Come next week it will be very quiet in Portland's independent bookstores, coffee shops, and the free-sample lines at Trader Joe's. All the writers will be at Wordstock III.
When you turn 50, the American Association of Retired Persons sends you a nice red-plastic card to show folks who might otherwise mistake you for, say, a well-preserved 49-year-old.
Kevin Allman wonders if wine writer Eric Asimov is too cozy with the owners of a restaurant he praised. His is among other provocative questions posed by Stumptown bloggers recently.
