Saturday, May 03, 2008
OregonLive Tres
'Twas a slow week at work, hence a trio of cool articles from OregonLive...
Uno:
In the distant underwater murk, the spots appear first, moving in unison like a school of fish. Coming closer, the illusion gives way. A shark the size of a city bus emerges, speckled and crosshatched like a checkerboard from head to tail, cruising fast and effortlessly through the warm sea.
"It's an amazing pleasure to swim with them," says Jason Holmberg, who met his first whale shark while scuba diving in the Red Sea in 2002. The giants -- reaching lengths greater than 60 feet -- use their cavernous mouths to suck up tiny plankton; they approach divers with curiosity.
"Its eyes will track you; you can look at it, and it will look back at you," he says. "It's like contact with alien life." - More
Whale Sharks are inherently cool.
Dos:
The 24-hour Church of Elvis is Back!
Elvis has re-entered the building -- or at least the building's elevator shaft.
After an absence of seven Blue Christmases, Portland's erstwhile international icon, the 24-Hour Church of Elvis, is coming back.
By mid-May, worshippers should be able to don their blue suede shoes and rock over to 408 N.W. Couch St., where a storefront window will house the "church," the world's cheapest psychic and the world's first 24-hour coin-operated art gallery. - More
Tres:
Yes, you can get a burger at the new Deschutes Brewery & Public House in the Pearl District -- a burger with house-made pickles, a roll fresh from their bakery and, soon enough, beef from cows fed on the brewery's spent grain.
"As a brewpub, we'll exceed people's expectations," said chef Jeff Usinowicz. "We'll definitely be a brewpub, but we'll also be a great restaurant -- the kind of place where, if you don't feel like getting dressed up for Bluehour, you can drop by as you are for some great food and great beer."
The $5 million brewpub opens Friday across from the Gerding Armory, in a historic 1919 building that the Deschutes management saved from being razed for another condo tower.
When you visit, you'll find lobster ravioli on the menu, plus Buffalo wings and hand-cut french fries; sausage and duck prosciutto made in-house, just like the pretzels; blackened ahi tuna or pub-style fish and chips; wild mushroom ragout topped with Juniper Farms goat cheese; or good ol' mac and cheese. - More
Mirror Pond on tap and decent sounding eats....I'm there dude.
Counting down....
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