald.com/577/story/521828.html
A city with its own DU name? :lmao:
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There's also the 24 Hour Church of Elvis: http://www.frankwu.com/elvis1.html (http://www.frankwu.com/elvis1.html) Well, it closed a few years back but it's tackiness can still be found on the web: http://www.24hourchurchofelvis.com (http://www.24hourchurchofelvis.com)
Miss White Trash Pageant
http://www.misswhitetrash.com/ (http://www.misswhitetrash.com/)
and VooDoo Donut http://voodoodoughnut.com/index.html (http://voodoodoughnut.com/index.html). Not to mention a perpetually losing basketball team that for some odd reasons the city keeps pouring money into. We in Oregon can't decide whether we're hippies or hicks...some people I know are both.
Cindie
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Oh, and VooDoo Donut has a cockfest every spring...men compete to see who can put the most donuts on their penis. How many cities can say that?!
Cindie
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Oh, and VooDoo Donut has a cockfest every spring...men compete to see who can put the most donuts on their penis. How many cities can say that?!
Cindie
Thankfully very few. :lmao:
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Oh, and VooDoo Donut has a cockfest every spring...men compete to see who can put the most donuts on their penis. How many cities can say that?!
Cindie
Don't tell me the loser has to eat the donuts, please ?
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It's just proof that God has a sense of humor. That part of the country is so beautiful he had to fill it with moonbats. :-)
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Good grief. I had no idea that city was so looney!
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Good grief. I had no idea that city was so looney!
Ever been to the Pacific Northwest? It isn't just that city.
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Good grief. I had no idea that city was so looney!
Ever been to the Pacific Northwest? It isn't just that city.
I have not. And I'm not sure I'll be making plans to visit in the near future after reading that.
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I have not. And I'm not sure I'll be making plans to visit in the near future after reading that.
That entire I-5 corridor is a snapshot of DU. From Portland on up.
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I have not. And I'm not sure I'll be making plans to visit in the near future after reading that.
That entire I-5 corridor is a snapshot of DU. From Portland on up.
I've read Lauri talk about Seattle before in not so pleasant tones. :-)
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There's also the 24 Hour Church of Elvis: http://www.frankwu.com/elvis1.html (http://www.frankwu.com/elvis1.html) Well, it closed a few years back but it's tackiness can still be found on the web: http://www.24hourchurchofelvis.com (http://www.24hourchurchofelvis.com)
Miss White Trash Pageant
http://www.misswhitetrash.com/ (http://www.misswhitetrash.com/)
and VooDoo Donut http://voodoodoughnut.com/index.html (http://voodoodoughnut.com/index.html). Not to mention a perpetually losing basketball team that for some odd reasons the city keeps pouring money into. We in Oregon can't decide whether we're hippies or hicks...some people I know are both.
Cindie
Church of Elvis re opened. It is on 4th & Couch. The lady that runs the place (Former corporate lawyer) has gained a lot of weight, but she is still a lot of fun to talk to.
Powells is Heaven. It is in several buildings all on one block, and there are four floors of books in the back two buildings. Powells has a better selection than Amazon.
The Velveteria is kind of cool. I like that kind of stuff myself. It is a small storefront on 28th IIRC
The jailblazers aren't that bad. They only skammed the city for half the price of the new stadium. Lots of places get stuck with the whole bill.
Portland got stung on the baseball stadium deal. Taxpayers said no, but the city did refurbish the old one hoping to get the Expos from Montreal, but that poisoned chalice passed on to DC.
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I have not. And I'm not sure I'll be making plans to visit in the near future after reading that.
That entire I-5 corridor is a snapshot of DU. From Portland on up.
I'd actually start a little farther south with Eugene.
Cindie
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There's also the 24 Hour Church of Elvis: http://www.frankwu.com/elvis1.html (http://www.frankwu.com/elvis1.html) Well, it closed a few years back but it's tackiness can still be found on the web: http://www.24hourchurchofelvis.com (http://www.24hourchurchofelvis.com)
Miss White Trash Pageant
http://www.misswhitetrash.com/ (http://www.misswhitetrash.com/)
and VooDoo Donut http://voodoodoughnut.com/index.html (http://voodoodoughnut.com/index.html). Not to mention a perpetually losing basketball team that for some odd reasons the city keeps pouring money into. We in Oregon can't decide whether we're hippies or hicks...some people I know are both.
Cindie
Church of Elvis re opened. It is on 4th & Couch. The lady that runs the place (Former corporate lawyer) has gained a lot of weight, but she is still a lot of fun to talk to.
Powells is Heaven. It is in several buildings all on one block, and there are four floors of books in the back two buildings. Powells has a better selection than Amazon.
The Velveteria is kind of cool. I like that kind of stuff myself. It is a small storefront on 28th IIRC
The jailblazers aren't that bad. They only skammed the city for half the price of the new stadium. Lots of places get stuck with the whole bill.
Portland got stung on the baseball stadium deal. Taxpayers said no, but the city did refurbish the old one hoping to get the Expos from Montreal, but that poisoned chalice passed on to DC.
Oh, Powell's is Heaven on earth! I was thrilled when they finally opened one up on the west side so I didn't have to fight the traffic. It's not as good as the original but still Powell's. Now that I'm further south at least I can order from the website (which pulls from all locations and the wherehouse...you just can't touch all those wonderful used books).
I actually didn't mind PGE park since my son got to practice soccer there and it was right on the lightrail. He played for FC Portland and before Clive Charles died he was one of the coaches of the Timbers (amazing man, he was active up until the end). It was really nice not to have to drive those 3 days a week.
It's cool the Church of Elvis reopened...kind of a fun place and less moonbatty than some. I do miss the area though. Mind you, I wouldn't want to give up where I'm at (Douglas County actually has more normal people...excusing most of the liberal arts teachers at UCC).
Cindie
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All the world's problems are my Daddy's fault, he made me drive all those pasture fence posts in the wrong places. :hammer: