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Tuesday, March 4, 2008

Portland Urban Iditarod

Posted by Alison Hallett on Tue, Mar 4 at 2:49 PM

I meant to post these yesterday. So now, not only is my harrowing first-hand photo account of being TRAPPED ON THE BURNSIDE BRIDGE IN THE MIDST OF THE URBAN IDITAROD* really just a series of inexpertly shot cell-phone photos, but they’re not even timely. Enjoy!

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*I love the arbitrary genders/ages assigned to events on MySpace pages. 23 yr old male? Seemed about right, from the crowd on Saturday—at least, the college-age kids were the loudest and visibly drunkest. There was a pretty broad age spectrum represented, though.

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only in portland

Posted by Aaron | March 4, 2008 3:38 PM

Who IS that blonde mannequin in the background?

Rrrrrow.

Posted by Kiala | March 4, 2008 3:48 PM

This is exactly why I hate Portland so much. Fucking hipsters have too much time on their hands...get a fucking real job you stupid hipsters! Being an "artist" is just stupid.

Posted by I hate Portland | March 5, 2008 12:37 AM

a job on saturday...right. this started in SF by the way

Posted by T | March 5, 2008 9:05 AM

I'm sure I speak for many when I say that IhP is a bitter farmer from Indiana who misses milking his/her cows by hand.
C'mon! Hipsters??? IhP, If I would have seen you that day you would have been converted brother, multiplied your brain power exponentially and joined us in the land of milk and honey.

Posted by Participant of life. | March 5, 2008 10:09 AM

I was a first time visitor to the city and had to check out the Saturday Market and was sooo glad I did! All of a sudden there is a thunderous roar and whooping and hooting and all that hollering as I stand under the bridge wondering what is going on?? I look up and see a pair of shiney gold booty shorts covering the booty of one of many Iditiroders running over the bridge and thought hmmmmm this is what helps keep Portland Weird!! I love it!! And would love to know when it happens again next year? Is it a set date, or certain weekend? Please someone fill me in with the weirdness I seek!

Posted by Babesico_YQR | March 5, 2008 11:13 AM

In the event that the "I hate Portland" comment is not sarcasm or trolling... If having a job means you don't have the time to spend four hours on a Saturday enjoying yourself, you need to reevaluate your work situation (and life). And what better way to spend a Saturday than running around with several hundred other people, all having a great time? It was a blast!

Babesico: It's run the first Saturday in March.

Posted by Lisa | March 6, 2008 2:54 PM

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