There’s a great review of our Epicurean Excursion online at the site of 52perfectdays.com. The writer obviously joined the 10 a.m. version of the tour since that walk always goes into the back of to the Bridgeport Breweries and steps behind the counter at the Pearl Bakery. Read the whole article after the jump…
Portland is one of a handful of cities that will launch the Comcast’s new high-speed wireless service. Comcast High-Speed 2go will be the country’s fastest wireless Internet service traveling at lightning speeds of 4 megabytes per second.
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Portland Walking Tours Summer Special
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We were doing a tour last week with a someone from Travel Portland, the local Convention and Visitors Bureau, and we brought up a few fun and fascinating factoids things that blew them away. After the tour, they quizzed us as to how we would know a half-dozen things that they were not aware of. What’s one of our secrets? Online blogs.
This weekend is the Waterfront Blues Festival It starts tomorrow (July 2nd) and runs through Sunday, July 5th! Like every year this should be a great time for everyone! The Watefront Blues Festival is ranked by Outside Magazine as one of the nation’s top 15 outdoor music festivals. And you can’t beat the price!
Dust off the pint glasses! July is officially Oregon Craft Beer Month. With 39 breweries in the greater Portland area alone, this will make for a very busy month for even the most avid beer drinker. There are a whole bunch of beer-related events taking place this month including the Oregon Brewer’s Festival (or OBF for you beer-nerds) July 23-26th. For a full list of all of the activities and events please visit the Oregon Craft Beer Month website.
If you have friends or family coming into Portland this (or any) month don’t forget about our Beer Here! walking tour. You’ll get to tour the city, meet the makers, and sample some of the best beers in the world! Check out more info about arranging your private Beer Here! tour.
Finding it hard to stay beautiful and stress-free in the era of penny pinching? Leave it to Citysearch to find spa services on the cheap. Did you know that beauty and massage schools and under-the-radar spas provide the same services as top of the line spas, but for half the price? Yes, it’s true!!!
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If you’ve ever been on one of our Epicurean Excursions, then you know that around here we love our good food and drink! This Saturday, June 27th, from noon to 7 p.m. will be the Best of Oregon Food & Wine Festival. Meet local artisan producers, taste lots of good local food and drink, and be happy knowing you’ve helped raise money for Doernbecher Children’s Hospital.
If you want to make it a full-day Food-stravaganza, then join us for one of our Epicurean Excursions that day before heading over to the Convention Center to continue the fun!
For more information about the Oregon Food & Wine Festival visit the official website at: http://www.bestoforegonfoodandwine.com/
Here at Portland Walking Tours, we love the staff that marks the bicycle lanes in Portland as they always come up with funny and unique designs. This time, they have outdid themselves. According to Shannon Henry, who took this picture and posted it on Flickr, they like unicyclists too!
The North American Organic Brewers Festival ( http://www.naobf.org) returns the last weekend in June; on the 26th (12PM - 9PM), 27th (12PM - 9PM), and 28th (12Pm - 5PM), to Overlook Park.
Participation in beer tasting is $6 for a reusable, yet compostable, cornstarch tasting glass and samples are $1 a ticket. A full glass is 4 tickets. Discount of $1 off of tasting glass with validated MAX ticket or three cans of food (preferably organic) for the Oregon Food Bank.
There’s no excuse not to go. Drink up!!!
