Archive for July, 2010
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Notes from the Front Line: Laurelwood Brewery
Posted on July 31, 2010 | No CommentsHere at the Laurelwood Public House and Brewery on NE 51st and Sandy in Portland, family is taken seriously – dead seriously. In fact, if you are alone and without... -
Sauvie Island: Not Much Going On Here
Posted on July 31, 2010 | 1 CommentJust a stones throw up the road from St Johns district in Portland is Sauvie Island, a large droplet-shaped landmass pinned between the Columbia River on the north and east,... -
Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Undead.. and Are Minor Actors in a New Film
Posted on July 28, 2010 | No CommentsHitting theaters this summer is the debut comedy by director Jordan Galland with a script loosely-based on the 1966 Tom Stoppard play Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead that itself is... -
Forest Park: A Huge Waste of Space
Posted on July 23, 2010 | 2 CommentsAs a city touting recreation opportunities, Portland truly over-promises and under-delivers. Take Forest Park as an example, a 5,100 acre park located about 1.5 miles, or 10 minutes bicycling distance,... -
Nobody Home: a Review of “Cropsey” and “Exit Through the Gift Shop”
Posted on July 21, 2010 | 3 CommentsStaten Island parents have for years warned their children about “Cropsey”, a deranged killer that roams the island, sometimes wielding an ax, other times a hook, but in all cases... -
Enter the PUPPETS: Introducing Biased Bohemian’s Puppet Rating System
Posted on July 21, 2010 | 4 CommentsWhen Elizabeth was just a wee lass she would watch films like Labrynth, The Neverending Story, and The Dark Crystal with rapt attention and a drooling mouth of wonder. Now,... -
Hollywood Theatre – Scandal and Intrigue in the Roaring 20′s
Posted on July 19, 2010 | 3 CommentsMany people don’t know this, but the Portland Hollywood District gets its seedy and scandalous name from the Hollywood Theatre, a neighborhood centerpiece opened on July 17, 1926 by entrepreneurs... -
Hollywood Public Library – Free Books and Cheap Thrills
Posted on July 17, 2010 | 3 CommentsI’m here at the Multnomah County Hollywood Library, located on Northeast Tillamook Street between 40th and 41st Ave in Portland’s Hollywood district. This library carries the dubious distinction of being... -
Interim (With subliminal yet obvious messaging)
Posted on July 14, 2010 | No CommentsUncle Bohemian Bastard has been on hiatus if you haven’t noticed but is cooking up some sweet stuff for your salt-starved flaps. Nothing that I’ll need smurfs or lithium for... -
Day 7 and 8: Newcomb NY to Concord NH to Boston MA to Portland OR
Posted on July 7, 2010 | 7 CommentsA great friend by any measure of the word drove 5 hours to the Adirondaks to remove me from the mountains and return me to the NH soil that just...