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In Late March, Dollhouse Espresso opened its bikini coffee stand at 1133 SE 82nd Avenue and has served caffeinated drinks to drive-through customers every day since. Owner Jessica Cody bought the cart with donations from supporters interested in seeing a woman-owned stand that would create a safe space for the people working there. Although barista attire is a theme of the cart, Cody and her…

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Portland state university and PCC sylvania have hella brutalist architecture ! And love joy fountain is one of the places the jackass guys did “urban kayaking”. The South Park blocks that the campus surrounds have a farmers market on the weekends.

The Saturday market on the waterfront on Naito Parkway is super mid. Really underwhelming.

There’s a stripclub called the Acropolis off 99e and Tacoma that has really good steaks. There’s a lot of strikes among Portland strippers tho and idk where they land.

There’s a lesbian bar called the sports bra?

Baby ketten klub has karaoke. There’s private rooms but also just one big karaoke bar in the middle. They have this blended frozen cocktail that’s like $6 or smth.

Also rocky butte has a rlly pretty view of the mountains. There’s this weird dome-shaped concrete church down the road from it. Idk if it’s brutalist but it’s fascinating.

There’s also a viet store on 82nd and Burnside Hong Phat. There’s Shun Fat further down 82nd idk what their vibe is tho.

Third Eye is the only Black-owned bookstore in Portland. Def check it out on SE Division. Powell’s books can suck my dick and balls (derogatory)

Mt tabor is beautiful and involves a lot of walking depending on where you park. Worth it tho. My favorite view of the city ever. It’s also an inactive volcano :)

If you really like hiking you can wander around tryon creek state park. It’s next to PCC sylvania and Lewis and Clark College. There’s also forest park but forest park is So Huge. Tryon is def more manageable on a budgeted timeline.

Laurelhurst park off stark st is also really pretty!

There’s a rad food truck owned by queer sex workers at a new pod called little America that’s also off stark street

this is all v cool! appreciate the lovely writeup <3

also the sports bra is dedicated to women's sport omg this is literally laser focused to me. it's an official thorns viewing location too i might catch that away game with fans!

#did you guys know i have never eaten a steak... #like i am non vegetarian but i came to beef late in life and steak didn't seem v appetising as like... just a big piece of meat to me #food/// #portland trip blogging #nice to me! #anon

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Btw just so y'all know how annoying it is to be my friend, a few months ago I went to a Burlington Coat Factory right? I know it was 1 of 2 address' and I know it was near some mall, but I am not in my right mind today and could not for the life of me figure out which one it was, but I needed to know which it was cause I wanted to go to the one near the mall

so I gave this information to @beardedmrbean who did his darndest to try and help me figure out which one it is but I live in a stupid fucking city (but a stupid fucking city which I love to death) where se 82nd Portland and se 82nd Happy valley are two vastly different places even tho they are both in the Portland metro area. Same As my Drs address being 5 miles away from a place with almost the exact same address except instead of the street being Park Way it's Parkway.

Then even tho me and Nunya figured out which one was near the mall me and my mom decided we wanted to go to the other one and Nunya sent me this little map of the area with all the places to eat nearby!!

which was very cash money of him:)

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SE 82nd Avenue, circa 1934

Johnson’s Cider Mill at SE 82nd Avenue and SE Washington Street, circa 1934. City of Portland (OR) Archives, AP/26384. View this image in Efiles by clicking here.

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Chegamos em Portland e já fomos conhecer a casa dos vampiros que eu mais amo affff , ela fica no endereço 3333 NW Quimby St, Portland, QR 97210, EUA. Como é uma casa particular, chegamos e estacionamos um pouco longe e depois fomos andando e tiramos foto bem rápido para não atrapalhar ninguém. Depois fomos no Starbucks procurar um banheiro e acabou que não tinha banheiro kkkkk mas comemos algo e depois fomos andar mais um pouco pelo centro de Portland 😄

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Chegamos na casa da Belinha e é a coisa mais linda , como ninguém mora lá tiramos fotos com bastante calma , então deu para aproveitar bastante 😍 ela fica na 184 S 6th St, St Helens, OR 97051, EUA, hoje em dia você consegue alugar ela no Airbnb , não vejo a hora de voltar e dormir lá 🫠. Fomos almoçar no Mc Donalds que ficava no 33558 Havlik Dr, Scappoose, OR 97056, Estados Unidos.

