Lascher at Large

Along for the Ride: Line 14

Bill — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 21:37:42 +0000

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For my latest edition of the Along for the Ride series of transit chronicles I rode Line 14 from Downtown Portland to Lents, and back again. Along the way I stopped for lunch at a taqueria I’d once [...]

Failings

Bill — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 07:05:00 +0000

Dear world: I’m a failure.

And I couldn’t be happier.

I’ll explain why. First, a note about why I’m posting today.

This is the third anniversary of Lascher at Large’s launch, of the day I first penned a modest declaration about how, “Whether breath on our lips, ink spread across a page, keys hammering into [...]

Along for the Ride: Streetcar Music Festival

Bill — Fri, 23 Sep 2011 19:17:01 +0000

Guitars, cellos, saxophones, toy pianos and more, the Streetcar Mobile Music Fest featured musicians performing aboard various streetcars throughout the night. Click the link to listen to and see what it was like when I went along for the ride. [...]

Along for the Ride: Max Blue Line 1 — Hillsboro

Bill — Fri, 16 Sep 2011 18:03:11 +0000

This week's installment of Along for the Ride, my series of weekly chronicles of Portland, OR-area transit lines. is an audio postcard from a rush hour trip aboard the MAX Blue Line to Hillsboro. In a future edition, I'll explore the rest of the line, from Downtown Portland, East to Gresham. [...]

Along for the Ride: Island Time Aboard the 85

Bill — Fri, 26 Aug 2011 16:03:07 +0000

Welcome to the second week of Along for the Ride, my series of weekly chronicles of Portland, OR-area transit lines. If you haven’t already, check out the first edition and if you like the series, please spread the word, or even cover my bus fare.

This week, I woke early Wednesday morning intending to [...]

Along for the Ride: Going Live on the 75

Bill — Fri, 19 Aug 2011 16:37:31 +0000

Today marks the public launch of “Along for the ride,”* a new series of mass transit adventure chronicles on Lascher at Large.

Watch an Audio Slideshow | Explore the Map | See the Photo Gallery

The concept: explore Portland as seen from the metropolitan region’s transit lines. Each week, through a highly [...]

New rankings beg question: what makes Portland sustainable?

Bill — Wed, 06 Jul 2011 17:56:11 +0000

Portland-based Sustainable Business Oregon reported yesterday that Stumptown once again won silver in Site Selection Magazine‘s Rankings of the nation’s most sustainable metroplitan communities.

Once again coming in second to the Bay Area (Site Selection‘s lede about San Francisco’s ban on unsolicited Yellow Pages was cornily fantastic), Portland ranked high alongside Oregon, which came [...]

Research shakes up seismic knowledge near Northwest nuclear plant

Bill — Fri, 03 Jun 2011 01:20:36 +0000

Letters sent as part of the licensing process reveal the Nuclear Regulatory Commission had multiple questions for Energy Northwest about the assumptions it used to develop its response plan for potential accidents. Among the questions: Why did Energy Northwest continue to use 15-year-old studies as the basis for earthquake preparations at the Columbia Generating Station -- the Northwest's only commercial nuclear reactor -- when much more up-to-date information about the region's seismic profile were available from the USGS and Hanford itself? [...]

Food from the Archives

Bill — Thu, 12 May 2011 06:54:39 +0000

Life has been hectic lately, but to continue the food theme I thought I’d share some glimpses at some of the pleasant tastes (or temptations) I’ve experienced. I hope you don’t get too hungry.

Blogathon haiku day: My watched pot of a career

Bill — Wed, 11 May 2011 04:26:30 +0000

Stories now simmer

Words gathered chopped stirred and mixed

Their flavor seeps out