Book Review
Portland Rainy Day Guide
By Katlin Smith, Chronicle Books in
association with Solstice Press,
1983, $6.95.
Rain. Oregonians run in it, bi
cycle in it, curse it, and leave it
for sunny climes come Decem
ber, if finances permit. Some
manage to ignore it and others,
believe it or not, actually appre
ciate it. Katlin (Kathy) Smith, a
Eugenean who claims that rain
has been given a bad name, is
one of the latter.
Smith spent last winter traips
ing all over Portland in her
yellow rainslicker researching the
myriad ways to enjoy the city on
those 150 rainy days a year. The
result, Portland Rainy Day
Guide, is an informative and en
tertaining 127-page book offer
ing hundreds of ideas for com
batting bad weather blues and
inertia. Portland artist Elizabeth
Rocchia has provided wonderful
illustrations.
Keeping dry is the key to en
joying rainy day exploring, ac
cording to Smith. She introduces
her readers to the concept of
raingear personality types: the
Dressed Properly Personality
(DPP), someone who wears
tailored raincoats and always has
an umbrella at hand when a
shower begins; and the Dressed
Functionally Personality (DFP),
someone untroubled by rubber
boots and pajama-like raingear,
as long as they keep out the ele
ments. The book tells where to
buy rainwear of both types.
Much of the Portland Rainy
Day Guide suggests city activi
ties suitable for any weather—
walking tours of Skidmore/Old
Town, Northwest, Hawthorne
Boulevard, Multnomah Village
and Old Sellwood. Maps are
provided for each of these neigh
borhoods as well as listings of
dozens of antique shops, res
taurants, art galleries and other
places of interest,.
There are chapters, too, on
shopping (from downtown de
partment stores to the shopping
centers), the art galleries, mu
seums, theatres, literary Port
land (bookstores new and used,
libraries, the best newstands,
poetry readings), sports facili
ties, spectator sports, kids’ acti
vities, rainy day hikes and
covered picnic sites, and, for the
weary or hedonistic, the hot tub
spas.
Did you know that Oregon Ci
ty was the state’s first capital,
that Aurora, 30 miles south of
Portland, was the site of Ore
gon’s first religious commune, a
600-strong group which ran a
hotel, restaurants and mills for
nearly 25 years? A chapter on
historical excursions provides in
triguing information on these
and other day trips.
If food lovers need an excuse
for indulging, rainy weather pro
vides a convenient one. Instead
of merely listing and rating res
taurants, Smith gathered to
gether a handful of Portland
restaurant connoiseurs to discuss
the past and present eating
scene, from ethnic restaurants to
seafood establishments, delis to
hamburger joints. The conver
sation is mouth-watering and
fascinating.
Eating out with kids is some
thing quite different than eating
out, according to Smith, and she
has provided a chapter on this
subject, too. A Portland writer/
mother offers tips on choosing
suitable restaurants and keeping
kids occupied. Restaurants are
also recommended.
If you don’t have the money
to eat out, see a movie or take a
hot tub, you'd be amazed at how
many different things you can
do at Portland’s main library,
the Multnomah County Central
Library. Smith lists 40 activities,
from looking for a job or a col
lege to checking out exercise cas
sette tapes.
For nightlife seekers, there’s a
list of 25 late rainy night acti
vities. You really can go bowling
24 hours a day in The City of
Roses, eat Mexican food at 3
am, play video games at two ar
cades or drink beer at a bar serv
ing more than 100 different im
ported beers.
If Portland in the rain has left
you cold in the past, you might
consider upgrading your rain
gear and buying a copy of this
new guidebook. Portland has
plenty to offer if you know
where to look. I’m ready to go
and I’m not waiting for the rain.
—Martha Wagner
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Radio
KLCC 89.7 FM features: Big Band Bash,
Kaye Kyser, noon; Sunday Afternoon
Jazz, Cal Tjader, 3 pm; and Women’s
Night Out, “The Lives of Minority
Women,’’ 6 pm.
KWAX 91.1 FM presents: St. Paul Sun
day Morning, Ives, Bartok and
Ginastera, 9:30 am; Ears of Old, Canon,
11 am; Sunday Chamber Music, the string
trio, 11:30 am; The Library of Congress
Chamber Music Series, songs of Mozart,
Schubert, Debussy and others, 1 pm; The
San Francisco Symphony Orchestra,
Handel, Sessions and Stravinsky, 8 pm.
Etc.
Plaentarium Shows continue at WISTEC.
See 7/9 for details.
Picc-a-dilly Flea Market, 10 am-4 pm,
Lane County Fairgrounds, 50c-75c.
683-5589.
