http://simonwillison.net/2012-12-26T13:33:00+00:00Simon Willison2012-12-26T13:33:00+00:002012-12-26T13:33:00+00:00https://simonwillison.net/2012/Dec/26/planning-on-visiting-portland/#atom-tag

<p><em>My answer to <a href="https://www.quora.com/Planning-on-visiting-Portland-for-new-years-What-should-I-do-see-experience/answer/Simon-Willison">Planning on visiting Portland for new years. What should I do/see/experience?</a> on Quora</em></p> <p>Eat street food! Portland has a well deserved reputation for some of the best street food anywhere. Nong's Khao Man Gai is a must, but ask locals for recommendations or just follow your instincts and get stuck in.</p> <p>Make sure you check out Ground Kontrol too, which has an amazing collection of classic arcade games and pinball machines.</p> <p>Tags: <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/travel">travel</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/quora">quora</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/portland">portland</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/oregon">oregon</a></p>

2011-12-24T14:49:00+00:002011-12-24T14:49:00+00:00https://simonwillison.net/2011/Dec/24/is-portland-or-a/#atom-tag

<p><em>My answer to <a href="https://www.quora.com/Is-Portland-OR-a-good-location-for-a-major-content-strategy-conference/answer/Simon-Willison">Is Portland, OR a good location for a major content strategy conference?</a> on Quora</em></p> <p>I can't comment on the relevance to Content Strategy, but having been to both OSCON and DjangoCon in Portland a few times I think it's an absolutely superb city for hosting a conference.</p> <p>Good facilities, a free tram service that covers the main venues and hotels, superb food, small enough to be walkable but large enough to deal with a large number of conference delegates - and it's a great city in its own right hence a desirable destination for potential attendees.</p> <p>I live in London, but Portland is probably my favourite US city for attending a conference. I can't wait to get back there - in fact I liked it so much I took my wife there for our wedding anniversary.</p> <p>It looks like there will be at least one Content Strategy related conference in Portland next year though - LavaCon 2012 is set to take place in October: <span><a href="http://lavacon.org/portland/">http://lavacon.org/portland/</a></span> and <span><a href="http://lanyrd.com/2012/lavacon/">http://lanyrd.com/2012/lavacon/</a></span></p> <p>You can also subscribe to our RSS or iCal feeds of content strategy events in Portland here: <span><a href="http://lanyrd.com/topics/content-strategy/in/portland/">http://lanyrd.com/topics/content...</a></span></p> <p>Tags: <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/conferences">conferences</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/quora">quora</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/portland">portland</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/contentstrategy">contentstrategy</a></p>

2007-07-24T19:30:00+00:002007-07-24T19:30:00+00:00https://simonwillison.net/2007/Jul/24/what-to-do-on-vacation/#atom-tag

<p><em>My answer to <a href="http://ask.metafilter.com/67743/What-to-do-on-vacation#1014712">What to do on vacation?</a> on Ask MetaFilter</em></p> <p>I had a fantastic (and not expensive) Cajun meal here last night at <a href="http://www.montageportland.com/">Montage</a> - really fun place, very quirky.</p> <p>Tags: <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/ask-metafilter">ask-metafilter</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/new-york">new-york</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/portland">portland</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/vacation">vacation</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/lasvegas">lasvegas</a></p>