THE hot spot for New Years in Portland*
Welcome to the first edition of the Entertainment Guide. Knowing nothing about Arts or Entertainment in Portland, this hard hitting reporter asks only kind of easy questions of the most questionable sources.
So, where all the fabulous Portlanders go to kick off the new year in style? According to Mama, Stepdad and Li'l Bro,** the place to be in Portland for the biggest non-event of the year is Maui, HI. They serve it up bubbly and non-alcoholic with some Martinellis, watch a little tube in the yet-to-be refurbished '60s resort and ask Raindog to turn the lights out around 9:30 or so. I thought about crashing a party, but Mama pointed out that I wouldn't be able to do it because we weren't within walking distance of anyone my generation and I wasn't allowed to drive the rental car. But don't worry, we were the only people moving on the island the next day because everyone else was hungover. Nature looks prettier without people anyway.
Reporting live,
Raindog
*Yes, it's a little late for you to use this guide for your New Years plans, but that's just how the Entertainment Guide rolls.
**I have to say it. None of these three people are from Portland. In your defense, gentle readers, most of the transplants I know are pretty f-ing sweet, but these three are just so... faaaamily oriented, and I'd like to blame it on something. Even if just to preserve my perception that Portland=Awesome.
So, where all the fabulous Portlanders go to kick off the new year in style? According to Mama, Stepdad and Li'l Bro,** the place to be in Portland for the biggest non-event of the year is Maui, HI. They serve it up bubbly and non-alcoholic with some Martinellis, watch a little tube in the yet-to-be refurbished '60s resort and ask Raindog to turn the lights out around 9:30 or so. I thought about crashing a party, but Mama pointed out that I wouldn't be able to do it because we weren't within walking distance of anyone my generation and I wasn't allowed to drive the rental car. But don't worry, we were the only people moving on the island the next day because everyone else was hungover. Nature looks prettier without people anyway.
Reporting live,
Raindog
*Yes, it's a little late for you to use this guide for your New Years plans, but that's just how the Entertainment Guide rolls.
**I have to say it. None of these three people are from Portland. In your defense, gentle readers, most of the transplants I know are pretty f-ing sweet, but these three are just so... faaaamily oriented, and I'd like to blame it on something. Even if just to preserve my perception that Portland=Awesome.
posted by Raindog at 4:03 PM
3 Comments:
Celebrating NYE in Hawaii is so Yesterday.
Really.
It's always tomorrow there because of the international dateline.
Or is that Japan?
kyle, you're not thinking clearly - drink more nyquil.
rain almost coulda celebrated the portland new year, but fell 30 minutes short.
and on another not really related note, while the family was crashed out on the island, rain's sister slept on my couch, and we had a great if not completely coherent new years breakfast.... though it was no stormwatch 2004.
Hey...this is Laura, how do you become a contributor to this thing? I can't promise to be as witty as Kyle, or as good of an ultimate player as Raindog, or as short as T-Unit -- but I might have some stuff say every now and again......at least until Mindy and I start our frisbee gossip blog.
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