Portland’s new Union Way Opens on site of Former Gay Nightclub
Portland’s long-running gay nightspot, Red Cap Garage, closed more than a year ago. It was a slightly odd ending, as Red Cap was connected by a hallway to another popular gay club, Boxxes—the two clubs...
View ArticleSpring Getaways: Tofino, BC to Astoria, OR
In our Weekend Hideaways feature from a few months ago, we tried to come up with six destinations and plans around the Northwest that would be fun in winter – hence storm-watching on Vancouver Island...
View ArticleRSVP Vacations Sets Sail From Seattle to Alaska in Summer 2013
The venerable GLBT tour operator RSVP has announced a gay Alaska cruise for summer 2013 aboard Holland America’s Oosterdam. The ship departs from Seattle on July 21, cruising through Puget Sound,...
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Weekend Hideaways
Tacoma, Washington Hot Piece of Glass In recent years, the port city of Tacoma has refashioned itself into one of the nation’s premier destinations for art glass. With a population of 200,000,...
View ArticleGearing up for Whistler WinterPRIDE and Gay Ski Week
Pride celebrations in the Northwest, as with most parts of North America, take place chiefly in the summertime, but there’s one major exception to this rule: Whistler WinterPRIDE, which Vancouver-based...
View ArticleThe Ballard of East and West
A traditionally Scandinavian neighborhood with close ties to Seattle’s fishing industry, Ballard has transitioned in the past decade into one of the city’s hippest neighborhoods while still retaining...
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A Tale of Two Islands
Salt Spring Island Originally inhabited by aboriginal Salishan peoples, 70-square-mile Salt Spring Island has been a haven of counterculture since the earliest pioneers began showing up in the late...
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Sip & Swirl
You’re driving along I-84, which begins to hug the Columbia River just east of Portland, and right around mile marker 60, shortly before you reach the dapper town of Hood River, the full wonder of the...
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Stanley’s Secrets
What happens when a village full of gays exists beside one of the world’s most amazing city parks? Your mind doesn’t have to wander far—and when you visit Vancouver’s famous Stanley Park, your feet...
View ArticleMarket Fresh
There’s no better way to savor regional flavors—and meet like-minded locavores—than to peruse the stalls of local farmers markets. These bustling agoras thrive most of the year, even in many small...
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Hey Eugene!
Let’s not take anything away from the Ducks. Donning green-and-yellow face paint and rooting for the University of Oregon’s recently successful sports teams is still a major incentive for visiting...
View ArticleIn Brief
“The perfect pair of underwear will change your life.” A lofty claim, perhaps, but one that Nick Cruz stands firmly behind—as it were. Cruz knows his knickers. He’s general manager of Portland’s...
View ArticleFlying High
It’s a big year for one of North America’s great architectural icons, Seattle’s delightfully Jetsons-esque Space Needle (400 Broad St.), which opened in April 1962 to usher in the Seattle World’s Fair....
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