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Oaks Bottom Wildlife Refuge, Portland, Oregon
PDX From Oaks Bottom
Taken on December 6, 2008
Photo By TheRaisins

Oaks Bottom Wildlife Refuge is one of those special places that makes Portland a great city to live in. If you have never been there, you can join the Audubon Society for Winter Solstice at Oaks Bottom Wildlife Refuge. From Audubon:

Join Mike Houck for a stroll around the 160-acre Oaks Bottom Wildlife Refuge.  Mike has been hiking in Oaks Bottom for over  30 years and is intimately familiar with the history and natural history of Oaks Bottom and its diverse fish and wildlife habitats…sign up here

From Portland Parks and Recreation:

The Oaks Bottom Wildlife Refuge is a 140-acre floodplain wetland located Read the rest of this entry »

Iron Bartender: Portland's Finest Bartenders | December 13

Iron Bartender takes place Saturday at Crown Room, and friend of the Pipeline, Jake Carey is competing. Plus, Hanukkah Miracle and Freaky Outy will be on the ones and twos and Sam Adams will be judging (another Portland mayor who likes his drinks).

From The Giving Tree
Iron Bartender, Portland, Oregon See local bartenders throw down against each other using a secret ingredient, watch as local celebs judge the cocktails, and get in on the action and have one of the winning concoctions for yourself.

DJ's Nathan Detroit, Hanukkah Miracle, and Freaky Outy will be providing aural entertainment all night long, so make sure you wear your dance pants.

Competitors
Jack Dahl, Olive or Twist
Jake Carey, the Bye and Bye
Rob Davis, the Matador

Judges
Sam Adams, Portland's mayor-elect
Lucy Brennan, renowned mixologist
Martin Eichinger, sculptor
London, photographer, bartender, and former Suicide Girl
Rev. Phil, bicycle pornographer
Miss Ginger Lee, CC Slaughters performer

Prizes from Read the rest of this entry »