#West Burnside St

[kojiarakiartworks]

November 2003 PDX Portland Oregon U.S.A. 

© KOJI ARAKI Art Works

Daily life and every small thing is the gate to the universe ：）

[grooveland]

Portland, 1971

(via 1971-oct_e-burnside-st-at-ne-28th-ave-looking-west-sr-43-71_a2011-013.jpg (1800×1175))

[poetrythatmakesmyheartburst]

History by John Burnside

St Andrews: West Sands; September 2001

Today as we flew the kites

- the sand spinning off in ribbons along the beach

and that gasoline smell from Leuchars gusting across

the golf links;

The tide far out

and quail-grey in the distance; people

jogging, or stopping to watch

as the war planes cambered and turned

in the morning light –

today

- with the news in my mind, and the muffled dread of what may come – I knelt down in the sand with Lucas gathering shells and pebbles finding evidence of life in all this driftwork: snail shells; shreds of razorfish;

smudges of weed and flesh on tideworn stone.

At times I think what makes us who we are

is neither kinship nor our given states

but something lost between the world we own and what we dream about behind the names on days like this our lines raised in the wind our bodies fixed and anchored to the shore and though we are confined by property

what tether us to gravity and light

has most to do with distance and the shapes we find in water reading from the book

of silt and tides the rose or petrol blue

of jellyfish and sea anemone

combining with a child’s

first nakedness.

Sometimes I am dizzy with the fear

of losing everything – the sea, the sky,

all living creatures, forests, estuaries:

we trade so much to know the virtual

we scarcely register the drift and tug

of other bodies scarcely apprehend

the moment as it happens: shifts of light

and weather and the quiet, local forms

of history: the fish lodged in the tide

beyond the sands; the long insomnia

of ornamental carp in public parks

captive and hung in their own

slow-burning transitive gold jamjars of spawn and sticklebacks or goldfish carried home from fairgrounds to the hum of radio

but this is the problem: how to be alive

in all this gazed-upon and cherished world and do no harm a toddler on a beach

sifting wood and dried weed from the sand and puzzled by the pattern on a shell

his parents on the dune slacks with a kite plugged into the sky all nerve and line

patient; be afraid; but still, through everything attentive to the irredeemable.

[bermudianabroad]

2023 Reading Roundup

Everything what I read in 2023

I read a whole bunch.

Heartily Recommend Visceral Bleh Reread *Audiobook*

Fiction

Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens (where is the fucking humidity in your swamp, Delia??)

Days Without End by Sebastian Barry

Lot by Bryan Washington

Mr. Loverman by Bernadine Evaristo

A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J Maas

Trust by Hernan Diaz

The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro

The Cellist of Sarajevo by Steven Galloway

The Unquiet Dead by Ausma Zehanat Khan

It Ends with Us by Colleen Hoover

By Nightfall by Michael Cunningham

Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantell (but everyone is called Thomas)

Verity by Colleen Hoover (awful but wacky and hilariously awful)

Katalin Street by Magda Szabo

The Marriage Portrait by Maggie O’Farrell

Our Missing Hearts by Celeste Ng

Animorphs #24 The Suspicion by KA Applegate (a trip)

Lost Children Archive by Valeria Luiselli

The Island of Forgetting by Jasmine Sealy

Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng

The Trio by Johanna Hedman

At the Bottom of the River by Jamaica Kincaid

The Whale Rider by Witi Ihimaera

Libertie by Kaitlyn Greenidge

Silence by Shusaku Endo

When Women Were Dragons by Kelly Barnhill

Babel by RF Kuang (was so disappointed by this one)

The Bass Rock by Evie Wyld

Island by Siri Ranva Hjelm Jacobsen

The Gold-Rimmed Spectacles by Giorgio Bassani

Must I Go by Yiyun Li

The 1,000 Year Old Boy by Ross Welford

She Who Became the Sun by Shelley Parker Chan

Ariadne by Jennifer Saint

The Singer’s Gun by Emily St. John Mandel

Memphis by Tara M Stringfellow

The Whirlpool by Jane Urquhart

Get a Life, Chloe Brown by Talia Hibbert

A Country of Eternal Light by Paul Dalgarno

Yellowface by RF Kuang

The Country of Others by Leïla Slimani

The Grass is Singing by Doris Lessing

American Wife by Curtis Sittenfeld

All Passion Spent by Vita Sackville-West

The House of Doors by Tan Twan Eng

Game Misconduct by Ari Baran

Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver

Uprooted by Naomi Novik (sorry Naomi :/ )

The Foot of the Cherry Tree by Ali Parker

The Big Sleep by Raymond Chandler

Matrix by Lauren Groff

The Twilight World by Werner Herzog

Wild by Kristen Hannah

*The Fraud by Zadie Smith*

The Mountains Sing by Nguyen Phan Que Mai

The Wind Knows My Name by Isabel Allende

Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt

This Other Eden by Paul Harding

The Kraken Wakes by John Wyndham (weirdly, one of the best depictions of a marriage I’ve read)

The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead

Against the Loveless World by Susan Abdulhawa

North Woods by Daniel Mason

Shadows on the Rock by Willa Cather

The Tiger’s Wife by Téa Obreht

Animorphs: The Hork-Bajir Chronicles by KA Applegate

Roman Stories by Jhumpa Lahiri

Animorphs #13 The Change by KA Applegate

Animorphs #14 The Unknown by KA Applegate

Animorphs #20 The Discovery by KA Applegate (snuck in two more under the wire… #20 is when shit REALLY kicks off. From there it gets darker and darker).

