I had the best cheesesteak sangwich the other day.

If you haven't had one of these gustatory marvels, I suggest you consult your physician and then ignore his or her cautions and go get one. Your mouth will thank you, or would if it weren't so busy. My recommendation: Steaks Fifth Avenue at Pioneer Courthouse Square. Easily located, just follow the sound of collective “omnomnomz” forming a nimbus around the cart.

While you're gnawing on the first of two (or is that just me?),…

Some stuff that happened/is happening while I've been writing the guest blog on PortlandNeighborhood.Com and neglecting these personal scribbles (like you missed them):

I now have a temporary/contract gig in Tualatin, a thirty-minute drive away.  The gig is okay but the distance sucks.  The trusty thrifty Yaris does its best to conserve, but the fuel guage still suggests we're heaving pails of gasoline out the window.  The route does not lend itself easily to bicycling part of the way…

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I'm going to fall back on that universal cop-out, the one many people use when pressed to explain their belief systems: I'm not religious, but I am spiritual.

Oh, you didn't ask? My bad.

The truth is that I'm a lapsed everything. If my seeking life was an actual path, the grass on both sides of the sidewalk would be stomped flat. I've exchanged many a come-hither glance with a variety of disciplines. I'm the guy floating from table to table, full of ideas and conversation, but…

Happy Mother's Day Weekend, Portlanders!  Our weekly Portland Events Blog has just been posted.  This Week in Portland, featuring:

• Portland Mother's Day Events
• Featured Portland Events
• Climb Sublime - Guest Blog by Rob Creighton Garrison with Mt. Tabor Park
• Portland Summer Sports…

Have I told you lately how much I hate running?  Oh I do.  Muchly.  In times past I've sought to convince myself that I like to run, and in every case have ended with trembling legs, sprained lungs (you laugh, but I know what a sprain feels like), my teeth awash with the tart taste of bile and failure.  Running sucks.  I don't think you suck if you enjoy running, understand, but the act itself sucks the very suckness of suckitude.…

Happy Cinco de Mayo, Portland.  Your weekly Portland events blog has just been posted.  This Week in Portland, we've got:

• Portland Cinco de Mayo Fiesta
• Portland Community Gardens
• OHS Doggie Dash on May 12, 2012
• Featured Portland Events this Week
• Portland Photo of the…

I lived on an island for awhile, when I was between the ages of eight and ten. My family moved from Roswell, New Mexico to Puerto Rico when my dad was transferred to Ramey Air Force Base.

It was very cool. White sand beaches, palm trees, hermit crabs to occupy our sand castles. Balmy weather punctuated every year by terrifying threats of hurricanes. BIG bugs. Even though we lived on base, amidst the regimented confines of military life, it was still a kid's adventure. When my dad…

Looking for fun things to do in Portland this week? Our weekly Portland Events blog has just been posted.  This Week in Portland, we've got:

• Portland's Ox Restaurant Opens
• Amazing Time Lapse Video of Portland
• Read Your Town (Portland Authors), by Rob Creighton Garrison
• Portland 5K Fun Runs in…