Austinist: Truesday: Engine And Caboose

unclebusty

Wed, 26 Mar 2008 14:01:53 -0600

I met a French Au Pair at the Japanese gardens in Portland and skipped family time to "practice my French" with her all over the city for the next two days. I played golf in the rain while incredibly high. I saw a jug band play at my foodie cousins wedding while drinking really nice handcrafted wine that came out of a box. Needless to say, I really enjoy Portland. But I love my city too, is it possible to love both? Fo Sho'.

shilli

Wed, 26 Mar 2008 09:40:20 -0600

What's so great about the sun? Why does it have to be so hot? I'd like it a lot more if it would chill out a bit.

meatpillow

Wed, 26 Mar 2008 09:38:34 -0600

she's the older sister with a really well stocked refrigerator. portland's got a better farmer's market, more flowers, and more coffee. and... perhaps the best thing about this particular older sister is that she doesn't have fire ants. you can walk barefoot on that sister all day long.

Bre

Wed, 26 Mar 2008 08:28:23 -0600

This is helpful, because for the past several months I've felt the urge to move to Portland. Even though I've never been there. It must have something to do with the sister city thing, plus I really don't like NYC, so what other option is there? I do like the sun, though. Decisions.

truecraig

Tue, 25 Mar 2008 17:19:05 -0600

Don't work either. Apparently.

truecraig

Tue, 25 Mar 2008 17:18:49 -0600

Justin Timberlake Strikes!

oh steph

Tue, 25 Mar 2008 17:14:52 -0600

Justin Timberlake - apparently "del" tags don't work in conjunction with his name. JT totally controls the internet.

oh steph

Tue, 25 Mar 2008 17:10:47 -0600

Vicci! Hooray! In all seriousness, I once had Portland Music Dude Sign a copy of Rolling Stone with Justin Timberlake on the front of it for my friend Maggie's birthday. He wrote "Maggie, Have a great birthday. Love Justin Timberlake Portland Music Dude. Adorable.

truecraig

Tue, 25 Mar 2008 17:03:52 -0600

And I've never seen that dude at Deville. I've seen Frodo and Tobias Funke at Deville, but never Portland Musician Man.

truecraig

Tue, 25 Mar 2008 16:58:39 -0600

I like how their rail goes to the airport.

Adam S

Tue, 25 Mar 2008 16:48:39 -0600

I'm teasing, mostly. But yes, I'd rather he went to Vicci.

oh steph

Tue, 25 Mar 2008 16:41:37 -0600

I don't understand why anyone thinks that said ex-pat is trying to get people's attention. Every time that I've seen him at Deville he is either with his friends or clearly waiting for his friends to join him. Would we prefer that he hang out at some other non "hip" bar? I mean, I'm not hip and I go there. But, yeah, Portland seems to be the place to be if you don't want to be here. It's the new Brooklyn without all the kid sister strivings/copy-catism.

mdahmus

Tue, 25 Mar 2008 16:21:08 -0600

Portland kicked off the great renaissance of urban rail in this country after nobody wanted to try it again (post DC and Miami) - they did modern light rail first, and did it well enough that many others have followed. What we're building, sadly, is nothing like what they and their followers did. Bear that in mind.

Adam S

Tue, 25 Mar 2008 16:17:07 -0600

said former Austinite "celebrity" seems to spend an inordinate amount of time at hips bars hoping, I guess, that people will recognize him and ask how he gets his hair so spiky.

madcityjts

Tue, 25 Mar 2008 16:04:10 -0600

By the way, Portland is a great place to live if you hate the sun. Me, I'll pray for better transit and bike paths and stick around for the sun and swaddling warmth of my "old aunt" Austin.

YGarza1

Tue, 25 Mar 2008 16:02:13 -0600

Never been to Portland, but it's been a "cool" city to move to for quite some time now. Oh and I heard Portland guy moved over there for a girl. There you have it!

madcityjts

Tue, 25 Mar 2008 16:01:19 -0600

I stayed at the same uber hip hotel and had the same exact experience with the courtyard party scene. Only, my room was right on the f**k*n courtyard. I moved my ass downtown to the much nicer, and equally hip, Ace Hotel. Loved the transportation and masses of healthy people biking everywhere. I made a rule on my visit--long since abandoned--that I would only visit cities where I could get around on trains and mass transit. I burned out my vacation options pretty quickly.

truecraig

Tue, 25 Mar 2008 15:40:11 -0600

The Max was pretty dope (fast, clean, comfortable, dependable). Powell's is DANGEROUS if you're a book person. I was in there for fifteen minutes tops, only made it to the first room off the Burnside entrance, and left with five goddamn books. I'm barely literate, so I fear for those who are actually "into" books.

Edie

Tue, 25 Mar 2008 15:37:56 -0600

...And the vacuum cleaner museum.

Elizabeth S.

Tue, 25 Mar 2008 15:31:01 -0600

Portland is supposed to have some amazing mass transit . . . that is one of the reasons I'd like to visit someday. And Powell's, that's another.