Entrepreneurs and residents in the new South Waterfront neighborhood are already bumping up against early growing pains. Kevin Countryman, who will open a Bella Espresso coffee and gourmet food outlet in mid-August, says parking is his “biggest headache.” He and…

Beerfest vs Ikea
[image] Okay, this is going to sound like heresy, but I did not attend the beerfest this weekend. At some point I made a hasty promise to the lady that we could hit Ikea on Friday in the afternoon. And I made good, got out of work early, and we cruised…[posted on beerdrinker.org]

The most perfect thing ever
Ladies and gentlemen please let me introduce you to the dictionary of lost words. If there’s anything more interesting and nerdgasm inducing than that, I surely don’t know it…[posted on One Angry Anthropoid in Portland]

Highway collision injures two
Sequim Gazette - A vehicle collided with a tree off U.S. Highway 101 near Sequim Bay State Park at 7:14 a.m. July 2, leaving two people injured. The cause was driving under the influence, according to the Washington State Patrol. The tree was not the infamous conifer ELK TEAM TO PLAN FENCE ROUTESequim […]

Portland police, Crime Stoppers seek 3-year-old boy missing with father
Merino Mendoza The Portland Police Bureau, in cooperation with Crime Stoppers, is asking for help locating an abducted 3-year-old boy. At 12:45 a.m. Thursday, the mother of Jesus Merino Mendoza flagged down officers in the 6800 block of Northeast Killingsworth…

Community news in Brief
Long Beach Press-Telegram - Later that night, the library also presents Truc Dever, of the Greater Los Angeles County Vector Control District, who will will provide a tour of the facility, where participants will view the vessel traffic control system monitoring port Port Negotiations Halted Until TuesdayKNx 1070 - LOS ANGELES […]

Purple reigns in Scott County
TriCities.com - Most of the lavender grown in the United States is in western states like Washington, Osborne said. Particularly, Osborne discovered several lavender growers at Sequim, Wash., where an annual “Lavender Festival” attracts about 75,000 people. Saturday NEW B&G CLUB EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR NAMEDSequim Gazette - Prior to his stint at the Boy […]

Los Arcos
[image]Under the right circumstances mismatched salt and pepper shakers is tolerable. Maybe a funky coffee house, a hot dog stand, camping. Not in a large restaurant that charges $10 for three tacos and serves hundred of people a day. I noticed this…[posted on Eat Salem in Salem]

Getting Your Goat
[image] I apologize for the lack of posts, especially after practically vomiting them out recently, but life has caught up with me and I won’t have time to devote to fine crafting 2500 words for each morsel of food I’ve eaten but haven’t written up. So…[posted on The Food of Salem, Oregon]

Kevin Durant signs $60 million endorsement deal with Nike
The Seattle Times is reporting that Sonics forward Kevin Durant scored the second-largest endorsement contract for an NBA rookie when he signed a seven-year, $60 million deal with Nike that included a $10 million signing bonus. The shoe and apparel…

I’m Official Now
I haven’t made a real post to LJ in sometime but I would like to maintain a presence here. With this in mind I am going to start posting the entries I make for my family blog (http://mjasong.blogspot.c om). It seemed like the most convenient way to save…[posted on Fullerton]

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