If you're contemplating a visit to metropolitan Portland, we can't recommend our fair city enough. It's a great town to visit. There are events and happenings year-round and PortlandSouvenirs.com and our sister Website, woodbloom.com, has a booth at many of them!

If you need help planning your trip, check out the Portland Oregon Visitors Association. (That's their information office in the photo at the top of this page.)

If you're lost or need some advice in the downtown area, or you're just wondering who the folks are in the green jackets and floppy black hats, strike up a conversation with one of Portland's Sidewalk Ambassadors. They're part of the Portland Business Alliance (the city's version of the chamber of commerce).

Portland is a great beer town, perhaps the best one this side of Belgium or Munich. A great resource for the latest beer news and events is GuestOnTap.com. The column appears every Tuesday in print versions of the Portland Tribune.

Whether you're headed to Portland or somewhere else, you can get travel tips and deals at the Where to Stay and Play online travel directory.

Need a little inspiration? Try reading Mama Jimmie's Lessons from the Heart by our friend Martha Iglehart.

Need a little (or a lot) of money? Can your write? If so, check out How to Make a Fortune Writing for Fortune 500 Companies, an e-book by our friend and free-lance writing expert Nelson Duffle.

Do you crave Celeb Weird Gossip? Then check out Celeb Pulp. It's a celebrity gossip blog updated 24/7 with the latest news of your
favorite celebs.