Category Archives: Southeast

With today’s date being a unique palindrome that hasn’t occurred for nine centuries, it seemed fitting on this chilly dry morning to revisit a quirky old favorite.   And though we don’t blog on every shop that we revisit – … Continue reading →

After visiting 213 distinct coffee/tea shops these past 9 years, we thought we had seen it all, but were wowed by the size of Living Room’s space, big enough to accommodate church services on Sundays; probably big enough in fact … Continue reading →

“We are a strong believer in the idea that coffee creates community, and are proud to be embraced as a living room for the neighborhoods we serve.”  That’s a website quote from the new owners – next-door’s Crush Bar – … Continue reading →

Today’s outing provided the team a couple of milestones:  1) It’s our 195th distinct destination over the past nine years; and 2) It’s the first shop we visited outside Portland’s city limits, as we ventured 10+ miles to Milwaukie.  Furthermore, … Continue reading →

– After a frigid 8:00 a.m. take-off with frozen fingers, it’s hard to describe how invigorating and sublime biking back feels two hours later with a sunny blue sky plus the magnificently colored leaves of  fall all about.  Our history … Continue reading →

Arugularium was not the first choice of this morning’s group of four on this brisk, clear October morning.  They actually pedaled 8 miles from NE to Sellwood in search of the well regarded Living Room Coffeehouse, but then found out … Continue reading →

It’s been a busy travel summer for most in our biking/coffee shop cadre, so when today’s foursome biked to Sellwood’s Either/Or they had a lot of catching up to do.  So much in fact, that they spent more than 90 … Continue reading →

Five of us on this surprisingly nippy – 37 degree – clear morning headed out to Westmorela via SE Clinton to the the newly improved SE 17th roadway adjacent to the Milwaukie Max line. (One of the secondary joys of … Continue reading →

Two of us had visited Push X Pull in December and the shop that day seemed lifeless; in the hour we were there there might have been 3 other in and out customers.  It was good today to see that … Continue reading →

Located in the semi-inner SE industrial area at Stark/8th, Push x Pull has been open less than year, and is situated in a transitional zone where there is a mixture of light industry, commerce, and residences on the periphery.  On … Continue reading →