Monthly Archives: September 2005

Cafe Mama’s guide to places to eat

Cafe Mama has a great list of ideas for dining establishments who want to cater to kids and their moms. And she has a set of reviews of some of the best choices in Portland.
When I was a kid, my folks took me to the Olde Spaghetti Factory for treats, and it was very special [...]

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Our hearts go out

Hurricane Katrina’s hit us hard. And it makes us wonder.
If you’ve been living under a rock, you may not have heard about the Hurricane that pretty much wiped out New Orleans. You’ve not heard about the deaths, the injured, the totally wiped out people. Hurray for you, now get out there and read a little.
We’re [...]

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School Starts

[ September 7, 2005; 12:00 pm; ] School Starts!

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End-of-Season "NOT" Plant Sale Celebrates Oktoberfest

Big Sale at Recycled Gardens!
Saturday, September 24th, 10:00-5:00, Recycled Gardens will be lowering prices to only $3.00 per gallon to encourage planting at what is truly the best time of year for gardening. This price is for everything except specially tagged mature trees and shrubs (which always work out to cost less than the per [...]

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Multnomah County Libraries Closed

[ September 12, 2005; 12:00 am; ] Due to the need to upgrade the catalog, all libraries will be closed

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End-of-Season “NOT” Plant Sale Celebrates Oktoberfest

[ September 24, 2005; 10:00 am; ] Saturday, September 24th, 10:00-5:00, Recycled Gardens will be lowering prices to ONLY $3.00 per gallon to encourage planting at what is truly THE BEST time of year for gardening. This price is for everything except specially tagged mature trees and shrubs (which always work out to cost LESS than the per gallon price). And, because [...]

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Escrip.com

If you’re reading this, you’re likely to be a parent. You may have a kid in a public school. Here’s some small help on generating donations for your school.Escrip.com is a service where you can register your grocery favored customer cards (Your Safeway “Club” Card) and a portion of your purchases will be donated to [...]

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Seventeen

You won’t find Seventeen in Albertson’s this month.
Albertson’s has opted to pull the october edition of Seventeen from the shelves due to a scandalous “Vagina 101″ article.
Apparently someone at Albertson‘s (In 11 states, not just Oregon) finds “Your vulva has a lot of parts — here’s what they do” to be a little risque. [...]

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