The VooDoo Donut Bacon Maple Bar. Gourmet? No. Unique? No. Portland? Yes.
Among my many interests are food and culture, and as a result I often follow blogs and online discussion forums with culinary themes, sites like Good Stuff Northwest, Portland Food & Drink, and Chowhound. In so doing, however, I’ve detected a rather odd trend [...]

Picture this. You, Average Q. Planner, are at an open house for a public project, to help people learn more. You are asked by a citizen for more information on something, and you state, “oh, go look on the project web site, your answers are all there.” You are then asked a few more specific [...]