#pacific-northwest

#pacific-northwest

Molly Kidd, co-founder and principal designer at Light and Dwell, studied interior design as she grew up, fascinated by creativity and transforming spaces.She and co-founder, Aymee Kuhlman, met and formed a friendship that turned into a business partnership when they opened the proverbial doors to the interior design practice in 2015.

Pakistan-born visual artist Humaira Abid moved to the Pacific Northwest in 2008.Her work centers on refugee experiences, societal upheavals, and the unique plight of women and girls in these harrowing situations.She's also the Mercury cover artist of the week
In our interview, we discuss suffering, resilience, and disrupting male-dominated spaces.

Where to find milkshakes, flapjacks, patty melts, and more




Defining a diner in the Pacific Northwest is tough.Sure, there are the obvious choices, ones that are unmistakably diners - Fuller's, Polar King, Blue Moon - but then there are the cusp spots.Is a dive bar with diner food, like My Father's Place or Nite Hawk, considered a diner?

At the end of 2022, Instagram personality Gary Okazaki ( Gary the Foodie) broke the news that Pedro Almeida - the former executive chef of Michelin-starred restaurant Midori in Portugal - would run the flagship restaurant of the The Ritz-Carlton Portland.Information has been scarce otherwise; for months, even the restaurant's name has been under wraps.

Bellevue, Washington is a beautiful city with plenty of things to do and see.However, sometimes you might be in the mood for a change of scenery, and that's where day trips come in.Whether you're renting an apartment or just bought a new home in Bellevue , you'll find plenty of exciting day trips located just a few hours away.

Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers emerged from his darkness retreat on Wednesday.Here's where he was staying.Shockingly, it's not something out of the hobbit, though it would make for a great New York City apartment.Rodgers spent several days in a cave in southern Oregon, though said 'cave' isn't what you're thinking.

The NFC West remains up for grabs, but by the slimmest of margins when the San Francisco 49ers head to Lumen Field in Seattle to face the Seahawks on Thursday Night Football.With a victory, the Niners (9-4) would clinch the division by Week 15; a remarkable achievement given that they've lost their top two starting quarterbacks in Trey Lance and Jimmy Garoppolo over the course of the season.

The Columbia River Gorge - known to many Pacific Northwesterners as simply "the Gorge" - is a year round, nature-fueled escape for visitors and residents of Portland, and a road-tripper's paradise for anyone in the Pacific Northwest.Stretching 75 miles on Interstate 84 in Oregon and Route 14 in Washington, the scenic byway follows the Columbia River, which divides the two states' borders, dazzling drivers with sweeping cliffside views on either route.

Walking into the Lil' America pod, visitors may order Korean fried chicken and mashed potatoes, or saltfish-stuffed Guyanese bakes, from the carts inside.If they walk up to the hot pink cart, however, they can order oat milk shakes, blackberry-filled tamales, and vegan corn dogs from a server in booty shorts.

Large openings and earthy materials feature in a guesthouse that architecture studio Bohlin Cywinski Jackson has added to a private residence on a secluded island in the Pacific Northwest.The guesthouse was built on a 24-acre (9.7-hectare) property on Henry Island - part of the San Juan Islands archipelago, which lies just off the coast of northern Washington.

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After making like the Pacific Northwest for much of this unusually wet year, Southern California is returning to its dry, sunny norm this weekend.Temperatures in the San Fernando Valley are expected to range from the high 80s into the low 90s Saturday and Sunday, while a marine layer will keep the coast in the temperate high-60-degree range, before beaches push into the low 70s Tuesday and Wednesday.

Some 800,000 years ago , the Earth's climate cooled, and huge glaciers invaded what is now the Western United States.Areas once teeming with life became uninhabitable to many species.But most of them weren't driven to extinction.Instead, prehistoric climate refugees migrated to regions that for one reason or another were buffered from the cold and the ice - from the Southwestern desert lowlands to sheltered, temperate nooks in the Pacific Northwest.

On a recent Sunday afternoon at Nightmoves, the nightclub owned by neighboring restaurant Four Horsemen, children run back and forth, and chant "Ring Around the Rosie," as they pile on top of each other on the light-up dance floor.It's not too dissimilar from late-night, drunken shenanigans adults regularly get into at the Williamsburg hot spot.

The National Weather Service has called it a "once in a generation type event" - a massive "bomb cyclone" barreling across the United States, snarling traffic, grounding airplanes and delivering some of the coldest temperatures ever recorded.But while the dangerous Arctic blast will touch more than 100 million people in nearly every state, Californians will largely be spared.

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In celebration of Local Comic Shop Day, which honors the role of locally owned, independent comic shops as "fire-starters of pop culture," Cosmic Monkey will offer a special selection of premium titles, listed here.(Cosmic Monkey Comics, Rose City Park, free)
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Show off your pride and grab holiday gifts crafted by local LGBTQ2SIA+ artists at this wintry pop-up market, where visitors will find sparkly ceramics, textiles, jewelry, accessories, housewares, and more at the Art Design Xchange (ADX) creative space.