Poetry

Black Cat Bone by John Burnside

Women of the Harlen Renaissance (Anthology) by Various

The Analog Sea Review no. 4 by Various

The World’s Wife by Carol Ann Duffy

Non-Fiction

Besieged: Life Under Fire on a Sarajevo Street by Barbara Demick

Atlas of Abandoned Places by Oliver Smith

Novelist as a Vocation by Haruki Murakami

Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty by Patrick Radden Keefe

Wanderers: A History of Women Walking by Kerri Andrews

City of Laughter: Sex and Satire in Eighteenth Century London by Vic Gatrell

The Lazarus Heist: From Hollywood to High Finance by Geoff White (fully available as a podcast)

The Entangling Net: Alaska’s Commercial Fishing Women Tell Their Stories by Leslie Leyland Fields (very niche but fascinating. Transcribed interviews)

Free: Coming of Age at the End of History by Lea Ypi

Hijab Butch Blues: A Memoir by Lamya H.

Freedom by Margaret Atwood (just excerpts from novels repackaged)

*Born a Crime by Trevor Noah* (Noah’s narration is superb)

The Slavic Myths by Noah Charney and Svetlana Slapšak (was expecting stories, but it was mostly academic essays)

Manga, Comics, Graphic Novels

Safe Area Goražde by Joe Sacco

The Way of the House-Husband, vol. 1 by Kousuke Oono

SAGA vol. 1-6 by Fiona Staples and Brian K Vaughan

Top of the Top:

Born a Crime was probably my favourite non ficition, and most of that probably is due to Trevor Noah's narration skills. It was very entertaining and heartfelt.

Less uplifting but just as gripping in a different way was Empire of Pain. Excellent book that went deep into the why and what and hows of Purdue Pharma. Anger inducing.

Lazarus Heist is great and available as a podcast. The book is more or less the podcast word for word.

Fictionwise: I read Trust at the start of the year and it was a bit soon to declare as favourite of the year, but it's stil made the final cut. Just very imaginative and intriguing. Just my kind of MetaFiction. Clever without being cleverclever.

Demon Copperhead I read right off the back of Empire of Pain so maybe that coloured my experience. I've not read any Dickens so loads of references no doubt flew past me, but the language was acrobatic and zingy. I loved it.

Wrapped up the year on a high with North Woods. That was so unexpected and entertaining. Again with the playful language, memorable characters and a unique approach to tying all the various stories together. One that sticks in the mind and makes the writer in me wonder how I can replicate his style (with my own personal twist of course.)

[chinese-ny-real-estate]

大纽约社区介绍之University Heights, the Bronx

大学高地(University Heights)位于布朗克斯西北部，是一块面积不大、有些地方还很邋遢的飞地。布朗克斯社区大学(Bronx Community College)占地45英亩，校园横跨悬崖峭壁，视野开阔，对社区的影响举足轻重。

这不是一所典型的通勤学校。该学院最著名的建筑由斯坦福-怀特(Stanford White)设计，2012年，学院大部分建筑被评为国家历史地标。

1973年，这个拥有约3万人口的社区并不景气。纽约大学(NYU)在19世纪末建立了这所校园，作为其格林威治村(Greenwich Village)以外的乡村校区，随着犯罪率的上升和入学率的下降，纽约大学以约6200万美元的价格将学校卖给了州政府。

据史料记载，随着有宿舍的大学被学生每晚回家的学院所取代，一个艰难的过渡时期随之而来。West 183rd Street和Loring Place North等曾经是学生和教师居住的街道变得空旷破败。

但学院的管理者和居民们认为，这所在20世纪80年代斥资数百万翻新校外建筑的学校就像一条马奇诺防线(Maginot Line)，阻止了南布朗克斯的凋敝。

如今，隶属于纽约城市大学(City University of New York)的布朗克斯社区大学拥有约11000名学生和1600名教师，校门有保安人员看守，校园周围有巡逻车巡逻；2012年，由Robert A.M. Stern Architects设计的新北楼和图书馆落成剪彩。目前，学校还在翻修主广场。

6岁的盖尔-道��(Gail Dawson)说："这个地区唯一真正稳定的好东西就是大学"。1978年，她从哈林区(Harlem)的一个公共住宅区搬到了这个社区，为的是给孩子们提供一个更安全的成长环境。当时，和现在一样，身患残疾的道森女士住在一套一居室的公寓里，房租由联邦住房券支付。

