Urban Drinks: The Ultimate Portland Happy Hour Site

Growing up in Eugene, i always heard about this alleged "Happy Hour" where the drinks are cheap and the food even cheaper, but never experienced it til i moved up to Portland last year. It is now one of my favorite activities. Caesar salads for $2, California rolls for $3, burgers for $3, drinks for $5, amazing...

There's nothing like grabbing a drink and some grub with friends after work, talking about work, friends and lovers. Great company+ savory foods+ strong drinks+ cheap prices= Bliss.

I recently found the ultimate Happy Hour site for Portlanders called: Urban Drinks
The site was started by a bunch of friends who wanted to provide the most up-to-date info on happy hour in the Portland area. It's brilliant!

Not only does Urban Drinks list all the happy hours in town, it also breaks it up by neighborhood (Northwest, Southwest, etc...), and includes the total # of happy hours in that area...my favorite feature so far: what happy hours are happening at that moment.

So if i felt like getting a drink right now, @ 11:00 am on a Tuesday(it's 5 o'clock somewhere) it would show me exactly where and what pubs/clubs/bars/restaurants have happy hour at the moment (If you're curious, there are 10).

Additional features include: a Google map with happy hour locations, venue descriptions, reviews, and contact info.

Their main focus is Portland, but the site also covers happy hours in Columbus, OH/ Seattle, WA/ and Dallas, TX.

Ch-ch-check it out. You won't be disappointed.

Guess who's hitting up the Happy Hour tonight?! :)

- HK

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The New Hampshire primaries are less than a month away, do you know who you're planning on voting for? Jon Stewart! just kidding... well kind of.

I've always made a conscious effort to be a well informed voter. It is our duty to vote. The only time someone shouldn't vote (in my opinion) is when they are uninformed or are voting purely based on their parents' or friends' political views and/or affiliations. I feel like a lot of people do this and it doesn't bode well with me.

On that note... You should vote, but only if you're an informed voter of course, so get edumicated and check out ABC's Vote 2008 Match-o-Matic

The "Match-o-Matic" is a quiz where you answer questions about your views on health care, immigration, the war, etc... and at the end, it tells you what Presidential candidate your views most closely align with. There's also a "Meet Candidates" tab with additional information on the candidates.

I was pretty surprised at my results, you might be with yours as well.

Youtube's a great resource too! I'm a huge fan of their CNN*Youtube debates.

Happy Voting! :)

HK