Always loved the Castro, not only for its history and what it stands for, but because they feature great vintage and experimental films and put on interesting film festivals. Leia mais.
This is the place for inspiring architecture and lively discourse. It is just wonderful. Leia mais.
They've got homemade biscuits, gravy of course, and the best challah French toast. A local favorite, with correspondingly long lines on weekends. Leia mais.
This 1,500-seat Art Deco palace has a marquee that rises above the neighborhood like a beacon. The nonprofit Film Action Oregon runs it, showing independent films and teaching kids to make movies. Leia mais.
With high ceilings, a DJ and 2 bartenders, this feels like a basement party, and they've got whiskey specials. The atmosphere is less affected than places where everyone has a handlebar mustache. Leia mais.
A small bar that serves the best fried chicken and coldest cans of Rainier Beer in town. You can see bikers, derelicts and cops all mixing it up. Leia mais.
Powell's workers probably have more attitude than any Portlander. Which is nice because everyone in Portland is so damned nice. Leia mais.
Caliban is probably one of the country's best secondhand book stores. Leia mais.
The former jail, complete with Gothic towers, turrets and Al Capone's cushy cell, is scary in a good way. Leia mais.
This little restaurant has a budino dessert that is fabulous. Leia mais.
You need to visit a bakery that sends you home with your pastries in a cardboard box tied with cotton string. My favorit is Termini Brothers for chocolate-chip cannoli and pignoli-nut cookies. Leia mais.
Right outside the city, this museum is our temple to the Wyeth family. You see the work in the settings where they were painted. Bring lunch and eat it by the Brandywine River. Leia mais.
This park offers something else besides the game —spectacular views toward the city. Leia mais.
This is the place for Mexican food with friends. Catch owner Rocco dancing Pee-wee Herman-style—white shoes and all—on top of the bar, pouring free Patron tequila. Leia mais.
The ultimate surf shop, located in Haleiwa Town, rents snorkel gear and give scuba lessons. Leia mais.
This ancient valley is great for swimming and strolling. Take the "moon walk," where you trek out to a waterfall and watch the moon rise. Leia mais.
This breakfast spot is where the surfers go for mega-omelets and mahi-mahi eggs. Leia mais.
This bustling restaurant is where pro surfers come to celebrate contest victories. The cuisine is Asian-Hawaiian-surfer fusion like blackened Ahi tuna with a wasabi dipping sauce. Leia mais.
A total immersion in pre-Colonial island culture. Take in Samoan fireknife dancing and feast at a luau upon such dishes as poi (taro root), poke (marinated raw fish) and kalua pua'a (pork butt). Leia mais.
American philanthropist Doris Duke built her idiosyncratic retreat in 1937. It's an architectural masterpiece full of Islamic treasures. Don't miss the hand-painted ceilings and luscious gardens. Leia mais.
Hit the tony Campbell Apartment cocktail salon or the magnificent Oyster Bar before stepping onto the panoramic mezzanine to take it all in. Leia mais.
The interior is like someone's gorgeous private yacht. My favorite place to have raw oysters or dinner with friends. Porthole windows flash pedestrians' heels passing by up on the street. Leia mais.
Overcrowded shelves containing millions of jars, bottles and tiny containers filled with every remedy and snake oil dream-merchandise for every ailment—imagined or otherwise. Leia mais.
Even though it gets a big fashion and art-world crowd, it always has a Zen vibe. Get the black cod. Leia mais.
Although he shows in New York fashion week, it's real Southern-inspired, hipster classics. Leia mais.
The Farmers' Market in Nashville is really beautiful. You can buy your groceries, buy your vegetables and your plants, and then you can have something to eat at one of the little indoor restaurants. Leia mais.
This is really refined Italian food, and they have a great selection of wines. It's one of the restaurants putting Nashville on the map. Leia mais.
In the Market Street district, it's great for cool home furnishings. Minimalist and cutting edge, without being cold. You walk in looking for a mirror and leave with a cool coasters stack. Leia mais.