她说，虽然该地区的一些城市公园已经荒废，但学院却更注重其外观。"我喜欢这里的树，"她说。"这里很漂亮"。

大学高地给人的感觉是静态的。伟大美国人名人堂(Hall of Fame for Great Americans)是一个露天校园，收藏了约100尊半身铜像，包括艺术家、发明家和总统，其中最近期的人物莫过于富兰克林-德拉诺-罗斯福(Franklin Delano Roosevelt)。

但变化正在迫近。

该市正在考虑重新划分Jerome Avenue两英里的区域，以建造更多经济适用房、公园和商店。目前，车库、轮胎店和其他汽车行业占据了这条街道。

一些长期经营的企业主对此表示担忧，比如43岁的佩德罗-蒙西翁(Pedro Moncion)，他在West 181st Street拥有一家San Rafael Auto Repair修车厂。蒙西翁先生说，将该街道重新划分为禁止工业用途可能会导致他已经经营了28年的生意终结。

此外，曾经住在附近希望山(Mount Hope)的蒙西翁先生说，在附近的许多街道上，购买杂货、衣服和电子产品的地方已经比比皆是。他说："我不知道我们还能想要什么"。

大学高地坐落在一座小山上，从这里可以俯瞰曼哈顿和新泽西州的帕利塞德悬崖(Palisades cliffs)。大学高地的北面是West Fordham Road，南面是West Burnside Avenue，东面是Jerome Avenue，西面是哈林河(Harlem River)。根据2010年的人口普查数据，94%的家庭居住在出租房中，而整个城市的这一比例为69%。根据经纪人的说法，这些出租单元中的许多都被预留给第8条(Section 8)补贴住房，或者被安排成单人间(single-room-occupancy)。

市价单位确实存在，比如位于Sedgwick Avenue的River Hill Gardens，这是一座由Goldfarb Properties拥有的五栋砖砌综合楼。校园北面还建有优雅的七层砖砌公寓楼，其中一些是装饰艺术时期的产物。

经纪人说，总的来说，University Avenue(也称Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard)以西的公寓楼最古老，也最时尚。

除此之外，还有零星的砖砌独户住宅，如West 179th Street的独户住宅，它们面对的是带前院的半独立式住宅。少数共管公寓包括位于Grand Avenue和Davidson Avenue的一些公寓。但有些共管公寓受到住房发展基金公司(Housing Development Fund Corporation)的限制，根据该公司的规定，购房者的收入不能超过上限。

市场价房产可能很难找到。据Meridian Realty Partners的副经纪人Jackson Strong称，如果有房，700平方英尺左右的市价一居室共管公寓平均售价为9万美元，两居室为14万美元。

Strong先生说，独户住宅的价格约为30万美元，而两户住宅可能高达45万美元。

StreetEasy提供的数据显示，截至今年8月31日，所有住房的平均销售价格为13.5万美元。2014年的平均销售价格为13.7万美元，2013年为15.9万美元。根据StreetEasy的数据，今年截至8月，一居室公寓的平均租金为1270美元，2014年为1230美元，2013年为1150美元。

Strong先生说："我们正在吸引那些被纽约市其他地区拒之门外的人，甚至是布朗克斯的其他地区"。

由于大多数学生都住在别处，大学城的夜生活很少。位于Aqueduct Avenue East和West 181st Street的BX Campus Deli熟食店似乎是少数几家承认自己存在的商家之一。

在West Fordham Road上，有一家Dallas BBQ烧烤店在周末举办D.J.派对。在West Burnside Avenue上，有一些小店出售水果、美容用品和眼镜。

Aqueduct Walk沿着老克罗顿水渠(Old Croton Aqueduct)的顶端延伸，从19世纪40年代到50年代，这条水渠一直将饮用水从威彻斯特县(Westchester County)输送到这座城市。如果想重温美国历史，布朗克斯社区大学的名人堂也许值得一去。10月18日，布朗克斯社区大学将参加全市范围的"纽约开放日"(Open House New York)活动，届时还将参观由马塞尔-布劳尔(Marcel Breuer)设计的粗野��义(Brutalist)风格建筑。

该地区划入了几所小学，包括Andrews Avenue上的Public School 291、Sedgwick Avenue上的Public School 226和Jerome Avenue上的Public School 33。这三所学校都教授幼儿园到五年级的课程；P.S. 226和P.S. 33还设有学前班。

根据该市的统计数据，在2013-14学年的州考试中，P.S. 291的成绩略好于其他两所学校，当时有18%的学生英语达标，31%的学生数学达标。全市的这两个数字分别为30%和39%。

公立中学有Creston Academy、East Fordham Academy for the Arts和Academy for Personal Leadership and Excellence可供选择，这些学校都在社区外。

St. Nicholas of Tolentine Elementary School是一所教会学校，位于Andrews Avenue North，学制为幼儿园至八年级。

大都会北方铁路(Metro-North Railroad)的哈德逊线(Hudson Line)在大学高地有一站。到大中央车站(Grand Central Terminal)的车程为21至24分钟，月票价格为201美元。

4号线地铁沿Jerome Avenue停靠Burnside Avenue、183rd Street和Fordham Road。

在纽约大学落户之前，校园所在区域有几处庄园，其中一处属于马里(Mali)家族，该家族生产台球毡和其他台球产品。他们的砖房最初成为宿舍，如今是巴特勒厅(Butler Hall)，为高中生上大学做准备。

