What does this post have to do with real estate? Nothing. I am on the Junior Board for the Make-A-Wish Foundation of Oregon. This Thursday is the inaugural Dishes for Wishes presented by Sysco. Please join us at one of the participating restaurants by making a reservation for Thursday night and let them know that… Continue reading Dishes for Wishes

In the last few weeks I’ve been the punching bag more than once on this site. I’ve had my ethics questioned, had my words twisted around and then been called out on other websites. All by people that get to hide behind the anonymous veil of the Internet. I’m thinking to myself that I didn’t… Continue reading Why there is a Portland Real Estate Blog?

Regular readers know that I am on the Jr. Board for the Oregon chapter of the Make-A-Wish Foundation. Our anual event is Wishful Putting and it is on August 9th at the 200 SW Market building in Downtown Portland. Did you know there is a nine hole putting green two floors up? It is a… Continue reading Make-A-Wish Foundation of Oregon Wishful Putting

I put this under the “Because I Can” category instead of “Real Estate General” mostly because I can. 1) The Portland Trail Blazers- who would have thought? I could attempt to weave some comparison to our real estate market but the Blazers should get to stand alone on this one. Both could hit a wall.… Continue reading What Makes Portland Special, etc.

Regular readers know that I am on the Junior Board for the Make-A-Wish Foundation of Oregon and that we support them with our charitable dollars. This Friday is the K103 Radiothon being held at the Macy’s from 5AM-7PM in the Clackamas Town Center. It is also the kickoff for your opportunity to spend $5000 of… Continue reading Make-A-Wish Radiothon

Today is the K103 Radiothon for Make-A-Wish. We’ll be on the air at 1:30 as part of the kick off for A Million Clicks for Make-A-Wish. Make-A-Million for Make-A-Wish started out as a drive to raise 1,000,000 pennies for the Foundation. That’s $10,000 and the average wish cost is up over $7,000. This is the… Continue reading Make A Million For Make-A-Wish

Thanks to everyone that participated. It took only 10 days to reach 1 million clicks and for Make-A-Wish to receive $5000 donations from us and Kaiser.

Screwed up yesterday. Could have been fined. Long story short: don’t touch a Portland street tree without a permit. We hired an arborist to clean up, not cut down, the street trees that haven’t been maintained in years at NW Hoyt (PGE cuts the portion in the wires but nothing else). Ironically, the stop work… Continue reading Portland Street Trees

This Saturday is the Make-A-Wish Foundation of Oregon Jr. Board’s Summer Wishes event at Motocorsa in northwest Portland. I am a member of the Junior Board.  The format is a repeat of last year’s event with a fashion show featuring local designers and a silent auction.  Online ticket sales ($35) go through noon on Friday… Continue reading Make-A-Wish Summer Wishes

This is a pretty cool fund-raising concept: the Pink Glove Dance. The email I received from my aunt, a nurse in Toronto: Emily (MacInnes) Somers created, directed and choreographed this in Portland last week for her Medline glove division as a fundraiser for breast cancer awareness. This was all her idea to help promote their… Continue reading St. Vincent Breast Cancer Awareness Pink Glove Dance