1. Discovering a new whole new kind of oyster on a sunny winter Sunday at the Flying Fish counter at Providore. Downing it with a new kind of vermouth from the wine section in the back.

If Oakshire Brewery’s six-pack beers are all you’ve had, you’re missing out.

Even as Portland has turned into a giant slushie machine, National Margarita Day is not really a holiday celebrated in Oregon. The February timing seems to imply the holiday was started in Australia.