转载自 New York Times, University Heights, the Bronx: Anchored by a College Campus

[anniekoh]

The Portland Bridge Book by Sharon Wood Wortman with Ed Wortman

Third edition of The Portland Bridge Book is like an old faithful bridge that's been restored by a dedicated crew of specialists to increase its carrying capacity for the public's enjoyment. Over a span of 225 pages (50 percent larger than the second edition and more than twice the size of the first edition), this edition delivers: Profiles 15 highway bridges and four railroad bridges across the Willamette and Columbia rivers in the metro area. Each structure's general history, technical details, source of its name, and more are explained in accessible language. 150 historic and large format contemporary photographs, many published for the first time. Annotated drawings by Joseph Boquiren showing Portland's movable bridges in operation. How & Why Bridges Are Built, written by Fremont Bridge field engineer Ed Wortman. Expanded and localized glossary of bridge termsPortland transportation history timeline, truss patterns, bridge poetry, lyrics.

Images 1 & 2 from the Portland Bridge Book. Image 3 is the cover of the book.

Snippets

Multnomah County owns four of the five large movable bridges: Hawthorne, Morrison, Burnside, and Broadway bridges, as well as Sellwood and Sauvie Island bridges. Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) owns state and interstate highway structures, i.e. Ross Island, Marquam, Fremont, St. Johns, Oregon City, and Abernethy bridges, and across the Columbia River, Glenn Jackson Bridge and in a joint agreement with WA state, the Interstate Bridge.

Other notable bridges in Portland Oregon that do not cross the river.

Balch Gulch Bridge on Thurman Street in Northwest Portland, built for the 1905 Lewis and Clark Exposition. One of about 150 highway and pedestrian bridges owned and maintained by the City of Portland, this unusual hanging deck truss is the oldest highway deck truss bridge in Oregon. Vista Avenue Viaduct, a 248-foot open-spandrel reinforced concrete highway arch located 128 feet above SW Jefferson St on the way to US Highway 26 in Portland's West Hills.

Tilikum Crossing: Portland's Bridges and a New Icon by Donald MacDonald & Ira Nadel (2020)

Portland, Oregon's innovative and distinctive landmark, Tilikum Crossing Bridge of the People, is the first major bridge in the U.S, carrying trains, busses, streetcars, bicycles, and pedestrians- but no private automobiles. When regional transportation agency TriMet began planning for the first bridge to be constructed across the Willamette River since 1973, the goal was to build a something symbolic, which would represent the progressive nature of the Twenty-First Century. Part of that progressiveness was engaging in a public process that involved neighborhood associations, small businesses, environmentalists, biologists, bicycling enthusiasts, designers, engineers, and the City Council. The result of this collaboration was an entirely unique bridge that increased the transportation capacity of the city while allowing Portlanders to experience their urban home in an entirely new way—car-free. In this book, the award winning architect of Tilikum Crossing, Donald MacDonald, and co-author Ira Nadel, tell the story of Portland through its bridges. Written in a friendly voice, readers will learn how Portland came to be known as "The City of Bridges" and the home to this new icon in the city's landscape. MacDonald uses 98 of his own drawings to illustrate the history of Portland river crossings and to show the process of building a Twenty-First Century landmark

Image 4 is the Tilikum Crossing book cover. Image 5 is a photo of the bridge itself.

Short video: Aerial footage of some of the bridges in Portland, Oregon. Relaxing views of the Broadway, Fremont and Steel bridges. Apr 26, 2021

[troublemkr]

this timeline details Claire's story from july 1998 until the end of 2006. opportunities for plotting are labeled , though you're not limited to them. they are there just for both our benefits to signify that I want to add more there once it's plotted and developed. questions are always welcome.

1998 

July , Chris Redfield and Barry Burton helped Claire move into her dorm room in St. Louis , which was about three and a half hours away from Raccoon City. after settling in and getting ready for her freshman year in college , Claire realized that it had been a while since she'd heard from her brother. she knew that he was working very hard with the other members of STARS , but it was unlike him to not respond to texts or phone calls. 

September , Claire decided that she would take matters into her own hands. she decided to leave school and go back home to Raccoon City to search for her brother. along the way , Claire met rookie police officer Leon Kennedy who agreed to help get her to the RCPD and help search for Chris. together they discovered that the city had been overrun with an infection that caused people to have zombie ― like symptoms. while trying to find evidence of what happened to Chris , Claire found a note from him saying he'd gone to Europe to further investigate umbrella. while on the way to searching for an exit strategy , Claire met up with the daughter of one of the scientists who'd created the t ― virus , Sherry Birkin. Claire brought Sherry with her , and teamed up again with Leon to escape the city before the US's airstrike hit and destroyed the city. 

