June 17, 2011
Stumptown, Portland’s beloved coffee maker recently sold a stake in the business to a private equity company- TSG and this move, as predicted attracted a lot of negative press. It’s kind of like an early 90s indy band selling out to the major label. One of the most vocal was Todd...
October 9, 2008
With the word going crazy, it's hard to know where things might be heading, but I think I might have found a clue at The Ace Hotel in Portland. It wasn't that I stayed there, but I wandered into it after eating at its adjacent restaurant, Clyde Common (excellent, by the way). The world of hotels is...








