Fugitives and Refugees : A Walk in Portland, Oregon (Crown Journeys)

Want to know where Chuck Palahniuk’s tonsils currently reside?Been looking for a naked mannequin to hide in your kitchen cabinets?Curious about Chuck’s debut in an MTV music video?What goes on at the Scum Center?How do you get to the Apocalypse Café?In the closest thing he may ever write to an autobiography, Chuck Palahniuk provides answers to all these questions and more as he takes you through the streets, sewers, and local haunts of Portland, Oregon. According to Katherine Dunn, author of the cult classic Geek Love, Portland is the home of America’s “fugitives and refugees.” Get to know these folks, the “most cracked of the crackpots,” as Palahniuk calls them, and come along with him on an adventure through the parts of Portland you might not otherwise believe actually exist. No other travel guide will give you this kind of access to “a little history, a little legend, and a lot of friendly, sincere, fascinating people who maybe should’ve kept their mouths shut.”Here are strange personal museums, weird annual events, and ghost stories. Tour the tunnels under downtown Portland. Visit swingers’ sex clubs, gay and straight. See Frances Gabe’s famous 1940s Self-Cleaning House. Look into strange local customs like the I-Tit-a-Rod Race and the Santa Rampage. Learn how to talk like a local in a quick vocabulary lesson. Get to know, I mean really get to know, the animals at the Portland zoo. Oh, the list goes on and on. Want to know where Chuck Palahniuk's tonsils currently reside? Been looking for a naked mannequin to hide in your kitchen cabinets? Curious about Chuck's debut in an MTV music video? What goes on at the Scum Center? How do you get to the Apocalypse Caf? In the closest thing he may ever write to an autobiography, Chuck Palahniuk provides answers to all these questions and more as he takes you through the streets, sewers, and local haunts of Portland, Oregon. According to Katherine Dunn, author of the cult classic Geek Love , Portland is the home of America's " fugitives and refugees." Get to know these folks, the " most cracked of the crackpots, "as Palahniuk calls them, and come along with him on an adventure through the parts of Portland you might not otherwise believe actually exist. No other travel guide will give you this kind of access to " a little history, a little legend, and a lot of friendly, sincere, fascinating people who maybe should've kept their mouths shut." Here are strange personal museums, weird annual events, and ghost stories. Tour the tunnels under downtown Portland. Visit swingers' sex clubs, gay and straight. See Frances Gabe's famous 1940s Self-Cleaning House. Look into strange local customs like the I-Tit-a-Rod Race and the Santa Rampage. Learn how to talk like a local in a quick vocabulary lesson. Get to know, I mean really get to know, the animals at the Portland zoo. Oh, the list goes on and on. The Author Takes Readers On A Walking Tour Of Portland, Oregon, Revealing The City's Quirky, Cheap, And Wild Side As He Visits Unusual Museums, Offbeat Annual Festivals, Scenes Of Ghostly Hauntings, And Strange Local Customs. Introduction: Unraveling The Fringe 13 -- Talk The Talk: A Portland Vocabulary Lesson 19 -- (a Postcard From 1981) 26 -- Quests: Adventures To Hunt Down 29 -- (a Postcard From 1985) 42 -- Chow: Eating Out 45 -- (a Postcard From 1986) 53 -- Haunts: Where To Rub Elbows With The Dead 57 -- (a Postcard From 1988) 76 -- Souvenirs: Where You Have To Shop 79 -- (a Postcard From 1989) 81 -- Unholy Relics: The Strange Museums Not To Miss 84 -- (a Postcard From 1991) 95 -- Getting Off: How To Knock Off A Piece In Portland 98 -- (a Postcard From 1992) 115 -- Nature But Better: Gardens Not To Miss 116 -- (a Postcard From 1995) 123 -- Getting Around: Planes, Trains, And Automobiles To Meet 126 -- (a Postcard From 1996) 141 -- Animal Acts: When You're Sick Of People-watching 143 -- (a Postcard From 1999) 158 -- The Shanghai Tunnels: Go Back In Time By Going Underground 160 -- (a Postcard From 2000) 167 -- Photo Ops: Get Your Picture Snapped At These Landmarks 170 -- Preserving The Fringe (a Postcard From 2002) 173. 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Introduction: Unraveling the Fringe......Page 3 Talk the Talk:......Page 5 A Portland Vocabulary Lesson......Page 6 (a postcard from 1981)......Page 10 Quests: Adventures to Hunt Down......Page 12 (a postcard from 1985)......Page 18 Chow: Eating Out......Page 20 (a postcard from 1986)......Page 24 Haunts: Where to Rub Elbows with the Dead......Page 26 (a postcard from 1988)......Page 36 (a postcard from 1989)......Page 38 The Strange Museums Not to Miss......Page 40 (a postcard from 1991)......Page 45 How to Knock Off a Piece in Portland......Page 46 (a postcard from 1992)......Page 55 Nature But Better: Gardens Not to Miss......Page 56 (a postcard from 1995)......Page 59 Getting Around: Planes, Trains, and Automobiles to Meet......Page 61 (a postcard from 1996)......Page 67 Animal Acts: When You're Sick of People-Watching......Page 69 (a postcard from 1999)......Page 76 The Shanghai Tunnels: Go Back in Time by Going Underground......Page 77 (a postcard from 2000)......Page 80 Photo Ops: Get Your Picture Snapped at These Landmarks......Page 81 preserving the fringe (a postcard from 2002)......Page 83