December , after ensuring that Sherry was safe , or as safe as she could be in the custody of the government , Claire arranged a flight to Europe to continue her search for her brother. a lead sent her to France where she infiltrated an umbrella facility that Chris had been targeting , but before she could gain any headway in her search , she was caught. Claire was interrogated by Rodrigo Juan Raval then knocked out and transported from the facility in France to another facility in Rockfort Island , off the west coast of South America. when she came to , she found that the facility was under attack by an air raid. the explosions caused certain buildings and structures to fall , which in turn caused the release of bioweapons created from samples of the t ― virus. while attempting to find a way to escape from the island , Claire came into contact with Steve Burnside and decided to team up with him. while looking around Steve found information that Chris was being surveilled by umbrella. Claire decided to contact Leon Kennedy , asking him to reach out to her brother and let him know where she was being held and that he was under surveillance. once she did that , she and Steve managed to escape the island but were only able to reach Antarctica before getting attacked again. at the end , Claire and Chris are finally reunited and escape to safety.

1999 ― 2002

after reuniting with Chris and ensuring , on both their parts , that the other was safe , Chris demanded that Claire go back to school and finish her degree. it was more important to him than it was to her that she try to maintain as normal a life as possible. she went back to St. Louis and continued her education.

* plotting opportunity *

May '02 , Claire reunited in person with her brother for her graduation of college and receipt of her bachelor's degree in journalism. a conversation was had about her future and what she wanted to do with her life. together , she and Chris expressed feelings of wanting the same things , though they would go about them differently. it was best the Redfield's would each play to their own strengths. with ideas in mind , Claire said goodbye to her brother again. 

2003

February , umbrella was finally found guilty for the terrors that had taken place in Raccoon City five years before , thus bankrupting and essentially destroying the pharmaceutical company. this , while a win for most people , bred the perfect climate for other companies to pick up umbrella's slack. 

in the wake of the events in Raccoon City in 1998 , and the news coverage of the city's destruction and the legal battle with umbrella , a group of activists began working together to create an organization to help once it became clear the government wasn't interested in doing so. this organization would come to be known as terrasave. very soon after the verdict against umbrella , agents of terrasave approached Claire in an attempt to recruit her. this was exactly the type of work that she had been looking for , and with her degree in journalism , she knew that she'd be able to make a real difference with them. 

around the same time that Claire was being recruited by terrasave , her brother and his partner Jill Valentine were busy founding the BSAA.

* plotting opportunity *

2005

November , after umbrella's demise , the threat of bioterrorism was increasing. former umbrella researchers were suspected of selling bio-weapons on the black market causing the US to form an agreement with yet another pharmaceutical company , the WP corporation. the agreement was that WP would mass produce a vaccine for the t ― virus , thus eliminating umbrella's previous effectiveness. 

Claire , along with terrasave , arranged for a protest against WP as they had been accused of illegal and immoral experimentation. while in the airport in Harvardville , Wisconsin , she was right in the middle of a purposeful g ― virus outbreak. unbeknownst to her , Leon was dispatched to work on the same outbreak that she was and they were able to team up again. together , they were able to keep the outbreak contained and get to the bottom of their mystery. 

2006

after the incident in Harvardville , Claire continued to work with terrasave on protests against biological warfare , medical waste containment and cleanup , and the distribution of medication , supplies , and food.

* plotting opportunity *

August , Claire learned about the accident that Jill was in. she , among other terrasave members , joined the search for both Jill and Wesker but were unsuccessful. the loss of Jill devastated her , both for her own benefit but also for her brother who'd just lost his partner. three months later , Jill would be pronounced dead and the Redfield's world would change forever. 

[realtorjamier]

Things to do in August Around the Area!

Summer of Sunflowers

Burnside Farms 11008 Kettle Run Rd. Nokesville, VA August – TBD

Immerse yourself in more than 50 acres of glorious sunflowers during the Summer of Sunflowers. Find your way through sunflower mazes during the day. In the evening, celebrate Sunflower Sunsets: pack a picnic and enjoy the scenery as the bright yellows of the day turn golden in the late afternoon as the sun begins to set on a sea of sunflowers. 

Ghost Tours of Historic Frederick

Brewer’s Alley Restaurant  124 N. Market St Frederick, MD August 4 – 19

Embark on a spooky journey through Frederick’s haunting history with “Maryland’s Oldest Operating Ghost Tour!” Unearth nearly 300 years of war, executions, and revenge as you delve into documented stories of the paranormal.

Movies on the Potomac

National Harbor 165 Waterfront Street National Harbor, MD August 3 – 21

Bring a chair or a blanket, grab some food from one of the many nearby dining establishments, and meet on the Plaza to watch movies (for free) on the big screen. The films include Antman, Cruella, Invictus, The Incredibles, and more!

Beyoncé Renaissance World Tour

FedEx Field 1600 Fedex Way North Englewood, MD August 5 – 6

Witness an unforgettable night of music, dance, and pure star power with Beyoncé at the Commander’s Stadium! As the great Michael Scott once said, “I am Beyoncé, always.”

History at Sunset

Fredericksburg Battlefield Fredericksburg, VA August 5

Step back in time and immerse yourself in the rich history of Fredericksburg Battlefield with the History at Sunset event! Join a fascinating guided tour through the hallowed grounds where pivotal battles took place while knowledgeable historians share gripping tales of the past.

