Portland
The Top 12 Destinations for 2019
- Heather Cassell
- January 30, 2019
It’s a journey seeking ourselves in other destinations, what I mean by that is when we set out on this trek, we are seeking women who are taking on the world, challenging the patriarchy, building businesses, and being empowered just as we are doing at home.
Read MorePortland’s New-Found Passion For French Flavor
- Heather Cassell
- November 4, 2018
Bistro Agnes Is A Francophile’s Restaurant Found In Portland by Heather Cassell It was April. I shook off the raindrops from my umbrella as I entered the restaurant. I wasn’t in Paris, but I might as well have been. I was about to experience the magic of class French cuisine in the Pacific Northwest. I […]
Read MoreChoose Your Own Adventure In Portland
- Heather Cassell
- September 2, 2018
“I think why I love about Portland is the mixture of like the new people and the old guard that are still hanging out and you’ve got this really interesting counterculture and really interesting art scene,” she continued.
“It’s fun and there’s a lot of really good food,” Belinda added.
Read MorePortland: The Story Of A Rose And A City
- Heather Cassell
- May 27, 2018
The story of how Portland became the City of Roses is an exciting one and a sad one all at the same time.
Read More4 Spectacular And Delightful Summertime Flower Shows Worth The Trip
- Heather Cassell
- May 27, 2018
Flowers have been an attraction for people from all over the world for centuries, starting in the 17th century with the knot gardens and hedge mazes in Europe.
Today, is no different with thousands of garden and flower shows that blossom in the spring. Despite Memorial Day signaling the beginning of summer, spring isn’t over yet.
Read MoreHistory’s Powerful Spotlight Shown On Portland’s Civil Rights Years
- Heather Cassell
- April 22, 2018
A Powerful Small Exhibit Tells the Story of the Impact of Portland’s Black Power Movement by Heather Cassell The Civil Rights Movement touched nearly every corner of the United States during mid-century America: Portland, Oregon was no exception. The Rose City’s small Black community, nearly 800 households strong at the time, raged against the establishment […]
Read MorePortland Is A Bountiful Feast For Carrie Welch
- Heather Cassell
- July 12, 2016
Driving into her office recently, Carrie Welch, co-founder of Feast Portland, pinched herself to make sure she wasn’t simply dreaming as she cruised through the quaint streets of Portland, Oregon.
“It feels like a dream. It really does,” she says. “You know how people say that expression, ‘Oh I’m living the dream,’ and a lot of times these days they say that ironically like they don’t really mean it, but I do. I truly do.”
Read MorePortland’s Chefs & Taste Makers Talk About Their Favorite Eateries
- Heather Cassell
- September 27, 2015
Check out where these four Rose City Cuisiniers And Taste Makers Become Gourmands By Heather Cassell Portland is a chef’s and foodies paradise with the local farms and vineyards and breweries all within reach, within the city and just a few miles from the edge of its borders. So we ask Feast Portland’s co-founder Carrie […]
Read MoreFeast On This: Feast Portland Gives Chow Hounds Something to Feast On
- Heather Cassell
- August 30, 2015
Portland’s newest food festival is about to enjoy it’s most bountiful year kicking off harvest season for the fourth annual Feast Portland.
Upward of 12,000 foodies will descend upon the Rose City, September 17 – 20.
Read MoreBelinda Carroll’s Knack For Being Funny
- Heather Cassell
- September 25, 2014
The café in the Pacific Northwest coastal town was shaking with laughter as Portland-based comedian Belinda Carroll delivered the laughs straight up (so-to-speak) during the first annual EDEN Pacific Northwest.
This year the Portland-based comedian is back as a part of the comedic crew – that includes Julie Goldman and D’Lo – to deliver those punch lines that will leave the women doubled over in laughter during the all-girl weekend getaway in Seaside, Oregon, October 2 – 5.
Read MoreTraveling by Bus Just Got Entertaining, in a Good Way
- Heather Cassell
- July 9, 2013
Budget travel just got sexy with a touch of luxury.
Read MoreSee Portland As Never Before
- Heather Cassell
- January 24, 2013
I have been to Portland several times to visit one of my best friends who moved there a few years ago with her husband. The number of times I’ve visited didn’t equate knowing the Rose City. It was simply a place, with the world’s largest independently- and woman-owned bookstore, Powell’s Books (I confess I’m a bibliophile), not a city that I started to really get to know up until my last visit.
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