Nestled in a tiny pocket of SW Portland is one of the most storied and long standing restaurants in town, The Leaky Roof. Sitting on the corner of SW16th and Jefferson, “The Roof” has been around for over 50 years, and is a staple in the Goose Hollow neighborhood. Over time, it has progressed nicely from a rundown pub (hence the name) to an establishment that is known around the city for great food, a really great happy hour, and for having the largest collection of Irish whiskey in town. You can’t really go wrong in a place that serves a big burger and fries for $3 (also see McCormick and Schmicks). For $2.50 the quesadilla is another fantastic choice,
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Typically on Wednesdays I post my “Happy Hour of the Week”. Due to all the new readers that have checked out the site over the last couple days I thought I would postpone my Happy Hour post until Thursday and write about something a little more interesting. – #27: Golf at Augusta National Golf Club They say nothing is impossible if you put your mind to it. Well I am going to test this theory. Long regarded as one of the best and most exclusive golf courses in the world, Augusta National is a legend. Whether you are a golfer or not, the chances are you have heard of this course, and a little tournament held there annually called The
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I recently did a guest post for Derek over at Live Uncomfortably called Gorgeous Girls, Fast Boat, French Riviera. If you haven’t read it, you can find it here. If you are new to my site thank you for checking it out! It is still a work in progress, but I am really excited about the direction it is heading. Take a look around, some of the posts I would recommend looking at first are: -Backpacking Through Europe – Without the Backpack -Create Your Own College Education -The List (My list of things I wish to accomplish during my lifetime) If you havent been to Live Uncomfortably, go RIGHT NOW. Derek is a great writer and has some awesome stories to tell. He
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Every one has a list of things they want to do before they die. Whether it is written down or not, there is something in this world that you would like to do, but have yet to experience/accomplish. Writing out a “bucket list” is the first step you can make towards accomplishing some of these goals. However, this can be a harder list to write than you might expect. If you use the following tips, you should be able to not only write a meaningful list, but actually accomplish it as well. For reference, here is the beginning of my list. Mine still has a ways to go. 1) Don’t try to write it all at once. This isn’t an
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This is the second in a series of guest posts from Steve Ogle’s journal during a 2008 trip to Zambia to film The Ultimate Ride: African Rush. If you havent read The Ultimate Ride: African Rush Days 1-3 you can find them here. – Day 4 A mostly good start to the day. The sun was back out, I still felt pretty good (no problems with the Malaria drugs so far, which have a reputation for being kind of harsh), and no serious gastro-intestinal issues. I have been pretty careful about things like tap water and foods that can be problematic. After a great afternoon yesterday we kind of took a hit today. We wanted to shoot a scene in
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There is a restaurant nestled in the heart of NW 21st street that seems to rarely go noticed by many people in the neighborhood. Lucy’s Table is a restaurant that has been around for quite some time, yet it took me almost two years of living in the neighborhood to actually go in and check it out. My only regret is not going in sooner. Social Hour, as they call it there, consists of a wide variety of items that I think would be best categorized as “American gourmet”. For $4 you can get their pomegranate glazed baby back ribs. Now one might expect $4 ribs at a place like this to be paltry and severely undersized. I was shocked
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Every once in awhile something happens in your life that completely throws off everything you know to be true. Before I left for Europe after my college graduation, I absolutely knew that I had to have 35 pounds worth of crap to make it across the European countryside (oh to be a first time backpacker). Well a three weeks and four countries later, everything I thought I knew to be true ended up being completely, entirely, 100% wrong. What are the odds that on your first trip out of the country, your luggage is lost for the first time? Well apparently better than you might think, because on my 3 week long European trek, my pack never showed up. This
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