Date Night with Princess Bride & Comedy

Arlington Cinema and Drafthouse 2903 Columbia Drive Arlington, VA August 11

Experience the beloved movie, The Princess Bride on the big screen once again! This rare opportunity also includes a 20 minute live comedy set to kick off the evening. One might say it’s inconceivable! 

Leitersburg Ruritan Peach Festival

Leitersburg Ruritan Club 21427 Leiter Street Hagerstown, MD August 12 – 13

Who doesn’t love peaches?! Held at the beautiful Leitersburg Ruritan Park, this sweet and savory event celebrates the juicy goodness of peaches with a variety of mouthwatering treats and fun activities for the whole family.

TASTE Leesburg

Downtown Leesburg, VA August 12

Eat, drink, shop, enjoy. Admission is free. Food can be purchased directly from food vendors. Pre-purchase your unlimited drink-tasting wristbands for a reduced price. Stages will be set up for musical entertainment, cooking demos, and more.

Silver Spring International Food & Craft Festival

Veterans Plaza 1 Veterans Place Silver Spring, Md.

For a celebration of the nations, enjoy international food, crafts, and music. Artisans, crafters, and small businesses will offer their creations for purchase, and a DJ will play a variety of music.

CityFest DC

Culture House 700 Delaware Ave SW Washington, D.C. August 19

Get ready for a vibrant celebration of all things DC at CityFestDC! With live music, captivating art galleries, delectable food vendors, and a whole lot more, this event is the perfect opportunity to immerse yourself in the heart of the city and indulge in all the delights it has to offer.

Flying Circus Hot Air Balloon Festival

The Flying Circus Aerodrome 5114 Ritchie Road Bealeton, VA August 19 – 20

They’re beautiful and magical – and if you’ve ever dreamed of taking in the countryside from a hot air balloon, this is your chance. If you’re afraid of heights, tethered balloon rides are an option, or just enjoy the colorful splendor of the balloons from the ground. You’ll also be treated to an airshow!

West Virginia’s Greatest Airshow

Eastern WV Regional Airport Martinsburg, WV August 26 – 27

Celebrating 100 years of Shepherd Field, this spectacular event brings the skies to life with breathtaking aerial acrobatics and skilled pilots showcasing their talents. From up-close encounters with iconic aircraft in the static display area to gravity-defying maneuvers in the air, this celebration of aviation promises an unforgettable day of high-flying fun.

FAIRS

Carnival rides, animal exhibits, entertainment, fair food! Enjoy the nostalgia of a good old agricultural fair. The DMV and beyond has several during the month of August. Where else can you enter your best homemade baked goods with the hope of winning a blue ribbon – and also see monster trucks, demolition derbies, drag racing, and more?

Fairfax County 4-H Fair and Carnival

Frying Pan Farm Park 2709 West Ox Road Herndon, VA August 3 – 6

Howard County Fair

2210 Fairgrounds Road West Friendship, MD  August 5 – 12

Prince William County Fair

Expo & Event Center 10624 Dumfries Road Manassas, VA August 11 – 19

Montgomery County Agricultural Fair

501 Perry Parkway Gaithersburg, MD August 11 – 19

Arlington County Fair

Thomas Jefferson Community Center 3501 Second Street South Arlington, VA August 16 – 20

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Okay so it’s going to depend on where you’re from and what you like doing!

My fave things about Portland:

Depending on your neighborhood and where you work, you can live without a car. (Having a car does mean far more impromptu trips out of town! And we have amazing places within an hour or two’s drive of Portland: mountains, the ocean…) It’s just relatively easy/pleasant to bike, walk, or take Tri-Met.

Lots of amazing places to eat, drink, have coffee

Lots of people are willing to be silly just for the fun of it

Once you start doing things, you will run into people you know everywhere. I dunno how many times I’ve tried a new thing (a pub trivia night! Contra dancing!) and run into people I know from other things. I imagine that it must feel suffocating to some people? I love it.

Speaking of which, though; there’s fun shit to do like. Every day.

Karaoke. Sorry I just love karaoke.

ADVICE! much which assumes you’re moving from a place that is not the PNW:

Get a decent rain coat with a hood that you don’t hate wearing, and comfy waterproof or water-resistant shoes. You can’t let the rain stop you from doing things or you just…won’t do anything. (Also, cotton sucks ass in the rain. Synthetic fibers and/or wool are your friend. Especially wool-blend socks.)

Visit as many city parks as you can—they’re all gorgeous. They also have free events in the summer, like movies!

If you get a library card for Multnomah County there’s multiple other counties that allow you to have a library card—including Washington (to the west) and Clackamas (to the east). We have an amazing library system. The downtown library is also just PRETTY and worth a visit!

I’d wait until spring, but consider getting a bicycle. Portland is great for cycling compared to most American cities, and there’s fun bicycle rides going on all summer (shift2bikes.org for event listings). If you drive, expect cyclists. Everywhere. We have a right to take up the lane on streets without bike lanes, side note. Plz don’t honk or pass too closely.

