One of the pleasures of living in Portland, Oregon is the proximity to the Oregon Coast... with the closest points being about an hour away, it's temptingly close, and it's call is hard to ignore. Plus, we've been thinking about the coast for the last few months while working on the new Oregon Coast Visitors Association website, which launched last week.
our thinking about Coffee…
Coffee with Likemind / Friday, August 15
Coffee with Likemind (Likeminds? Singular? Plural?) is upon us again. This month we’re going to be converging on the awesome Stumptown Ace at 1026 SW Stark (right next to the Ace Hotel). I imagine we’ll be meeting in…
Coffee with Likemind, July 18
It’s coffee. With Likeminds. This Friday. July 18th. At Stumptown. (That’s downtown.) At 8am. You going?
Coffee with Likemind, June 20
Haven’t gotten the official word on this, but according to Likemind.us, there’s coffee with Likemind this Friday, June 20th. And since I don’t need to drop anyone off at school, I think I’ll be able to make…
Substance Rolling Coffee.
The first Substance Rolling Coffee took place on Friday, June 6th. It was kind of cold, kind of rainy, but many people braved the weather for some awesome eastside Voodoo Doughnut action. Well, four people actually biked (David, S…
Substance Visual Search
Since May 2007 (when we launched this site), every story we publish in the Thinking section has an image or graphic that goes on our home page. We thought, “would it be interesting to navigate the Substance archives by these…
Coffee, Voodoo and Bikes this Friday
Bikes, spring, coffee and doughnuts, what’s not to like? Inspired by Bikehugger’s mobile social at Webvisions last month, we’re doing our first ever Rolling Coffee. That’s right, this Friday, June 6th we…
Coffee with Likemind, Friday, April 18
Yes yes yes. Coffee with Likemind is upon us again. Friday, April 18th at 8am. Location is Stumptown Downtown (128 SW 3rd), back on the couches. Same rules as last time… you’re on your own for purchasing coffee; the gr…
Coffee with Likemind / March 28
It’s c - o - double f - double e time. This Friday, March 28, it’s coffee with Likemind. 8:00am (I had said 8:30am before… oops!), at Stumptown Downtown (128 SW 3rd). Unfortunately, Likemind has lost their sugar-…
Changing the world, one cupping at a time.
Over the course of the nine years I’ve lived in Portland, I’ve become a self-admitted coffee snob. Almost a decade ago I didn’t drink the stuff. Now, I’ll sacrifice my daily caffeine fix if the coffee is cr…


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