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Marisa Swenson
Earth Advantage Broker
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MRealty Inc
2211 NW Front Ave Ste. 101
Portland, OR 97209
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Weekend Events in Portland – February 27th – March 1st
photo by Marisa Swenson
Here are a couple of events going on in Portland this weekend that look like loads of fun.
Friday 2/27/2009
- Airplay, family friendly Andy Simon Sings–Happy Hour and Family Dinner Concert, 5:30-7pm, free. Located at 701 E Burnside
- Battlestar Galactica Final Season – final 10 episodes of “Battlestar Galactica.” Bagdad Theater (3702 SE Hawthorne Blvd). Doors open at 9:00 pm; show at 10:00 pm
- Tango Alpha Tango at the Someday Lounge, $7 starts at 9pm, located at: 125 NW 5th
- French Kicks at the Doug Fir $12 starts at 9pm, located at: 830 E Burnside
Saturday 2/28/2009
- Southeast Portland Area ARTWalk: The ARTWalk offers the opportunity to go on a free, self-guided tour of artists’ studios and home workspaces, as well as see local artwork in galleries, host homes and businesses within the “walkable/bikeable/busable” boundaries of SE 9th to SE 41st & SE Hawthorne to SE Powell Blvd. Saturday and Sunday, 10:00 am–5:00 pm. Families welcome. For more information and free map, visit the event website for your map.
- Portland Saturday Market starts this weekend Old Town at SW Ankeny + Naito Parkway (under the Burnside bridge)
- Architectural Heritage Center – Hidden Brilliance: The Residential Architecture of Joseph Jacobberger Oregon architect known for his design of the St. Mary’s Cathedral, churches and schools in Oregon.Cost $18, Located at: 701 S.E. Grand Ave.
- Rose City Rollers – Rose City Rollers Guns N Rollers vs High Rollers doors 5pm, starts at 5:45pm, Located at: Hangar at Oaks Park 7805 SE Oaks Park Way
- Airplay cafe family friendly Mo Phillips Music Spectacular, 5pm, $5 per person/$10 per family located at: 701 E Burnside
Sunday
- Martha Wainwright at The Doug Fir, 9pm $12. Located at: 830 E Burnside
Portland’s “Best of” Rankings
photo by Marisa Swenson
To brighten your lovely Wednesday, here are a couple of “best of” lists that Portland made it onto:
Best Places to Live 2009 (and make a movie?)
Here is a list of 25 cities nationwide—some of them expected (Austin, Albuquerque), some of them surprising (Boise, Des Moines)—that offer moviemakers the best all-around chance of finding success with their art during these tough economic times.
Here, then, is MM’s ninth annual ranking of the country’s top movie cities:
1. Chicago, IL
2. Atlanta, GA
3. New York, NY
4. Shreveport, LA
5. Albuquerque, NM
6. Boston, MA
7. Stamford, CT
8. Memphis, TN
9. Milwaukee, WI
10. Austin, TX
11. Detriot, MI
12. Miami, FL
13. Seattle, WA
14. Portland, OR
15. Philadelphia, PA
16. Sedona, AZ
17. Salt Lake City, UT
18. Wilmington, NC
19. Boise, ID
20. Denver, CO
21. Bozeman, MT
22. Wichita, KS
23. San Diego, CA
24. Richmond, VA
25. Des Moines, IA
info courtesy of movie maker site
America’s Best Airport
#1 Salt Lake City (SLC)
Flights delayed: 14%
#2 Portland Oregon (PDX)
Flights delayed: 16%
#3 (tie) San Diego (SAN)
Flights delayed: 19%
#3 (tie) Washington D.C. (DCA)
Flights delayed: 19%
#3 (tie) Minneapolis/St. Paul (MSP)
Flights delayed: 19%
#3 (tie) Oakland (OAK)
Flights delayed: 19%
#7 (tie) Phoenix (PHX)
Flights delayed: 20%
#7 (tie) Tampa (TPA)
Flights delayed: 20%
#7 (tie) Seattle (SEA)
Flights delayed: 20%
#10 Los Angeles (LAX)
Flights delayed: 21%
So the next time you complain about your flight from PDX, remember, it is worse everywhere else except Salt Lake City.
info courtesy of MSN travel
Monticello Antique Marketplace
Monticello’s Antique Marketplace is one of Montavilla’s best kept shopping secret. It is kind of hard to tell from the exterior of the building just how far the store extends but once you step inside you are instantly taken aback by the amount of space and the amount of antiques there are. Now I know that you might be thinking that for an antique store too much space and stuff might be overwhelming, but the quality of the antiques and the way that they have the entire store merchandised is fabulous. I can’t go shopping here too often because I want to buy everything. They have a cafe located inside with good drinks and sandwiches, a large section dedicated to garden decor, and an upholstery service.
