Fugitives and Refugees
The author takes readers on a walking tour of Portland, Oregon, revealing the city's quirky, cheap, and wild side as he visits unusual museums, offbeat annual festivals, scenes of ghostly hauntings, and strange local customs.
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What Hacker News says
- Congratulations!! On the impending mutual move with your S.O. to your current dream location and your ability to begin working remote (maybe start an Ask YC on experiences with working remotely?).
I don't think you'll regret moving there - but you would regret not moving later in life. In my brief time there, I found Portland to be a community of communities.
Fat Tire beer on tap..
Calagator: Portland's Tech Calendar: http://calagator.org/
PDXTech: http://www.pdxtech.org/
Last Thursday's in Alberta: http://www.artonalberta.org/
upcoming.org (Founder Andy Baio lives there!): http://upcoming.yahoo.com/place/RlEYPWubBZtlFXkb
The 3rd best Farmer's Market in the U.S: http://www.portlandfarmersmarket.org/
(Usually free) live music every night of the week: http://www.mcmenamins.com/index.php?type=music
Amazing large Zen garden http://www.japanesegarden.com/
"Fugitives and Refugees: A Walk in Portland, Oregon" by C.P.
http://www.powells.com/biblio?isbn=1400047838
"Everyone in Portland is living a minimum of three lives," says Katherine Dunn, the author of Geek Love. She says, "Everyone has at least three identities"..."They're a grocery store checker, an archeologist, and a biker guy," she says. "Or they're poet, a drag queen, and a bookstore clerk."
Read "Portland's Special Challenges" and "Portland's Special Strengths" (pp17-19). "The Young and the Restless: How Portland Competes for Talent"
- Chuck Palahniuk's sole foray into travel literature is called "Fugitives and Refugees: A Walk in Portland, Oregon". This is the author of Fight Club and Choke.
http://www.amazon.com/Fugitives-Refugees-Portland-Oregon-Jou...
- I believe multiple "lives" is what makes me happier.
I loved this monologue statement from "The Breakfast Club". While a bit cute, I feel it is true and meshes with the other quote below from the author of Fight Club, Chuck Palahniuk's book on his hometown Portland, "Fugitives and Refugees".
> Dear Mr. Vernon, we accept the fact that we had to sacrifice a whole Saturday in detention for whatever it was we did wrong. But we think you're crazy to make us write an essay telling you who we think we are. You see us as you want to see us...In the simplest terms, in the most convenient definitions. But what we found out is that each one of us is a brain...an athlete...a basket case...a princess...and a criminal...Does that answer your question? Sincerely yours, the Breakfast Club.
> "Everyone in Portland is living a minimum of three lives," says Katherine Dunn, the author of Geek Love. She says, "Everyone has at least three identities." She's sitting in the window of her apartment in Northwest Portland, rolling cigarettes and smoking them, her long blond hair parted in the middle and tied back. She's wearing black-framed glasses. The radiators clank and a siren goes by, four stories below on Glisan Street.
"They're a grocery store checker, an archaeologist, and a biker guy," she says. 'Or they're a poet, a drag queen, and a bookstore clerk."
In my opinion, observing my sibling's children up close this holiday season - especially the older ones - birth order contributing to assertiveness (my 2-yr old niece saying 'Move!' to tell me to move aside so she can sit next to her Mom - what am I going to do? she's still not in the sentence formation phase. should I chastise her?).. has a lot more to do with life success than high school popularity. Of course, I'm biased.
R.I.P. John Hughes
"Life isn't like college. In fact, it's more like high school" -Anonymous
