After a quick dinner at Chinatown fixture "Hung Far Low" I dropped into Stag and found the old Portland strippers have been replaced by Cirque de Soleil like acrobats but the vibe is good. One night I was itching for some old school PDX nightlife and was happy to find that near Chinatown down on Broadway is a new bar called " Stag PDX". If you head a little NW though you can still find the charm of 21st Street and my all time favorite restaurant Caffe Mingo is still there. Restaurants have popped up with so much square footage that you can only assume most of what you are eating arrived that morning on a truck from Sysco. No more Thomas Lauderdale walking around in a shift dress with a pillbox hat, no more late nights at Suzanne's Diner and no more going out with $5 in your pocket to wake up with $5 in your pocket. You could feel the end of "loser at pool has to run home naked through the warehouses" being replaced with condos and Whole Foods. Ace Hotel was the first establishment to really anchor the change along with the Crystal Ballroom and Ringler's Annex. Everything was condensed onto Stark Street but before I left you could feel the changes coming.
We used to play pool at Scandal's then head over to Silverado for a show of some sort and finalize the night with drinks, more pool or pinball at the Eagle. I would suck that beautiful cock and lick that beautiful asspussy. Gay nightlife centered around SW Stark Street in a consolidated area sadly nicknamed "Vaseline Alley." I just went back for a week and everything has changed but some things are still very Portland.īefore there was a Pearl District filled with shops and big restaurants there was just Powell's Books, a brewery and a bunch of warehouses. This is also the town where I was able to come out without fear of a beat down. Having moved there from the East Coast I quickly learned the joys of coffee, micro beer and salmon. Life was good and to escape the rainy drudgery people complained about just took a tank of gas and a quick glance at Doppler Radar. I initially lived off NW 23rd before relocating to larger digs on the other side of the Willamette River in close proximity to the Rose Quarter. Gus Van Sant had a house overlooking downtown and daily sightings of extras from "My Own Private Idaho" or "Drugstore Cowboy" made you feel cool.
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Thrift stores were full of vintage Pendleton wool shirts for a buck and Starbucks was second choice to Coffee People. We were far enough from Seattle to be safely tucked away from grunge saturation and close enough to San Francisco to be progressively driven. Our drop-in and event space on North Mississippi Avenue is a frequent first stop for new arrivals in Portland, and for longtime residents who are newly out or questioning their sexual or gender identity.
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