How to keep up on local news, politics, and events: the Willamette Week is online and in paper form, free from boxes all over town. The Portland Mercury used to be print but is now online-only. This site is just event listings: https://www.pdxpipeline.com/events/

OH ALSO some quirks of Portland geography:

There are six quadrants: NE, SE, south waterfront, SW, NW, and north Portland. (North is never just called “north” it’s always called north Portland?? Same with south, it’s always south waterfront)

In general, it’s twenty blocks per mile. Numbered streets run north-to-south; named streets run east-west (…usually). If you’re on a numbered street, the address counts blocks from Burnside.

Numbered streets count blocks from the river, or (in the case of NE and North Portland), from N Willams.

So 2753 NE 15th would be 27 blocks north of E Burnside, a bit less than a mile and a half; and 15 blocks east of N Williams. 1350 SE Hawthorne would be 13 blocks east of the river.

The streets in NW are in alphabetical order and you’ll notice that a BUNCH of Simpsons characters were named after those streets. Some are also in NE, which means 1. Yes there’s a NE Flanders 2. They’re sometimes graffitied exactly how you’d expect.

Speaking of street addresses: “the northwest is odd”: odd-numbered addresses are on the north or west side of the street. (Except in St John’s, which is in North Portland.)

Also seriously there exceptions to all of the above because of course there are lol.

“Downtown” with no modifiers is the inner west side, near the river. Some of the old streetcar suburbs also have “downtowns,” usually of a handful of blocks on one street, so “downtown Montavilla” is a thing that exists.

People really like knowing what neighborhood they live in and will often mention it it asked: I live in Hosford-Abernathy, just south of Ladd’s Addition. (The city-defined neighborhoods aren’t always the ones people use; “felony flats” is not an official name but people living there sometimes still call it that instead of Foster-Powell!)

Couch St is pronounced “cooch.” Willamette is pronounced “will AM it.” Glisan is pronounced “GLEEsin.” Also it’s ORigun. Not oreGON.

Anyway that’s. Too much information. Probably.

Anyway walk to the top of Mt Tabor some day after arriving and enjoy the views and smell the trees; they really are just fucking GREAT.

i'm moving out to Portland to start a new job, but it wasn't my first choice job. i'm feeling pretty bummed about it, but i want to be excited and happy to be going out that way! what can i be excited for? what are everyone's favorite things about life in Portland?

Hey, first of all, I’m sorry you didn’t get your first choice. That is a rough feeling. But I really hope Portland will be a joy for you to discover. I haven’t lived there myself, but I bet folks will chime in to share their favourite things. (🙏)

In the meanwhile I did scrounge this up from Reddit:

But I like to think you’ll feel absolutely spoiled by living in such a beautiful setting. PNW cities are really so special for being able to offer you the chance to just slip out of a metropolis into lush, green, quiet spaces and then head back to town with dirt on your boots, peace in your heart, and a proper appetite worked up for something pleasantly greasy and fried.

And especially now that so many people are moving in to PNW cities, I think it’s a lot easier to pick up friends than it was even a decade or so ago.

Wishing you the absolute best of luck in your move! 💙🌲💙

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John H. Morgan Surrender Site

40132 Ohio Route 518

West Point OH 44492

The John H. Morgan Surrender Site is the place where, during the American Civil War, Brig. Gen. John Hunt Morgan, the leader of Confederate troops responsible for Morgan's Raid, surrendered to Union troops following the Battle of Salineville. The site is located on State Route 518 at a crossroads between the villages of Gavers and West Point in Wayne Township, Columbiana County, Ohio, about 60 miles northwest of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. In June 1863, Brigadier General John Hunt Morgan took command of a force of 2,500 Confederate men in Kentucky. The purpose of the detachment was to recruit volunteers from the border state and to provide a distraction for Union General Ambrose Burnside who was planning an invasion of Tennessee. Morgan's superior, General Braxton Bragg, specifically ordered Morgan not to cross the Ohio River into Union territory.

     Morgan disobeyed his orders and, from June 11 to July 26, 1863, his troops conducted the raid in an area that ranged from Tennessee to northern Ohio. Morgan ransacked the countryside and disrupted telegraph and railroad lines as he moved north. He was pursued by a division of Union cavalry commanded by Brig. General Edward H. Hobson, who, together with reinforcements dispatched by Maj. General Ambrose Burnside, caught up to Morgan's force at Buffington Island and forced the raiders to escape northward.

     In Columbiana County, fears increased as Morgan's Raid approached. There were exaggerated reports that his force numbered as many as 10,000 men. The day before the surrender, residents of New Lisbon, Ohio, mobilized when they heard that Morgan was in Salineville in Columbiana County.  The final armed engagement of the raid occurred around 8 a.m. July 26 near the border of Carroll, Columbiana and Jefferson counties.  Brig. Gen. James M. Shackelford arrived and talked surrender terms with Morgan. 

     Morgan reportedly surrendered under what was called the "Surrender Tree." The location was at the northernmost point in which a Confederate command pierced Northern territory during the Civil War, except for the St. Albans Raid in Vermont.  Morgan and more than 60 of his officers were imprisoned in the Ohio Penitentiary in Columbus. On the night of Nov. 27, 1863, Morgan and six others escaped from the prison, with a plan originated by Thomas Hines. The site of his surrender was listed with the National Register of Historic Places on April 23, 1973 for its military significance.

