Ironically, considering our city's mantra, when it comes to the strength of our dollar, the results are quite...normal.  $100 will get you pretty close to $100 worth of goods ($99.30).  I don't know about you, but with outliers like San Francisco ($83.13) and Washington …

Enjoying the heat?!  We're not quite used to this kind of unrelenting sunshine here in good ol' Portland, Oregon!  8 straight days of 90+ degrees with more on the way (although we all know how accurate our Portland weather forecasters are...) is enough to make me want to run indoors, close …

...in "Loving Organic Food".  I guess I'm not the only one that subscribes the "Dirty Dozen" newsletter.  It seems as though my fellow Portlandians care as much as I do about the quality of the food that they consume.

Earlier this year, The Huffington Post had covered a Campbell …

Part of Portland's charm is the fact that if you drive 45 minutes in just about any direction, you'll run into a farm, orchard, or vineyard.  Fresh vegetables, fruit, wine, beer, and flowers (my favorite!) are waiting to be dug up, picked, sipped, and collected.  I love a …