Storytellers Potluck: Bring a dinner dish
and a story, 7 pm, 155 E 34th St. W/C ac
cessible.
The Nurtury Day Care Center is sponsor
ing a People's Party at 1857 Jefferson, 2-8
pm.
Children
Performances In the Park presents A
Festival for Children, 4 pm, Washburne
Park, E 21st and Agate. Storytellers,
clowns, jugglers, dancers, magicians,
singers, participatory activities.
Monday
18
Workshops / Classes
The second session of creative piano study
begins today through the Piano Prepara
tory Division at the University School of
Music. Classes and private lessons are of
fered for all ages and levels of musical
skill. $20-$40. 686-3761.
Concert Music
The Traditional Folk Sampler plays at the
Corvallis Midsummer Music Festival at
LaSells Stewart Center, 26th & Western
Blvd, Corvallis, 8 pm.
Summer Showcase on the Mall features
Chris Sorenson and Judith King at noon.
Performances In the Parks features the
Spencer Creek Drifters at Westmoreland
Community Center at 6:30 pm.
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land dealings.
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up here.
(Down there they
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But up here
they take on
the quality of
"the-city-as-a-wholc,")
and I hear it
turning and groaning, twisting and heaving
as it goes about its business,
like some giant octopus
foraging the countryside
on asphalt legs.
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Monday
18
Radio
KBDF 1280 is broadcasting all 35 home
games for the Eugene Emeralds. Mike
Parker calls the play-by-play, airtime’is
7:21. Today’s opponent is Tri-Cities.
KLCC 89.7 FM features Jim Kweskin at
7:30 pm on From the Leffside.
KWAX 91.1 FM features: Rachmaninoff
at 10 am; Mozart festival at noon which
includes Symphony No. 37 in G, K425a
“Michael Haydn.”
Tuesday
19
Workshops / Classes
Lane Community College's Business
Assistance Center is offering a seminar.
Introduction to Microcomputers, today at
7 pm. 484-2126.
A seif defense class which emphasizes a
practical approach, as opposed to the use
of martial arts, is offered Tues & Thurs at
7 pm at Sheldon Community Center, 2445
Willakenzie Rd. Cost $12. Call 687-5312.
Children
The 4-H Fair will have a public style revue
at the Hull Center today. No time given.
Storytime for ages 5 and up at the Eugene
Public Library today at 3:30 pm.
Meetings
Today at noon is the second planning
meeting of a summer night women's
march and rally. Room 336 in the EMU,
UO. 686-3327.
Speakers
Henning Hopf, a West German chemist,
will discuss dendralenes, ringed organic
compounds with many branches. 3:30 pm
in Science II, Room 331, UO.
Radio
KBDF 1280 AM broadcasts the Emeralds
vs. Tri-Cities game, 7:21 pm.
KWAX 91.1 FM features: Friederich II,
Concerto No. 4 in D (Redel, flute), 10 am;
The Stranglands, owners of Pepperwood
International Corp, discuss the Stamp of
Success, 11:45 am; Schumann, Nielsen
and Brahms, noon; International Fes
tivals—Vivaldi, Haydn and Chrubini, 8
Tuesday
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Etc.
County Serv Bingo in the auditorium at
the Lane Co. Convention Center at 7 pm.
18 years and over only, 504 a card or 5
cards for $2.
Concert Music
Summer Showcase on the Mall Features
Richard Crandell and Bill Bartells playing
original acoustic guitar duo at noon.
Dance
Performances in the Parks hosts square,
contra and country dancing for everyone
at Monroe Park at 6:30 pm.
Wednesday
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Children
There will be a Discovery Voyage for ages
6 and older today at the Eugene Library at
10:30. There will be a treasure hunt, maps
and guides.
Radio
KWAX 91.1 FM features: Bach Suite No.
1 in E minor. BWV 996, 10 am; Dvorak,
Copland and Grieg, noon; New York
Philharmonic plays Ives, Shostakovich
and Schumann, 8 pm.
Workshops / Classes
Preregister for “The Doon of Compen
sation" training-seminar to be held July
23*24, 10 am-4 pm. Learn how we use
“doors” to release blocked energy. An
Arica workshop. $40. For info and pre*
registration, 484-4243.
Sports / Recreation
Adventures on the High Seas: Ouzel Out
fitters and the Oregon Sailing Club will
give a slide presentation and discussion on
water sports. 8 pm at 255 E 38th St. $3.50
non-members.
Concert Music
Diane Schuur, blues and jazz singer, will
perform at the Corvallis Midsummer
Music Festival at 8 pm. LaSells Stewart
Center, 26th & Western Blvd, Corvallis.
Summer Showcase on the Mali features
Mainstage Theatre at noon.