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Yesterday I had the immense pleasure of being a part of Portland's Centennial Grand Floral Parade with the Beatles float. I was a groupie, dressed to the nines in my sixties gear and I had a BLAST. The weather could not have been worse (unless it had been snowing) and we STILL had fun. That tells you a bit about my group of friends!

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If you feel like braving the crowds or happen to be out shopping downtown check out the Festival of Flowers (one of the many Rose Festival Events) at Pioneer Courthouse Square.  The installation this year is called "circles squared" and it's comprised of about 20,000 flowers and plants.  The event is free and you can walk amongst the installation and smell the roses!

I highly recommend taking the Max train downtown ...

Having lived in Portland for almost twenty years I finally got around to taking a trip down the Willamette in one of those super fun tourist jet boats. My beau and I took the two-hour excursion and I highly recommend it. It runs from North Portland all the way down to the Oregon City falls. Along the way we saw great blue herons, eagles, osprey nests, turkey ...

Just listening to drunken Brits singing folk songs at this Hollywood District Pub is enough entertainment for the evening. (Ok, not all the Brits are singing but most of them are drunk). Make sure you have a plate of fish and chips, bangers and mash, or fish cakes because the pints here are gigantic imperial pints (20 ounces) and just two can send you reeling off the bar stools.

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 2100 SE Clinton St. Portland, Or  Phone:503-7316-500

I literally stumbled upon this fantastic little bar last night in SE Portland! The main room with the bar was lit about like a night-light illuminates a room and as you walk further back it's nearly like a cave with some scattered candles and couches. Board games are stacked in the corner and on Sundays you can enter a spelling bee or trivia contest ...

Ballroom dance has been growing in popularity for some time now. Whether you want to learn to dance just to meet new people, or because your wedding is three months away, there are plenty of places in Portland to learn to dance!

The Ballroom Dance Company boasts the largest square footage (by 43 whole feet!) of dancing space in the nation. They offer $5 dances ...

BBQ food: $35
wine: $5
charcoal: $5
playing Kings in the park with penis cards: priceless

On Friday night, my friends put a birthday tiara on me and took me all about town for some mayhem. We started out at Wallace Park in NW Portland with a BBQ (we are so classy that we carried our BBQ to the park) and then kinda-sorta joined another birthday group (because ...

If you love to dance and you love Michael Jackson but you also love Prince and his sexy little heels hoof it to Berbati's (10 SW 3rd) this Sunday, May 27 @ 9 P.M.  Rumor has it that this is a battle of the DJs but my guess is that if you simply can't choose a side the good folks at Berbati will still let you in.  Don't forget to ...

Mississippi Pizza Pub at 3552 N. Mississippi Ave is truly a fun, unique place for a slice.  The space is huge.  There are four places to seat your weary tourist peds-the sidewalk seating, the front room, the main room (complete with stage) or the mysterious, candlelit back room known as the Atlantis Lounge, a non-smoking attached full service bar.

Mississippi Pizza Pub fills up fast when popular shows are lined up.  ...

Happy hour at the Pearl District's On Deck Sports Bar & Grill is great fun. Not only is there outdoor seating (marvelous in the spring & summertime), but if you do have to sit inside, you have the chance to watch one sport or another on one of the 25 flat-screen televisions of the 68" plasma TV. During NCAA playoff games, On Deck ...