Pacific Northwest

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Oregon (Ashland, Portland) | Washington (Seattle)

Oregon

A   great state of (many) enlightened people and natural beauty.

• Oregon Encyclopedia
• Oregon Hikers
• Oregon State Parks
• Travel Oregon

Oregon News:

• Oregon Public Broadcasting
• OregonLive - From the Portland Oregonian

Ashland, Oregon

• Walk Ashland - "Ashland history, Ashland neighborhoods, Ashland stories"

Things to Do:

• Oregon Shakespeare Festival
• ScienceWorks Museum - Hands-on, great for kids
• Today in Ashland

Food and Drink:

• Ashland Food Cooperative - Organic groceries and deli. Where Ashland's hip and groovy congregate.
• The Black Sheep - Ashland's British public house. British food with an Oregon touch, Oregon beer (and British) with a British touch. "Where you belong!"
• Brothers' Restaurant - Breakfast and lunch, deli food
• Caldera Brewing - Local microbrewery
• Brewery and Restaurant, exit 14 from I-5
• Chateaubriand 36, a steakhouse (in the old Smithfield location on 2nd Street)
• Cucina Biazzi - Four-course Italian meals
• Dagoba Organic Chocolate - You can visit the headquarters in Ashland and buy some chocolate.
• Gils - "Grub, suds, and buds"
• Growler Guys - Dozens of beers and other beverages on tap
• Hearsay Restaurant - Local cuisine, cocktails
• Local 31 Pub, Water Street
• Martino's / Macaroni Ristorante - Italian food
• Martolli's Hand-Tossed Pizza
• Morning Glory Restaurant - Breakfast
• Peerless Restaurant - Fine dining, featuring local foods and wines
• Skout Taphouse and Provisions, by Lithia Park
• Smithfields Restaurant

Wineries:

• Ashland Vineyards
• RoxyAnn Winery, Medford
• Weisinger's of Ashland

Lodging:

• Ashland Bed and Breakfast Network

Media:

• Ashland News
• Daily Tidings - Newspaper
• Jefferson Public Radio

Blogs:

• Bardolatry - Clan Murphy and their Shakespearean doings

Outdoor Recreation:

• Adventure Center (raftingtours.com)
• Ashland Woodlands and Trails Association
• Lithia Park
• National Forests and Monuments:
• Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument
• Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest
• Winema National Forest
• Noah's River Adventures
• Oregon Caves National Monument, near Cave Junction
• Trail maps - City trails, bike trails, watershed trails (City of Ashland)

Shopping:

• Bloomsbury Books - A great independent bookstore
• Book Exchange - Well-stocked used bookstore
• Music Coop
• Northwest Nature Shop
• Paddington Station - "Eclectic emporium": clothes, kitchenware, sovenirs, tschotschkes
• Rare Earth - Lots of funky stuff
• Soundpeace - Don't be put off by the "new age" slogan; they have books about the more venerable religious traditions, too
• Tree House Books - Children's bookstore
• Unicorn Gifts and Toys

Portland

• Travel Portland

Food and Drink:

• Apizza Scholls - Pizzeria
• Bridgeport Brewing - Craft brewery known for cask-conditioned ales
• Kenny and Zuke's Delicatessan - Jewish deli
• Rogue pubs - In Newport, Astoria, and Independence as well as Portland
• Shalom Y'all - Israeli food

Gardens and Museums:

• International Rose Test Garden
• Lan Su Chinese Garden - An oasis downtown
• Oregon Jewish Museum and Center for Holocaust Education
• Portland Japanese Garden

Shopping:

• Powell's Books - Said to be the largest independent bookstore in the world, and I believe it. It's a wonderful place.

Keeping Portland Weird:

• Voodoo Doughnut

Washington

Outdoor Recreation

• Olympic National Park
• Washington Trails Association

Seattle

Things to Do:

• Center for Wooden Boats - Go on a boat ride or rent a boat
• Space Needle

Food and Drink:

• Big Time Brewery - Pub in the U. District, has at least one cask-conditioned ale on tap
• Ocho Taberña Espanola - Wonderful tapas bar in the Ballard district

Libraries:

• Seattle Public Library
• University of Washington Libraries
• Folio: The Seattle Athenaeum - Membership library

Museums:

• Burke Museum, University of Washington - Native art from the Northwest and elsewhere in the Pacific Rim, natural history
• MoPOP: Museum of Popular Culture - Seattle-area rock musicians (Jimi Hendrix, Nirvana, Pearl Jam), horror, science fiction
• SAM: Seattle Art Museum, Seattle Asian Art Museum, Olympic Sculpture Park
• Chinese painting and calligraphy
• Washington State Jewish Museum

Shopping:

• Elliott Bay Books
• Third Place Books - The Ravenna location has a pub and cafe, as well — in short, a place I could spend all day

Keeping Seattle Weird:

• Archie McPhee - Novelty store
• Fremont Troll