Located at:
8600 SE Stark St
Portland, OR
New Listings – Montavilla/Mt. Tabor Weekly Real Estate Update
Weekly update tracking New Listings February 15th – 21st in Montavilla, Mt. Tabor, Center (N. Tabor), and S. Tabor neighborhoods. There were 7 “real” new listings that went on the market last week in this section of NE/SE Portland. I say “real” because some listings are re-listed to be made to look new to buyers searching for homes on the internet. This is not a bad marketing strategy (it’s a way to attract attention to the listing in hopes that a new buyer will find it), but I want to focus on genuine data so I took out the ones that look new but have been on the market longer than last week.
real estate listings in SE Portland
Sold Listings – Montavilla/Mt. Tabor Weekly Real Estate Update
Weekly update tracking Sold Listings February 15th – 21st in Montavilla, Mt. Tabor, Center (N. Tabor), and S. Tabor neighborhoods. There were 3 homes that sold last week in these neighborhoods here is the map with the prices that they sold at.
sold homes in Mt. Tabor and Montavilla
Weekend Events in Portland
photo by Marisa Swenson
Here are a couple of events going on this weekend that I either will or would love to go to:
- Saturday 2/21 – Modern Home Tour hosted by 11 x Design, from 10am – 5pm, it’s free and self guided, go here for the map. Thanks Ron!
- Saturday 2/21 – Milepost 5 Visual Art Opening, 900 NE 81st (in the Lofts building) 6pm – 9pm, free
- 2/1 – 6/30/09 – Photo exhibit of local photographers with a local architecture theme, at the Pittock Mansion 3229 NW Pittock Dr, 11am – 4pm, cost is $7 for adults and $4 children (up 18yrs).
- Sunday 2/22 – A.C Newman plays the Doug Fir (singer for the New Pornographers, I love them!) 830 E Burnside, starts at 9pm, $14 totally worth every penny!
- Saturday 2/21 – Portland Polar Plunge, Broughton Beach (see below photo for location, off of NE 33rd and Marine Dr by the airport),11am – 2pm to watch or be there at 8:30am with min. $50 donation to participate, more info here.
Friends of Trees in Montavilla
photo by Marisa Swenson
A couple of weekends I had the opportunity to participate in a tree planting with the Friends of Trees in Montavilla. We planted over 100 living Christmas trees along the 205 freeway and bike path. These trees will help keep the freeway sound down for the neighbors (instant equity!) and provide some fresh oxygen. I had a lot of fun meeting neighbors and getting really muddy. One of the Friends of Trees employees told me that they have tree plantings going on around the city almost every weekend. If you would like to participate in one of them, here is the website.
Stumptown Coffee Roasters
All Portlanders already know, this is coffee at it’s finest. If you are from out of town, make Stumptown one of your first stops in the City of Roses. They have a special university that they not only send their baristas to but also give classes for cafes that serve their product to ensure it is prepared correctly.
Multiple Locations:
Ace Hotel Downtown Portland Oregon
photo by Marisa Swenson
I am a huge fan of playing tourist in the city that you live in. A couple of nights ago, some friends surprised me (for my birthday) with an overnight stay at the newish Ace Hotel in downtown Portland. The refurbished DYI feel of this hipster spot is almost overwhelming. Everywhere you turn there is gorgeous dark woodwork, honeycomb tile greets you in the lobby along with a black and white photo booth. In the room, each bed had the most comfortable pillows and these amazing stag wool blankets (pic above, they sell them at the front desk for $275). It felt like I was on the set of a Wes Anderson movie the entire time I was there. The connected retaurant, Clyde Common, was very good (yes, they have side orders of Brussel Sprouts in case you were wondering) and in the morning we hit the Stumptown Coffee Roasters connected to the other side of the lobby. The hotel is in a very central, downtown location a block from Powell’s, close to the Crystal Ballroom, great restaurants and shopping.
Top 10 Affordable Place to Live – Portland #4
Forbes magazines has compiled a list of cities where $500,000 will still buy an exceedingly comfortable lifestyle and Portland comes in at #4.
The top cities were:
- Irvine, Calif.
- Raleigh, N.C.
- Bellevue, Wash.
- Portland, Ore.
- Sunnyvale, Calif.
- Redmond, Wash.
- Austin, Texas
- Chandler, Ariz.
- Rochester, N.Y.
- Plano, Texas
To choose these 10 locations, Forbes examined the cost of the typical four-bedroom, two-bathroom, and 2,200-square-foot home. They also factored in the amount of patent and venture capital activity, average commute, and an average cost of living below $100,000.
