I recently discovered lesser celandine

Call me basic, but yes

What a change

I hope some policy makers in Oregon are listening to today’s episode of The Daily. We’re mentioned, and not in a positive way.

Building permit issued for a 5-story 25-unit apartment at SE 31st and Belmont www.portlandmaps.com/detail/permi... The project has been in the works since 2020; I assume recent policy changes including fully-funded IZ and the SDC waiver have gotten this to the point where construction is imminent.

Spring evening at the Duckworth Dock

Sheel Tyle, new part-owner of the Trailblazers, is apparently personally trying to bring back flights between Japan and Portland www.nytimes.com/athletic/714...

Until today, I would have said David Byrne in Glasgow was the best concert I’ve ever been to. Now I’d say David Byrne in Portland tonight was the best concert I’ve ever been to.

whos ready for another

The approval of the Lloyd Center Master Plan has been appealed to City Council

This is an average of $57,575 in fees per unit; a cost only a truly luxury project could ever bear. If we ever want to see small-a affordable condos built in Portland again, we need to look at whether imposing IZ makes sense.

I don’t see why we continue to grant Lyft an unregulated monopoly on bike share. Lime should be able to offer true bikes here.

would love to hear this from more portland electeds 👇

Looks like new renderings for it came out a few days ago? And now called "Steelhead" - not sure if that is new generally or new to me. newsroom.livenation.com/news/steelhe...

This is really worth reading. Gift link:

Progress on the Live Nation venue, under construction on SE Water Ave

Jeff Swickard appears to be on a mission to buy every office building in Downtown Portland www.linkedin.com/posts/jeff-s...

Skidmore Bluffs

Night out with lesbians

Perfect spring day in Portland

*movie trailer guy voice*

Don't go downtown. Too many people and too sunny!

This show is either going to be incredibly good or incredibly bad. No in between.

It was his music that drew me there, of course, but throughout the concert I was reminded that Springsteen’s values are great.

So I didn’t know that I’d be seeing Tom Morello perform with Bruce Springsteen tonight

For the first ever, I had to call 911 yesterday (all is fine now). To my surprise, after reading news about long wait times a few years ago, the call was answered within seconds.

Building permit issued for the Ross Apartments at S Water and Porter. www.portlandmaps.com/detail/permi... With 71 units, this is set to be the largest market rate apartment to break ground in years—and I suspect it wouldn't be doing so so other than for the temporary SDC waiver.

"Everyone is 12" theory turning up in LLC names

The site of the old Thunderbird / Red Lion hotel on the waterfront appears, if I'm reading this document correctly, to have gone with the sale of the Trail Blazers. The site was bought by Paul Allen's Aegean Corp in 1992. He closed the hotel in 2001, for a redevelopment that never happened.

I would now like Suitsupply to open in Downtown Portland, please

In other Downtown retail news, Shirtzenpantz is taking over the former UnderU4Men space (adjacent to fellow vintage store 2nd STREET USA) www.wweek.com/culture/shop...

Confirmed that Uniqlo is coming to Washington Square—and Downtown's Fox Tower, in the former Banana Republic space www.bizjournals.com/portland/new...

I have to agree with Wilson. The idea that unsheltered homelessness has increased by almost 50% just since December 2024 is so obviously ridiculous that no one should be taking it seriously. www.opb.org/article/2026...

Uniqlo coming to Washington Square? A permit is under review to combine the addresses for 4 adjacent spaces, with the project name "Uniqlo Redemise" tigardor-energovweb.tylerhost.net/apps/SelfSer...

Pioneer Place isn’t in “dead mall” status, but it could definitely do with better occupied, and having a couple of the stores from the Lloyd Center move there is good news.

20th anniversary iPhone? I’m old enough to remember the 20th anniversary Mac (which I desperately wanted).

Alaska fully embracing its 787 long-haul future, revealing a new international business class "suites" experience. ✅ Charcuterie board ✅ Expanded wine selection ✅ Six route-tailored entrée choices ✅ Dessert cart ✅ English breakfast into London ✅ Premium bedding news.alaskaair.com/guest-experi...

This sign raises many questions, which probably should be answered by the sign but aren't

Pleasantly surprised to find out that the OC Bus accepts contactless payments, without the need for an app or preloaded transit card.

While I get the logic here, I’m skeptical that road use so neatly correlates with density. Does a hypothetical resident of a new building in Slabtown really drive (dramatically) less than the resident of a Weston Special in Inner SE?

The deal is done www.oregonlive.com/blazers/2026...

In a gay bar in Orange County, CA that is blasting out Nirvana. Not complaining, but it’s definitely a new experience.

Someone in LA just described Toronto as being “the size of Santa Monica”

TRUMP RUINED BAD TASTE John Waters at #NoKings in Provincetown (Pic via petermarietoto on X)

Being John Malkovich coded

Critical mass?

Had a weird situation on this train where someone got off and very deliberately left a cardboard box behind. We and a handful of other passengers thought it odd enough to get off the train at the next station and report it to the police.

Getting the Metrolink Ventura County Line from Hollywood Burbank Airport