Tag: portland
Why Am I Scared to Ride a Bike?
For the most part, I’ve stopped biking in Seattle. The density of vehicles and aggressiveness of drivers has surpassed my comfort level. I appreciated Vreni’s visual guide to why biking has become so dangerous and how it could be made...
Jon Paul Steuer, an Amazing Restauranteur
Reflection on Jon Steuer's Harvest restaurant which few of his fans have heard about.
You Can, In Portland Hunt for Street Art Murals
I do like this advertising campaign by the W+K agency, “You Can, In Portland.” It’s super cute and very much like the city, just needed some white people and homeless people* in the background to make it real. And, I...
Girls Riding Wolf Underwater Dreamscape – Portland Murals
Since I began collecting photos of Portland’s street art for PortlandWild, I’ve found a large number of beautiful murals I didn’t know existed. However, one from my neighborhood remains a favorite. It appears to show two young girls, riding a...
Announcing Portland Wild – your guide to the wildness of the urban landscape
Introducing Portland Wild I’m excited to share PortlandWild.com with you, a new visual guide to Portland’s public art murals, its Heritage Trees and Little Free Libraries: The Inspiration During my time in Portland, I’ve been amazed by its beautiful trees....
Kaiser Permanente’s Unfortunate Dog Fountain
Kaiser Permanente placed a dog fountain in front of their new Care Essentials without a people fountain for the street's homeless. So, I tried to fix it for them.
Beautiful Exploratory Pieces by Dane Eisenbart
At Albina Press Coffeehouse for possibly a short remaining amount of time, go check out Dane Eisenbart’s show of paintings. They are imaginary, simultaneously worldly and otherworldly, dreamlike and usually thoughtful or playful, or both. Ex Ovum The Meadow Sundial...