E no mesmo dia fomos visitar as pedras que gravaram uma cena do filme, isso mesmo kkkkk as pedras, e é tudo lindo e bem fácil de achar, tem bastante placas, endereço : 17900 S Clackamas River Dr, Oregon City, OR 97045, Estados Unidos.

Fomos no café que a bela sempre ia comer com o pai e infelizmente não pesquisei o horário e eles funcionam só das 08:00 as 15:00 :/ mas tirei bastante foto na frente kkk

Endereço: 16471 OR-224, Damascus, OR 97089, Estados Unidos.

Depois passamos no Walmart da 15600 SE McLoughlin Blvd, Milwaukie, OR 97267, Estados Unidos , para comprar umas besteiras para comer no carro e depois fomos em um “shopping” só para passear um pouco o Johnson Creek Crossing que fica no 9450 SE 82nd Ave, Happy Valley, OR 97086, Estados Unidos. Jantamos por lá mesmo e fomos para o nosso hotel.

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Ele fica no 3828 NE 82nd Ave, Portland, OR 97220, Estados Unidos, gostamos bastante😄

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“Starting in the spring of 1970, this black HEMI engine-powered Challenger would show up at various racing spots around Metro Detroit – sometimes Woodward or Telegraph, sometimes one of the more out-of-the-way locations – and beat anyone who was willing to line up. After beating everyone who wanted to race, the menacing Dodge would disappear into the night for weeks or even months. No one in the racing scene knew who was driving this Dodge Challenger, so it was unclear why he would disappear for long periods of time, but everyone in the Detroit street scene knew that when that car showed up, there was a good chance that the quickest cars in attendance were going to take a loss.

Due to the way that this Dodge Challenger R/T would randomly show up then disappear for long periods of time, other local racers began calling the car “The Black Ghost”. The Black Ghost would continue this pattern of handing out losses around the Detroit street racing scene until the mid-1970s, when the car disappeared forever. No one knew what happened to the car or the incredible racer behind the wheel, but after 1975, the HEMI engine-powered Challenger known as The Black Ghost was never again seen in the Detroit racing scene.

(…)

Godfrey Qualls was drafted into the United States Army in 1964, serving as a paratrooper in the 82nd Airborne Division until he returned to the U.S. with a Purple Heart in the mid-1960s after being injured by a hand grenade.

On December 5, 1969, Qualls took delivery of his 1970 Dodge Challenger R/T Special Edition, which was one of just 23 R/T SE models built with the 426 HEMI engine and the 4-speed manual transmission for that model year. The car also came equipped from the factory with the Super Track Pack which included a Dana 60 rear differential with 4.10 gears and Sure-Grip, a Hurst pistol grip shifter, houndstooth interior, hood pins, the white tail stripe and a black vinyl top. The car was mistakenly built with the gator skin pattern rather than the plain black vinyl, which Qualls didn’t love at the time, but it came to be one of the key recognizable traits of the legendary street racer.

In stock form, Qualls’ HEMI engine-powered Challenger would beat pretty much anything on the street, but as some added insurance, he made a few basic modifications. He removed the mufflers, allowing the 426 HEMI engine to breathe a bit easier, he installed an aftermarket ignition coil and replaced the standard rear street tires with a set of sticky drag slicks. He also added a small African flag decal to each front fender and an ignition key-kill system was added to the driver’s side front fender to keep the car secure around Detroit. With those few changes, Qualls’ Challenger hit the streets in the spring of 1970 and the legend of The Black Ghost began to take shape.

