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You’ve got to love a city that worships weird, brews great beer and looks out for the environment.
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Portland, Oregon is a unique patch of America where bacon topped maple bars and multiple choices flushes are the norm.
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This is a city sporting backyard gardens with egg laying hens and blooming artichokes. Even Starbucks goes green in Portland keeping customers’ compost heaps caffeinated with free bags of used coffee grounds.
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Gourmands rejoice, Portland is a food lovers Shangri-La. From accessible favorites like the cinnamon sugar elephant ear to local vines of Pinot Noir, the dedication to everything fresh and local is palatable.
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Don’t get confused, just because Portland is the microbrew capitol of the U.S. with generous beer samplers gracing menu after menu and a reputation for gourmet streets carts, doesn’t mean residents sit around fat and happy. This is city with an active spirit that makes you want to jump on a bike to take in some green.
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Read more about this fabulous wacky city from the people who live there.
http://pdxguyinc.com/around-portland/
http://www.uniquely-portland-oregon.com/portland-oregon-blog.html
We just finished up a song; "Keep Portland Weird", don' t know if you will like the song itself, but I'm sure you will identify with the lyrics;
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Fun article. We just posted a Keep Portland Weird article on our site. Oddly, we didn't cover any of the same Portland Weirdness!
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