June 27, 2008
Exclusive reservations for the Street of Dreams Hospitality Deck are now available! Reserve this unique location for a fun and sophisticated lunch or dinner event. This is the perfect locale for a rejuvenating team lunch or client thank you dinner. Several menu options are available from Celebrate Catering, complete with white linens, centerpieces and a bartender if you like.
Each Hospitality reservation includes show tickets, complimentary souvenir show guides, VIP wrist bands and a view that is out of this world.
June 23, 2008
This money saving blog posts free Portland events from book readings to craft parites, from street fairs to clothing swaps. Aroundthesunblog.com
June 18, 2008
Make merry with locally grown berries at Portland Farmers Market’s two berry festivals, set for Thursday, June 19, at Eastbank Farmers Market and Thursday, June 26, at the Ecotrust Market in the Pearl. Fress baked berry shortcakes topped with organic whipping creamwill be served to shoppers who make a $5 minimum purchase from any market vendor.
Cooking demonstrations and musical entertainment will top off the sweet celebrations at both markets. At the Eastbank Market on June 19, watch chef and farmer Mark Doxtader of Tastebud Farm share his rustic techniques for making strawberry-port pie. Musical duo Robb & Crockett are promising folk-rock-country-grass fried good times!If you haven’t had your fill of shortcake, you can celebrate Berry Days again the following week at the Ecotrust Market, on Thursday, June 26. Shop the market and then enjoy shortcake #2 while tapping your toes to tunes by Square Dance Paul. Arrive by 6 p.m. and watch Chef Alfred Popp of Popp Catering whip up a berry meringue.
June 9, 2008
With gas prices passing the $4 mark save yourself time and money by starting your home search online. Check out the cool home shopping sites below:
RMLS – Portland’s Regional Multiple Listing Service is the first check source for house hunting, but it is far from high tech.
Zillow – Includes a home value database and for sale home listings but it only has a limited reach of listings because it does not use RMLS.
Roost – This website partners with RMLS, brokers, builders and other date sources to provide a comprehensive database.
Trulia – Doesn’t use RMLS but does include social networking features for buyers and sellers.
Craigslist – A good stop for “for sale by owner” properties that don’t make it into RMLS.
June 1, 2008
The last time the Portland Habitat chapter organized professional builders was two years ago, when four companies oversaw the construction of four houses.
This year, five builders — Buena Vista Custom Homes, Fish Construction NW, Intex Custom Homes, LHL Homes and Schumacher Custom Homes — are practically racing to build five houses on Ogden Street near Southeast 82nd Avenue.
The builders mobilized 170 area contractors and suppliers to donate labor and materials. It’s a huge bonus for Habitat because it comes in addition to the group’s other houses under construction or on the drawing board.
The blitz, which is part of a national push, will contribute to a total of 263 new homes. The five Portland families will receive keys to theirs Friday. read more…