Meanwhile, also in 1970, Godfrey Qualls was hired by the Detroit Police to work as a motorcycle officer in the area of Traffic Enforcement. His passion for motorcycles led him to install a trailer hitch assembly on his Dodge Challenger R/T as well, which was a fairly rare upgrade for the top street brawlers of the era. His role on the police force likely played a role in the sporadic street racing appearance schedule of The Black Ghost Challenger. Had Qualls gotten caught street racing, he would have likely lost his job, so he would hit the streets, do some racing and then tuck the car away in the garage until police attention would die down. Being a police officer, Qualls would have been familiar with any targeted enforcement of the street racing scene, so he would know when it was safe for him to race and when it was best for him to stay away. This was also why he made sure that no one in the local scene knew who was driving that unbeatable Dodge Challenger in the early-to-mid 1970s.

Godfrey Qualls never got caught street racing and he retired from the Detroit Police Department in 2007 after 37 years of service.

Knowing who Godfrey Qualls was and what he did for a living answered the question of why The Black Ghost Dodge Challenger was such a mystery and why it would disappear for long periods of time, but what happened after 1975 that led to the car vanishing from the local street racing scene?

Well, in 1977, Qualls joined the Army National Guard, participating in Special Forces training and receiving his Green Beret in the late 1970s, serving with the National Guard through 2002. With Qualls rejoining the Army and still working as a Detroit police officer, he seemingly retired from dominating the local street racing scene and his legendary muscle car went into a long period of storage. According to Gregory Qualls, prior to him taking ownership, his father’s Challenger was last registered and insured for street use on March 19, 1976. The car then sat in his parents’ garage on jackstands from 1980 until 2016, at which point Gregory took the car out of storage to begin restoring it for show use.

(…)

Since emerging from decades of storage, the Qualls’ 1970 Dodge Challenger R/T SE has won a long list of awards, including the Spirit of Detroit Award at Concours d’Elegance of America in Plymouth, Michigan in 2021, The National Automotive Heritage Award at the Carlisle Chrysler Nationals in 2018 and the Muscle Car & Corvette Nationals Celebrity Pick Award in 2017. The most prominent recognition came in 2020 when this Challenger was added to the National Historic Vehicle Registry, securing its place in automotive history.”

“A Hemi-powered 1970 Challenger R/T SE four-speed in #2 (Excellent) condition is currently valued at more than $350,000, although this car’s near-mythical status and history will certainly elevate it above its brethren.

How high, you may wonder? Hagerty valuation specialist John Wiley explains how the car’s unique history will come to play when the Black Ghost hits the auction block.

“Unrestored, culturally iconic muscle cars such as the 1968 Bullitt Mustang sell for well over seven figures, and it’s not unreasonable to expect the Black Ghost might do the same,” Wiley said.”

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On March 21st, PDX Saints Love held a ribbon-cutting ceremony marking the beginning of new day services at the former Saints Peter & Paul Episcopal Church property. In a partnership with Shelter Portland, the nonprofit will help unsheltered and housing-insecure community members access food, housing, behavioral health treatment, healthcare, and work opportunities. This organization will use…

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--IS THAT YOU GOD?—

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How did it go? Well, I think of that line from that one Bowie song, “Velvet Goldmine,” which goes: before there was rock, you only had God. I have been told that God is everywhere, so last night I thought: is that guy god? What about that one? There was a billboard that was up in the Portland area (and probably elsewhere) that read: IF YOU DIE, YOU WILL MEET GOD.

As I drove into RCC, just a few blocks away from the base, a man waved at me to get my attention, and then he gave me the finger. Was that God? It would make sense. He was a skinny hippy-like guy, dressed as if he was ready to go hiking with grey collar length hair that was curly and kind of garnished his glasses. Not the impressive fashions of a legendary epiphany, but if he didn’t inspire me to declare faith, he did provoke me to ask whether the people I encountered could be or couldn’t be God.  