Look out, world, David Sedaris is back.After a long pandemic hiatus, the famed writer is returning to the road with a new collection of essays and he'll be swinging by the Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall on Tuesday, November 22 for a reading.You may know him for The Santaland Diaries or  Me Talk Pretty One Day; or his new book Happy-Go-Lucky or 2021's A Carnival of Snackery, which just came out in paperback.

The Omicron BA.5 subvariant is no longer the dominant cause of Covid-19 infections in the United States, according to estimates released Friday by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.Instead, a host of new sublineages  offshoots of BA.2, BA.4 and BA.5  are now responsible for the majority of new infections in this country.

Realtor.com / Thearon W. Henderson/Getty Images Former NBA forward Martell Webster is ready to part ways with his handsome home in Portland, OR.A native of the Pacific Northwest, Webster was a high school standout in Seattle before making his 2019 NBA debut with the Portland Trail Blazers at the age of 19.

Movement Mortgage has tapped Brady Yeager to join the team as national sales director, a role that will lead the expansion of Movement across the country."I've always been passionate about helping loan officers grow their business to serve more families in our communities.Movement is an incredible place, and I cannot wait to show everyone what makes this company so special," Yeager said.

Heavy rain and mountain snow are returning to California on Tuesday, continuing a relentless weather pattern across the West that has proved dangerous, deadly and disruptive to millions of people in recent months.The latest powerful Pacific storm will move inland early Tuesday and linger through Wednesday, delivering rain over the Central California coast, the National Weather Service said.

Haley Cribbs has worked for Starbucks in Bellingham, Washington, for about six years.When she joined as a "partner" (Starbucks's term for employees), she found it to be "a pretty progressive company."It has long offered workers relatively high wages and a lot of benefits not always common in service industry jobs, including a 401(k); medical, dental, and vision insurance; even a path to getting free undergrad education online.

Modern mustaches are confusing.Lip fuzz can be a marker of class, non-conformity, delinquency, aspiration, or hypersexuality.Different men grow mustaches for different reasons, but all these men share one thing in common: They made a choice.It is extremely rare that a man's facial hair naturally grow into under-nose topiary if left alone to do its thing.

Kilroy Realty's Tyler Rose with 384 Oyster Point Blvd (Kilroy Reality, Getty) Tyler Rose, president of Kilroy Realty, has called it quits after a quarter century of major projects.The president and secretary of the Los Angeles-based real estate investment trust will step down March 1, the San Francisco Business Times reported, citing a regulatory filing.

Cypress Equity Investments' Michael Sorochinsky and 2225 Sunset Boulevard (Cypress Equity Investments, Ottinger Architects) Cypress Equity Investments has been cleared to build a 176-unit apartment complex in Echo Park.The Brentwood-based developer has received a construction permit to build the seven-story building at 2225 Sunset Boulevard, just west of Alvarado Street, Urbanize Los Angeles reported.

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One of the last players from the "Go-Go" Sox era, second baseman Nellie Fox, was traded to the Houston Colt 45's for pitchers Danny Murphy and Jim Golden, plus cash.Fox was a future Hall-of-Famer who played for 14 years on the South Side and was named to 12 All-Star teams.He was the MVP in 1959 and won three Gold Gloves.

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The vibes around the Toronto Raptors are decidedly uneven right now, as the team has struggled to withstand a host of injuries.Gary Trent Jr. has been among them thanks to a sore hip, but he hasn't exactly been shooting the lights out when he has been healthy.Trent, who is averaging 16.7 points and 1.5 assists per game this season, has found himself firmly in Nick Nurse's crosshairs.

It's been four months since Kolby Ross was shot in the gut and leg by a security guard in downtown Portland while walking past a club doorway.While his wounds are slowly healing, Ross' pursuit for justice following the shooting-which killed a 19-year-old acquaintance named Lauren Abbott Jr.-is far from over.

This week, two of Portland's most exciting pop-ups, Marble Queen and Street Disco, have launched their own permanent brick-and-mortars.Plus, local wine veteran Joel Gunderson and St. Jack chef Aaron Barnett launch their own wine bar, Elephant Delicatessen opens a new Lake Oswego location with gelato and baguette sandwiches, and the bakery Banquette is serving up London Fog cream puffs and oat milk lavender latte macarons.

Rainy season is here.And like the springtime heat waves, it's also gonna take a bit for our bodies to adjust to the cold, gray days.We will!But that's why it's so important to get cozy in the fall and hot toddy / cider our way through the transition.In this week's Hear in Portland music column, we're excited about two shows at the Doug Fir-a snug basement lounge where even the lighting is warm-and a new single from House of Ada's Janae.