Summer is still here! Don’t miss Movies on the Green at Cyan/PDX apartments. This weeks series featuring the 80’s classic, Romancing the Stone, Friday, August 14, 2009  . The festivities will begin at 7pm and the movie will start at 8PM. Drinks and appetizers will be provided.  Be sure to bring along a blanket or lawn chair for the turf field, invite friends, kick off your shoes, sit back and relax, and enjoy the show. Cyan/PDX is located at 1720 SW 4th Ave.

Photo by J. Maus, Courtesy of Bikeportland.org

Just wanted to post this wonderful picture from this past weekend’s Providence Bridge Pedal.  More than 20,000 were in the saddle on Sunday, and some of the images are simply breathtaking.  Be sure to check out the slideshow on bikeportland.org, and others around the web!

Picture courtesy of www.southwaterfront.com

Join in for Riverfest 2009 at the South Waterfront on Saturday, August 22, 2009. This  free, family friendly festival provides for a great opportunity to celebrate life and living on the river. Live music, food, beverages, fun activities, and attractions are sure to provide for a good time. Join your neighbors for Riverfest 2009 on the South Waterfront. Additional events will also take place throughout various areas along the river Thursday, August 20, 2009 through Sunday, August 23, 2009.

Riverfest 2009 at the South Waterfront is proudly a South Waterfront Community Relations Collaboration.

Image courtesy of www.biteoforegon.com

Another weekend is upon is and another festival opens its doors (tentflaps?), this time featuring the culinary wonders of the Pacific Northwest.  Like the many “Food Related Verb” of “City”festivals throughout the country, the Bite of Oregon features top regional chefs as well as entertainment and a family friendly atmosphere.   This year’s festival will also feature an appearance by “Hell’s Kitchen” winner Chef Rahman “Rock” Harper on Saturday and Sunday and even Iron Chef Oregon competitions on Friday and Saturday.

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The Ardea

First Thursday

August 6, 2009

Wine and Hors d’oeuvres: 5PM

Streetcars to downtown and the Pearl District: every 13 minutes

 There is no better place to begin and end your First Thursday gallery hopping than right here at The Ardea.  First of all, there’s plenty of parking and it’s free! Or, you can walk in, bike in, kayak in and streetcar in.  No more hassle driving around hunting for a spot and missing valuable moments of checking out the exhibitions and of getting your share of the hors d’oeuvres.

 Speaking of wine and hors d’oeuvres, after you park, your first sip of fine wine and a bite of delicious food awaits you in the beautiful courtyard of the Ardea under cool breezes from the river flowing just a few steps away.

 Once you’re relaxed, step on to the streetcar and head into downtown and the Pearl District, getting on and off whenever the spirit moves you.

 When you’re all done, step aboard the streetcar and return to the Ardea. Take a stroll along the river as the sunsets, the water a perfect drop back for reminiscing about the art, the food, and the city.

 If you want to take a tour of the apartments, we’ll be happy to show you around. It’s breathtaking riverfront apartment living with unparalleled concierge service, you’re close to the city, and closer to nature.  When you live at the Ardea you can keep your dog, your kayak, your fine pinot and your must see film list.  Life is short. When you show up here, we’re ready to make sure that you do the living and we do the work. Just show up. We’ll take care of the rest.

The Ardea is a building of pet lovers.  We’ve got dogs, cats, fish, who knows maybe even Sasquatch is living in a unit.  But with all of this four legged activity also comes the need for accessories. 

Leashes, collars, toys, you name it, they are simply one of little items we pick up and work through their life until they are so tired and tattered they become unusable.  But it’s these smaller, less often considered items where reuse and reappropriation of recycled materials can make a big difference in our disposable culture lifestyle.

Enter Cycle Dog, a new Portland based business which takes recycled bicycle tubes and repurposes them for leashes and collars.  I first saw them over at the Multnomah County Bike Fair that ended Pedalpalooza and their merch tent was completely surrounded.  It’s a great concept, with a steady supply of no longer usable bike tubes out there especially in this city, they are finding a great use for an item which normally makes its way to a landfill.  Be sure to look at some examples after the jump.

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Hey everyone,
Lots to tell you about this weekend so lets get started.
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image courtesy of Portland Department of Transportation

 With the design process continuing on the new Portland-Milwaukie Light Rail Bridge comes word that there will also be some improvements and changes coming to the street level infrastructure of the South Waterfront. 

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Looking to get inspired?
Want to be a part of a revolution in building design?
Do the terms ‘bioreactor’, ’swale’, ‘grey water’, and ‘net zero energy’ get your fires burning?

Well then head on down to the Shattuck Hall Annex at PSU on Thursday from 5-7:30 for an open house detailing the latest designs for the groundbreaking Oregon Sustainability Center!

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Welcome Back!
Time for me to pontificate on my personal Pedalpalooza adventures for your edification.
Friday was a blustery and rainy day, perfect for jaunting around our fair city!  In a flurry of ambition I decided to take on two Pedalpalooza events as well as the Timbers match versus Minnesota at PGE, and by the time my night came to a close I had racked up over 30 miles and had visited all 4 quadrants of the city!

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