Portland was a complete and total WIN. The character you see above, “Michael,” let me know that there’s a Knob Hill in the area, so should I ever feel the need to relocate south, I could have a geological accurate “Knob Hillbillies” which sounds, luckily, even more gay.
And look! Portland’s Union Station welcomes you with a giant stone phallus:
I can’t recommend Red Cap/Boxxes on a Friday night enough. The Friday DJ, the bartenders, the boys are all top notch. And the fact that the two completely gay bars are connected by “The Fish Grotto” (insert lesbian joke here) is pretty stellar. I can’t tell you how many nights I’ve been craving fish and chips after a night of dancing and drinking. Thank you Portland, for solving that little dilemma.
I was also lucky enough to get a tour of Dark Horse Comics headquarters, which may have been one of the top three experience of my life, right next to going to Japan and discovering masturbation. If you’re not too familiar with the name, they handle comics such as Star Wars, Hellboy, Conan, Neon Genesis, Applegeeks, and a fuck-ton more. One of their most recent hits is “The Umbrella Academy.” I was given a copy and I must say it’s really REALLY good. Sort of like a more whimsical “League of Extraordinary Gentlemen” but funnier.
(Interesting tid-bit, Dark Horse is the largest independently owned comic company, and all of the artistic rights are creator owned. Pretty rad, eh?)
I like this michael character…he’s “whimsical” HAHA
Ahhh, i was always a fan of the “if it tears, just bite your lip and deal with it” approach
I’m sure Portland is a beautiful city, but I have to admit I’m surprised that it has such a good gay scene. I would have thought Portland would be even more conservative than cities in the Southeast US. What took you there? Business or pleasure?
As far as I’ve scene they don’t have a substantial gay “scene”. There’s a handful of clubs/bars, certainly enough for the population, but there’s not a gay district or anything like Seattle or San Francisco has. Still, a really forward thinking city, and in fact, there was a small scandal recently with a political figure (the mayor, I think) sleeping with a much younger guy (Beau Breedlove, no joke). The scandal wasn’t that he was gay (he’s quite out) but that he lied about his relationship with the guy.
Portland rocks, in short.
Beau Breedlove is a tool LOL aka a dirty douchebag filled with dirty douchewater with a dirty applicator nozzle..:-P