Mother’s Lisa Schroeder and Rob Sample
My what a busy night…three events, so little time. We kicked things off as a guest of Mother’s Lisa Schroeder, and her partner Rob Sample, at the grand opening of the Velvet Lounge & Cafe. Fine food, cocktails, wine and beer all round and a packed house to boot. They’ve [...]
This will be a longer post than usual because inevitably there comes a time in Blogland when you have to cover your best friends’ problems and travails. In this case, Naomi and Michael who with their Ripe Family Supper empire, have brought to Portland a whole new way of looking at what a restaurant ought [...]
I know, this is not the Strokes, this be The Roots
Strokes play Portland. Large, admiring crowd. Loud rock. Bright lights. Pretty good; Casablanca sounds more and more like the Iggy/Lou Reed mix that he ought to be. They’ll never play bigger rooms than the Roseland, but that’s probably ok. Meanwhile, Portland being the large little [...]