Monthly Archives: July 2017

It’s uncommon for our group to visit the same shop two weeks in a row, but H was so excited about this new shop in outer NE Gateway, an area we’ve yet to visit these past six years, that he … Continue reading →

As visitors to 155+ independently owned coffee/tea/bakery shops around Portland, we are heartened when we come across a new gathering spot in an underserved area.   And so it is in Gateway where the proprietors of Jet Black recently opened … Continue reading →

Like last week when we toured around some before descending on a relatively close-by  NE shop, we three plus Ozora followed E, this time through some of his Cully projects: the commercial renovations taking place at the former Rose’s site, … Continue reading →

One of the unintended consequences of our bicyclists living in Central NE and generally riding 30-45 minutes to a shop where we can spend 45 minutes+ debriefing about the past week, is that we visit NE shops less frequently than … Continue reading →