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Wednesday, June 3, 2009
ur exposes Portland’s dark past
png back into Portland’s ne-
histoiy is a journey riddled
rnology and mayhem. In-
ious buildings that once were
es of lechery, corruption and
¡re now just average busi-
ning the streets of Old Town,
■company Portland Walking
Hers a look at all of these
■the cities dark underbelly in
■led Underground Portland.
Bary to what the name would
[the tour is not all about the
■i tunnels that were suppos-
■ scourge of Portland drunks
Be turn of the century. Instead
■ on all the uglier (or better)
Bf Portland that were ignored
Bi learned about the history
Bn back in grade school.
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Bf romanticism away from
Bt was once oh par with the
■ill wild west cities.
Bf the truth can be dishearten-
Bome facts are almost better
Bow. My biggest disappoint-
I1 the walk was discovering
Shanghai tunnels were never
■ Ito actually be a spot where
Bghaiing took place.
■fact and many others were
Bo me by our tour guide, a
Bned Herb Spice, a short,
k ubby improve actor with a
Bis job. As the tour went on
Bore excited and his cheeks
ian had charisma and he
knew how to keep a group enter
tained, an important fact considering
that the tour is two and a half hours
long and carried out completely on
foot. There is one bathroom break so
those with weak bladders are not ad
vised to buy a ticket for this ride.
For anyone who can stand for
long enough, the tour is worth the
$19 it takes, especially if you want to •
learn about things like why Portland
used to have the most strip clubs per
capita.
The tour isn’t exactly 100 percent
family friendly considering one of
the stops, kiddy comer to Darcelle’s,
is the launching point of a story about
three of Portland’s most famous
brothel owners.
Another fun fact I learned: as of
2005 it is legal to have live sex shows
in Portland. No one has taken ad
vantage of this fact, because as far
as Portland’s busty sex business goes
there’s no reason to push their luck
with going “that far.”
Sex wasn’t the only thing on our
tour guides mind though, on the
85 degree afternoon stride we also
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stopped at one of Portland’s most Tour guide Herb Spice checks to see if the builiding is wrought iron or fiberglass. Portland has
emblematic shops, Voodoo Donuts.
the most wrought iron buildings still standing in the nation.
Here, after a brief history of the hole
in the wall shop, the tour took turns
Center, owned by a Persian man also available. In the shop, the herb
entered into a dark cool room with
biting into a chocolate donut shaped
named Morteza Aleali. In this shop,
alist Aleali will check patients for ail
a history full of stories, rumors and
like a little man who oozed with red
a wide variety of ingredients are used ments and then administer a solution ghost hunts. We spent our last few'
jelly blood.
to make traditional Chinese medi
in the form of either a wine or tea.
moments hearing Herb the stage man
The donut shop is the only official
cine.
This doctor’s checkup is not a part of spin his final two tales of Portland's
grub stop on the trip but the expedi
Hai Ma, or dried sea horse is used
the tour but if you come back saying
darkest moments regarding what re
tion both starts and ends at Old Town
as a male Viagra, and antelope hom
Herb sent you, former tour members
ally happened in when Portland was
Pizza, the house to another entrance
is the female sex enhancing counter
can get a 10 percent discount for the
still just a river town full of turmoil.
of what was once Portland’s exten
part.
services provided.
You can make a reservation for
sive underground tunnel system.
Other ingredients such as black
The tour ends with a walk down
a tour by going to Porltandwalking-
One of the most interesting stops
snake, ginseng and a variety of differ
a wood staircase under Old Town tours.com or by calling (503)774-
along the stint was a shop in China
ent animal parts, roots and herbs are
Pizza. We all grabbed flashlights and 4522.
Town cal led Herbs & Acupuncture
tless students plan for summer
Stick around town
and enjoy the roses
you ride MAX. Besides having
the endangered black rhinoc
eros, the zoo has many other
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motivating factors. For those
who enjoy classic pop punk,
the B-52s are performing at the
For all of you looking for zoo on June 19 at 7 p.m. Tick
something fabulous, yet not ets cost $27.
painfiil on the wallet, to do in
♦Vans Warped tour is an
Portland this summer we have unforgettable event for the al
compiled a list of ideas.
ternative music lovers resid
♦Portland Farmers Market
ing in the area. Warped tour
has locations all over, ranging
is at Washington County Fair
from Milwaukie to the heart of grounds Sunday Aug. 16 and
downtown. The only cost for
has an impressive list of bands
this event is whatever you end
performing; ranging from Un
up purchasing from the selec
deroath to Less than Jake to
tion of locally grown produce . Bad Religion, it seems the $30
or baked foods. Most markets
will be well worth it.
are open now until September.
