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April 29th, 2008

UFO Sighting & Festival in Oregon

On May 16-17th, enthusiasts of extraterrestials, UFO sightings, aliens, and all sorts of other mysteries will meet in McMinnville, Oregon for the 9th Annual UFO Festival. 
The festival started to honor the 1950 Trent sighting in which a couple of McMinnville residents saw a large, metallic looking, disc-shaped object hovering silently in the sky just […]

By Mary Jo Manzanares -- 1 comment

March 31st, 2008

Matchbook Monday: Mint in Portland, Oregon

A recent trip to Portland had me out hopping around some places that have opened up since I had been there several years ago.  Today’s Matchbook Monday features one of those places, a Pan American Bistro in the Eliot Neighborhood, Mint.
A visit to Mint actually gives you two options, the more formal dining of […]

By Mary Jo Manzanares -- 0 comments

February 25th, 2008

Matchbook Monday: The Riverhouse in Bend, Oregon

Today’s Matchbook Monday features The Riverhouse, a hotel, conference center, and restaurant in Bend, Oregon.
I stayed at The Riverhouse a number of years ago while I was attending and speaking at a conference.  The hotel is located on the Deschutes River, and while it has a rustic feel, the accommodations are anything but rustic.  […]

By Mary Jo Manzanares -- 0 comments

March 29th, 2007

Portland Underground

The city of Portland has as sordid an underground history as my home city of Seattle does, and, like Seattle, it makes for a fun walking tour.
There were plenty of nefarious deeds going on above ground, but the underground was where the really fun stuff was happening.  In the subterranean world of Chinatown, you can […]

By Mary Jo Manzanares -- 1 comment