And So The PPS Is Born
by Jen StevensonIn honor of the fortuitously warm first day of summer, a few lovely friends and I convened at Laurelhurst Park Wednesday evening to celebrate the inaugural meeting of the Portland...
View ArticlePicnicking at The Pittock
by Andrea SloneckerIt has been decided by the group that no picnic site in the city of Portland has a grander view than the grounds of the historic Pittock Mansion. So for our second society gathering...
View ArticleTapas, Sherry & Giant Flan at Peninsula Park
by Lila MartinThough leafy Peninsula Park sets a different stage for a tapas party than an Andalusian hilltop, the Picnic Society ladies gathered there on our favorite red blanket in the heat of August...
View ArticleDon't Call It A Comeback
by Mona JohnsonAfter a very wet, very grey four-month-long winter hiatus, we decided it was high time to herald in spring by getting into a picnic state of mind. In the spirit of resurrection, we...
View ArticlePicnicking Into the Sunset (Magazine, That Is)
by Jen StevensonLast September, my fellow Portland Picnic Society members and I partook in a picnic photo shoot for Sunset Magazine. It was so grueling—seven long hours of a perfect late summer day...
View ArticlePPS Has Crabs...and Plenty of Butter To Dip Them In
by Jen StevensonThe Portland Picnic Society members do lots of things together—we dine together, we shop together, we cook together, and we even get crabs together. This past week, on a fortuitously...
View ArticleMezzepalooza and the First PPS Rainbow
by Jen StevensonLooking at photos of the Portland Picnic Society shenanigans on Instagram, it probably looks like all fun and games and bottled cocktails and ridiculously beautiful food. Well guess...
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