Portland Guides
The Shiksa's Guide...
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The Drunken Touris...
A couple of weekends ago, GillianS took herself a little trip to Portland, Oregon. "Why?" you may ask. "Because I had never been there before," I may reply...
Seattle's Best Bud...
You voted for the best Budget Hotel in Seattle, and we counted. Check out the results below.
The Official Guide...
We've all seen them. Tapered blue jeans hugging our mom's ankles, high waisted, making their bottoms look, FLAT. It might be our own mothers, or mothers we ...
Portland's Best Mo...
You voted for the best Morning-After Brunch in Portland, and we counted. Check out the results below.
Portland is the largest city in the U.S. state of Oregon, and county seat of Multnomah County. (Small portions of Portland are in Washington and Clackamas Counties.) Portland straddles the Willamette River immediately south of its confluence with the Columbia River. Portland is the second largest city in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. Only Seattle, Washington is larger.
... more »Portland is the largest city in the U.S. state of Oregon, and county seat of Multnomah County. (Small portions of Portland are in Washington and Clackamas Counties.) Portland straddles the Willamette River immediately south of its confluence with the Columbia River. Portland is the second largest city in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. Only Seattle, Washington is larger.
The population of Portland is estimated to be 556,370 as of July 1, 2005, and that of the surrounding metropolitan area (MSA) is approximately 2 million (the 24th largest in the United States).
Portland is known as "The City of Roses" or "Rose City", nicknames that originated during the 1905 Lewis and Clark centennial exposition[citation needed]. Its climate is ideal for growing roses, and the city has many rose gardens, including the International Rose Test Garden in Washington Park. Other nicknames for the city of Portland include "Stumptown", "Bridgetown" (due to its numerous bridges), "Puddletown" (due to the weather), and "River City" (due to its proximity to the Willamette and Columbia Rivers), "PDX" (after the city's airport code) and, "P-town".
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