Tag: portland

why is biking dangerous

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...

/ July 29, 2019
Jon Paul Steuer, Harvest at the Bindery

Jon Paul Steuer, an Amazing Restauranteur

Reflection on Jon Steuer's Harvest restaurant which few of his fans have heard about.

/ January 23, 2019
portland wild murals

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...

/ December 4, 2018

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...

/ November 13, 2018
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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....

/ October 21, 2018
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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.

/ July 9, 2018
Dane Eisenbart

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...

/ August 18, 2017