Brooke Geery

The New Park in Portland

Portland has a lot of skateparks. I know because every time I tell someone I live here, they inform me, oh, you guys have so many awesome skateparks. It's neat. It's also cool when it fails to snow much, because it's dry and at least you can skate. And as of last week, we have a new one. The Ed Benedict Skate Plaza is out there on SE Powell, somewhere around 120nd ave. It's far out, unless of course you live in deep South East. But enough rambling. Here are some pictures. This section of the park is like choose your own adventure. There are several options for how extreme…
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Why Is Swearing So Funny?

It really, really is. http://cursebird.com/ I have been writing a lot lately. Just finished a feature that I have been "working" on for like 6 month. Now to write a magazine gossip column (pointless, I know.) It's hard where there are so many awesome sites on the internet. Which if you haven't check out the new YoBeat sub-site Act Like You Know, featuring none ofther than Sarah Morrison, do so now.
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Welcome to the 90’s

I've recently returned from the Legendary Banked Slalom at Mt. Baker. Definitely one of the best contests out there, I was excited that Adryan not only forced me to go, but actually paid me for my services (impressive in these though economic times.) For the first time ever, I actually stayed in Glacier, which is sort of like another planet. On top of being dark all day long even on the brightest days, it still lacks cell service and Internet. I remember this from my years in Bellingham, but since that was more than 5 years ago (gulp) I thought maybe things had changed. Such was not the case! After…
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Top Chef Portland: True Hollywood Story

You may remember the original Top Chef Portland. It was created during my initial foray into iMovie film making, but received high acclaim. Nate Betteker had recently moved to town, and we recruited him, as well as other Portland newbies Chrissy and Tim, to judge the ultimate battle of soup supremacy. The  Top Chef Portland Soup Off was born. The original YouTube video received much acclaim and nearly 2000 views, and the plan was always to have a second battle. The idea was to base it on Tontinos Party Pizza, because, obviously, they are delicious. It took nearly a year to get everyone together again, although Azad (sorry about your…
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