So my next fare was a bartender heading into his shift. We drove from an apartment building on SE Morrison to NW Portland, near Radio Cab. Because of the Starlight Parade, we had to pick an alternate route. Near the end of the ride, while waiting at the light for the streetcar to pass, he asks me, “Do you want some mushrooms?” I clarified that he meant the exciting kinds of mushrooms. He said, “no, I got a baggie full of portabellas in my pocket.” I politely turned him down, but while he was offering, the song, “Cabbies on Crack” came on the cd player.

So, was he God? Perhaps if I took the mushrooms and worked the rest of my shift, I would have seen God.

I got taco bell up on 82nd av, this time the line was shorter but took less time. I got a burrito supreme and a chicken quesadilla. The kid who took my money and passed my food back through the window, asked me how much it would cost to get him home to NE 100th and Davis. I said it would cost him no more than $15 and that that was an conscientious overestimate. He said it was good to know. After driving off, I ate the burrito and quesadilla. The burrito was as small as the beefy 5 layer burrito and it fell apart as I ate it, staining my overalls and the steering wheel and emergency brake handle. So did the quesadilla.

Was this kid God?

I raced back to NW Glisan to take a fare from there up to Club Sinrock. As I pulled up, handi-capped guy I had driven before walks up. He’s not my fare and I feel bad having to turn him down. After 5 minutes, my fare doesn’t show or answer the phone (so fucked up that they don’t answer the phone) so, I leave. I’m on a one way, so I can’t just back up to the old guy who wanted a ride, so I circle the block. As I’m circling, an order pops up on the tablet in my zone that says, “Top Priority.” Well, I can’t circle and get the old guy now, so I accept the job. Turns out the job is, “JR” a fellow cab driver who wants a ride home after his shift. “JR” is affable, and he pays drivers appropriately, but he is in anyone’s estimation, an asshole. There is no rationale in a sacred universe, or this profane one, that he should be considered a “Top Priority.”

I don’t know if the handicapped guy who I wanted to go back and get was God, but “JR” definitely isn’t.

As the night wore on, I forgot about my inquiry into the possibility of an epiphany amongst the people I meet driving cab, but I had my superstitions stoked all the same. If anyone had been God, I would put my money on the first guy who gave me the finger. Because I find it really easy to believe in God for the inconvenient, frustrating things.

Just before bar closing time, I get dispatched to pick up a wheelie out in Hillsboro and take it to NE 162nd. It will easily take me 45 minutes to an hour to do, and it did. It will be a large fare, but it will be paid on a credit card, and it was. It wasn’t even off the freeway, but nearly 6 miles down a suburban road that had a few construction zones. And it was a wheelie, which means I had to drive it extra careful. Just the thing to fuck with my sense of control. While I was driving, I was positive one of my regulars would call, towards the end of the ride, but at a point in which I would be asking them to wait way too long. Sure enough, just as I was turning onto NE 162nd from NE Glisan, “N” called. I had to be upfront with her and tell he there was no way I could get to her sooner than 25 minutes. She offered to wait, but then called back to say she got a ride with a coworker. I can’t blame her—nobody wants to spend 25 more minutes at work.

So, I drop off the wheelie. $83, (no tip) and all of the bar rush business has completely wound down. Now understand. These folks are out to entertain themselves. They picked a place that was 20 miles away from downtown Portland. $83 seems like a good fare, but not at the busiest time of night. Not when I have regular business that I might lose if I don’t continue to service consistently. Why did I do it? I was the only wheelchair van out last night.

Later, I picked up a man named Earl, on the corner of NE 10th and Couch. He told me my dispatcher was an asshole. Says he was told that we were closed for the rest of the night. Earl is a caustic, misogynistic night creature that one typically meets on the nightshift. I took him to Union Jacks once before. I didn’t like him then, but he didn’t bug me too much this time. Tipped well, and in cash, which was just what I needed at this moment.

Maybe Earl is God.

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SE 82nd Avenue, circa 1934

Epley’s Service station on SE 82nd Avenue and SE Stark Street, circa 1934. City of Portland (OR) Archives, AP/26383. View this image in Efiles by clicking here.

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