wend magazine
Just in case you haven’t noticed the fancy new image on our Facebook page or the brand new cover featured in the top right-hand corner of our website, our latest issue is now available to peruse and enjoy via our digital edition.
In this issue, you’ll find a fantastic story… Read the rest
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Five or six years ago, I met renowned Portland poet, Walt Curtis at a keg party. I didn’t know who he was at the time but his presence there was impossible to ignore. Wearing a tattered, untucked flannel shirt and shouldering a mostly unzipped school-style backpack, the scraggly remnants… Read the rest
If you live in the Northern Hemisphere of Earth, Spring is here, as of yesterday. It may still be rainy, chilly or downright gloomy where you are, but rest assured, it is officially the beginning of the time that, says my dictionary, is “the season after winter and before summer, … Read the rest
Ever felt green with Klean Kanteen envy? You know, it’s a hot summer day, you’re resting at a lookout point on your 15-mile hike, and you see a woman standing 10 feet away, leaning gently against the back of a wooden bench, a shiny Klean Kanteen hanging from her right… Read the rest
Yes that is a photo of Times Square, and yes, that is a photo taken at our benefit ping pong tournament. Proof that you should never ever miss a Wend party!… Read the rest
A visual recap of Friday’s event where we raised $1,000 for World Bicycle Relief. Thanks to the 400+ people who came and partied hard and donated to a great cause!
Thanks again to Deschutes Brewing and New Deal Vodka for the evening’s libations. And thanks to all the companies that… Read the rest
There is no excuse for this to be on your calendar (and remember, the event is NOT at Wend HQ… it’s at 525 NW 10th Ave, that’s between Glisan & Hoyt, in a warehouse space!):
What: To celebrate the release of Wend Volume 4 issue 1 we’re joining up with… Read the rest
Life is always crazy at Wend, but sometimes things get more out of control than usual. Like last week, when our office flooded. And when I say flooded I don’t mean a little water on the floor. I mean straight up raining through the ceiling. Thanks crappy roofing company!
Fortunately… Read the rest
Yeah yeah, we all know the economy is down, your friends are out of jobs and in order to spend an evening over IPAs, you have to dig deep into the depths of the couch. Now for the good news: in bad times you need some inspiration, and what better… Read the rest
Once again sustainable adventure goes airborne. First the French attempted to pedal a flying funktraption across the English Channel and today the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) announced that in 2010 a fleet of zeppelins and skyships will face off in a global race to promote world… Read the rest
Fortune Magazine… Read the rest reports that earlier this year The Crown Estate, which manages England’s royal property on both land and sea, agreed to purchase the world’s largest wind turbine.
The 10-megawatt windmill, to be built by Clipper Windpower of Carpinteria, California, will have a wingspan that stretches the length of two
Bicycle commuting in a city can be dangerous and frustrating, no doubt about it. If we endure a honk or middle finger from an obscenity-spouting motorist we grumble about it for the entire morning. Hell, we might even let it ruin our day. But the next time you think you… Read the rest
