ok, well what about Portland, Oregon?

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Oct 6->8th at the Hollywood Theatre, NE Portland.

Speakers, guests, vendors, and films both short and feature-length!

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I am now at work, trying to get some rest. Whee.

now i just need to know where to eat? breakfast and dinner suggestions welcome. bakery ideas would be appreciated to.

[really wish i had tix for the katatonia/agalloch/moonspell show instead,but my betrothed is not to fond of metal]

Anyway, where are you staying? There's no shortage of great breakfast and dinner places in Portland. But search Valentine's, the Farm, Nicholas, maybe J&M for breakfast or Bijou. Stop at Voodoo Doughnuts. Pearl Bakery, perhaps also Grand Central. And, you know, Powell's.

breakfaast-wise, i like fat albert's.

we are staying at the doubletree on NE Multnomah. really wanted to stay at mcmenamins kennedy school hotel,but it was booked way in advance.

thanks for the info.

and for dessert: Pix Patisserie

If you're swinging by music shops, you might want to stop by Jackpot (2 locations - downtown and Hawthorne)

also, there's a zombiewalk in portland tomorrow.

SE Division is starting to blow up (finally!). Petit Provence does breakfast and is also a bakery. There is also the aforementioned Nuestra Cocina and Lauro for dinner (entrees run $12-$23).

Maybe some others can pipe in to disagree or agree but it seems like PDX'ers are crazy about going out to breakfast on the weekends. Expect a wait if you head out too late.

except all the new places overcharge, w/ the exception of The Nest.

at any rate, Say Hi To Your Mom is playing tonight at the Towne Lounge, so time to head to that.

Cup and Saucer is still hanging on.

Ethiopian places on Broadway are generally good (I tend to go to Blue Nile the most, because it's closest to me) and Costello's is my local coffee/sammich haunt.

PDX is still a huge breakfast town, and the restaurants still close too damn early.

I still need to try Pambiche.

I think Il Piatto is overpriced and bland (which is a shame since I live within spitting distance and I liked it ambience well enough) and Swagat has caused way too many GI issues in friends and smelled far too strongly of ammonia the last time I went.

Ken's Artisan Pizza is new and pretty great.

I have never been to Portland before but I have one important question - where can I find some of your ex-pat English "soccer" pubs where I can see the crucial, balanced-on-a-knife-edge, season-defining Man Utd-Chelsea game on Sunday 26th?

I am staying at the Mcmenamins Kennedy School thing, but I'm driving up so I imagine most places are within my reach.

I might do some other stuff too, who knows.

haaaaaaaaa! I just read this. We booked back in August.

yeah, the Horse Brass.

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Good stuff. HP Sauce. Etc.

Horse Brass is the English pub but do they show the games? I don't even remember them having a tv -- but they sure ought to. Costello's, the coffee shop near me, regularly shows soccer games. Either way call first.

But seriously, adam, look me up when you get here.

thanks for the suggestions upthread. we had a great time in your rain soaked city this weekend.the trees and parks all over town were amazing. will oldham was lots of fun,the mission theatre is a quaint place to see live performance.

**sorry to say,but i still find easy street [seattle] the best store for my cd needs in the nw. selection and $$ wise.

yes and yes. both excellent.

And hopefully it'll stay calm while I go vote...

if anybody's around tonight, head to the Lucky Lab in NW. I'll be there with friends and fellow volunteers.

fortunately, all my cardboard boxed stuff is up in my room.