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DrSnip - The Vasectomy Clinic in Portland, OR

There are several vasectomy Clinic in Seattle, WA service providers, these days, and that includes Portland, OR location. However, choosing the best clinic is an important task. One of the amazing services offered by the clinic is their website. It is one of the best sources of information about family planning and vasectomy. Aside from that, they have the most essential pages on their site such as Blog, About Us, Contact Us, and more. If you want to know more about family planning, you can also check their blog posts. You can also learn the benefits of vasectomy if you read their website.

DrSnip - The Vasectomy Clinic

The DrSnip - The Vasectomy Clinic in Portland, OR is a famous service provider in the city. When it comes to vasectomy clinic in Portland, OR, they’re dependable. They’ve been making vasectomy convenient and accessible for decades. Their founder, Dr. Charles L. Wilson, started The Vasectomy Clinic in Seattle on July 1, 1987, after years of dedication to improving the patient vasectomy experience. In addition, Dr. Wilson’s innovations include developing new vasectomy instruments and refining the DrSnip Vasectomy Technique. As a result, The Vasectomy Clinic emerged as a unique concept, a clinic focused on fulfilling a specific need in the community and dedicated to making the process easier and more comfortable for patients.

Portland, OR

Many people like to talk about the early settlers of the Portland, OR location these days. There are people who are also curious about the said place. During the prehistoric period, the land that would become Portland was flooded after the collapse of glacial dams from Lake Missoula, in what would later become Montana. Aside from that, these massive floods occurred during the last ice age and filled the Willamette Valley with 300 to 400 feet of water. Before American settlers began arriving in the 1800s, the land was inhabited for many centuries by two bands of indigenous Chinook people – the Multnomah and the Clackamas.

Powell's City of Books in Portland, OR

The Powell’s City of Books in Portland, OR is famous nowadays. It is one of the well-known travel destinations in the city. Powell's City of Books is the largest used and new bookstore in the world, occupying an entire city block and housing approximately one million books. Aside from that, the place has iconic bookseller offering a diverse selection of used and new volumes, plus gifts for bibliophiles. Besides, their service options include In-store shopping, In-store pickup, and Delivery. Located in downtown Portland’s Pearl District, the City of Books has nine color-coded rooms and over 3,500 different sections, offering something for every interest, including an incredible selection of out-of-print and hard-to-find titles.

Oregon’s Recent Growth in Homelessness Among Largest in Nation

Based on a recent shocking news report in Portland, OR, there was a topic about homelessness in the city. Well, this is one of the popular stories at present. As reported, Oregon experienced one of the nation’s largest increases in homelessness between 2020 and 2022, federal data indicates. The number of people experiencing homelessness in Oregon grew nearly 23% during the two-year span, increasing by 3,304 people to about 18,000. This was reported by a federally mandated physical count of homeless individuals. In addition, that rate was well above the national average of less than 1% growth in people experiencing homeless and also far outstripped that of the other West Coast states, with Washington experiencing a 10% hike and California a 6% increase.

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Powell's City of Books 1005 W Burnside St, Portland, OR 97209, United States Get on I-405 S from W Burnside St 4 min (0.9 mi) Take I-5 S to SW 68th Ave in Tigard. Take exit 293 from I-5 S 10 min (8.6 mi) Follow SW 68th Ave to your destination 51 sec (0.3 mi) DrSnip - The Vasectomy Clinic 12511 SW 68th Ave Suite 150, Portland, OR 97223, United States

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Who is Anthony Heredia ( Man charged with fatally shooting 17-year-old girl ) Wiki, Bio, Age, Crime, Arrest, Incident Details, Investigations and More Facts

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A man has been charged with fatally shooting a 17-year-old girl in South Lawndale on Friday.

Anthony Heredia, 19, is charged with first-degree murder and unlawful use of a weapon in the shooting that killed Tierra Franklin, the Chicago Police Department said. At about 3:04 p.m. Friday, the 17-year-old girl was near a parking lot of a business in the 2500 block of South Kolin when she was allegedly approached by Anthony Heredia on a bicycle, police said. https://t.co/q3a9YA2PGb — FOX 32 News (@fox32news) July 3, 2022 He was due to appear in court on Sunday. According to police and the Cook County Coroner's Office, Heredia approached Franklin on a bicycle and shot her near a company parking lot on the 2500 block of South Kolin Avenue. Shortly after 3 p.m., Franklin was shot in the upper body and taken to St. Anthony's Hospital, where she was pronounced dead, police said. A man shot dead in front of a residential building in West-Humboldt-Park A Chicago police officer was injured after a thrown object shattered the window of a police cruiser in Archer Heights 8 dead, 29 others injured in Chicago shootings since Friday night Man killed in shooting in Grand Crossing yard, 2 others injured A man was shot dead after confronting a person trying to get into his car in Burnside A man on a bicycle was shot dead on the South Shore Read the full article