♦Underground
Portland
♦Portland Rose Festival
tours are a great way for the
Dragon Boat Race is Satur
brave adventurous to spend
day, June 6 and Sunday June 7
an* afternoon. The tour ex
and begins at 8 a.m. and ends plores the criminal past of
at aprx. 4 p.m. a racing event
downtown Portland and even
consisting of nearly 100 teams
involves going underground
(including local, national, and to show entrances to the infa
international teams) with four mous “Shanghai tunnels.” (See
teams competing every nine
above story).
minutes. Races are held on the
♦The Waterfront Blues Fes
Willamette River (close to the
tival is the nation’s second larg
Hawthorne Bridge), in boats
est blues festival. The festival
provided through the Portland-
is non-profit and raises money
Kaohsiung Sister City Associa
and food to help the hungry.
tion.
The event costs $10 per person,
♦Portland Saturday Market per day and runs from July 2
must not be forgotten, as it is a through the 5 and is located on
great place for cheap eats and Tom McCall Waterfront Park.
unique items. Located on SW
♦Voodoo Donut is a great
Naito Blvd, under the Bumside place for the romantic donut
Bridge and in Ankeny Park, the
enthusiast. All of those with big
market is open from now until
wedding plans need look no
Dec. 24 on Saturdays from 10
further. How about a simple yet
to 5 p.m. and Sundays from 11
delicious option, get married
to 4:30 p.m.
at Voodoo Donut and save the
♦Oregon Zoo is a great greens, while enjoying sugary
place to go with friends or fam
or vegan donuts? For informa
ily and is fairly inexpensive at tion on planning your voodoo
$9.75 for an adult ticket, but a wedding visit http:_//voodoo-
$1 is taken off-admission when doughnut.com/weddings.php
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(ictor (left), Amanda Fox (center) and Josh Bierdman (right) chill outside of
Jhlin and discuss their plans for this summer.
|mer draws nigh. The
Ion and cool drinks are
k as the heat rises and
Iticipation of a couple
is| break from school
■ever so closer.
The
|r heat has kicked in
lith summer just over
Bizon, it brings to ques-
Ihai does one do with the
|r break.
B; work would be the
Is answer as work doles
■paycheck that means
Icash to spend on what-
lunimer vacation desires
lould want. Of course
Bork is done and the
Bek safely deposited into
Bik account, what does
F from there? Josh Ble-
|'c a Clackamas student,
intends to party it up this sum
mer. So it sounds like he has
his plans set up for a rocking
good time this summer with
his partying.
“Going to summer school,”
Carmen Carazos, a Clackamas
student, said when asked what
she planned to do this sum
mer.
It sounds like Carvazos’
plans on continuing her educa
tion through the summer, get
the jump start on her degree,
and she said, “Yeah, I don’t
mind schools. I like school.”
So the summer sounds like it
will be a continuation of edu
cation for her.
That isn’t all Carvazos plans
to do this summer though.
“Have fun with my dogs.”
Carvazos also plans on vis
iting with her husband’s fam
ily, who lives close by.
So, folks can party, further
education, or visit with fam-
ily and friends. Although it is
Oregon, so that means much
more than just hanging out at
a friend’s place with the music
blaring. Oregon is an outdoors
state, so there is plenty to do
outside of the city or suburb or
local park.
Amanda Fox and Jason Vic
tor, both Clackamas students,
both do the work deal for the
summer, but they also plan on
going camping in July out at
Boulder Lake.
So, with the possibilities out
there those range from camp
ing at Mt. Hood to kicking
back at a friend’s place. There
seems to be plenty of things
to do this upcoming summer.
Be sure to take some time off
work and plan something fun
for summer. The next school
term seems to always to be
better when one has great sto
ries to swap with friends about
summer vacation.