Did the winter’s atmospheric river ruin the berry harvest, or just the façade of cozy, low-key Portland winters? 

Viva Las Vegas (née Liv Osthus), everyone’s favorite minister’s daughter–turned–stripper, is running for mayor. Can the race be a dance-off? 

Going to Foo Fighters in August at Providence Park—or would that mess with the memory of the last big show there, Def Leppard and Bryan Adams in 2005? 

A test: with no Dame or Sinc in the mix, can you name three Portlanders headed to the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris?

Should we buy respirators and
air purifiers now, or get stuck
paying double (if we can even
find them) when wildfire season hits? 

Let’s make your Portland Marathon or Hood to Coast less absurdly painful: your six-month training program starts now. 

A controversial opinion: Cherry blossoms are prettier than roses. Particularly on the 100 cherry trees that line the Japanese American Historical Plaza, usually in bloom from mid-March through early April. 

Spring means the hellishly incessant pop-pop-pop sound of pickleball, and the jangled nerves of nearby neighbors. Discuss. 

Will the Flock food hall—the Ritz-Carlton, Portland developers’ answer to having built over the beloved 10th & Alder food cart pod—be open by the time you read this? 

Blazers without Dame. Still.  Can’t. Even. 

A gas attendant told me that he’s still teaching Portlanders how to use the pumps, four months into self-service. Are you one of them?

The Ritz-Carlton has finally opened. I heard that basketball players have condos there, to keep up their off-court game.

After the Kroger-Albertsons merger, the megagrocer will own Fred Meyer, Safeway, Albertsons, QFC, Kroger, aaaand a paaartriiiiidge in a pear tree.

Did you know that Portland has had seven police chiefs in eight years? Chuck Lovell’s three-plus years was an eternity in a job perpetually on fire.

Developers are planning to replace the Lloyd Center with a whole darn neighborhood (5,000 homes, plus restaurants and greenspace). To avoid Portlanders melting down, they promise to include an ice rink.